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PROCEEDINGS May 15, 16, 17, 18, 2005 - Casualty Actuarial Society

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6<strong>18</strong> ESTIMATING THE WORKERS COMPENSATION TAILTABLE 5.2Sample Layout of Summarized ResultsCalendar Year of Payments–for Every Fifth AccidentYear at Every Fifth Development YearDevelopment YearAY 5 10 <strong>15</strong> 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 801970 1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 2029 2034 2039 2044 20491975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 2029 2034 2039 2044 2049 20541980 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 2029 2034 2039 2044 2049 2054 20591985 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 2029 2034 2039 2044 2049 2054 2059 20641990 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 2029 2034 2039 2044 2049 2054 2059 2064 20691995 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 2029 2034 2039 2044 2049 2054 2059 2064 2069 20742000 2004 2009 2014 2019 2024 2029 2034 2039 2044 2049 2054 2059 2064 2069 2074 2079manent disability claimants for more recent accident years areexpected to live longer than their counterparts from old accidentyears. This is a direct consequence of declining mortality rates.As a result, a higher percentage of PD claimants will still bealive at any given age of development. Therefore, the percentageof claims closed will decline at any given age, and thus simplepaid loss development projections will need to be adjusted upwardto reflect these declines in claims disposal ratios. Hence,tail factors that reflect the effects of declining mortality ratesmust increase over successive accident years for every possibledevelopment age.While the general effects of anticipated future mortality trendsare easy to grasp, the best way to quantify these effects is to constructa heuristic model designed to isolate the effects of mortalitytrends on PLDFs and paid tails. The trended mortality model wehave constructed is such that² The only thing that changes over time is mortality rates, ashistorically compiled and as officially forecasted by the SSA.² Medical inflation is a constant 9% per year, both historicallyand prospectively. Support for this assumption is provided inSection C.4 of Appendix C.

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