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

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696 INCORPORATION OF FIXED EXPENSESchanges in exposures and expenses and capturing the impact ofeconomies of scale. Until then, internal expense trend data andactuarial judgment should suffice for incorporating the impact ofeconomies of scale.7. CONCLUSIONThe prevailing methodology for incorporating fixed expensesin the statewide indication has some methodological flaws. Theseflaws can lead to overstated or understated actuarial indications.While this paper describes a simple alternative that corrects thethree weaknesses discussed, there are still improvements that canbe made.

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