Asymptotic Consistency and Inconsistency of the Chain Ladder
Asymptotic Consistency and Inconsistency of the Chain Ladder
Asymptotic Consistency and Inconsistency of the Chain Ladder
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Terminology- X i,j . . . claim amounts in development year j withaccident year i- X i,j st<strong>and</strong>s for <strong>the</strong> incremental claims in accidentyear i made in accounting year i + j- n . . . current year – corresponds to <strong>the</strong> mostrecent accident year <strong>and</strong> development period- Our data history consists <strong>of</strong>right-angled isosceles triangles X i,j , wherei = 1, . . . , n <strong>and</strong> j = 1, . . . , n + 1 − i