Should question #19 for the discounted reserves only be applicable if we state assumed medical reserves? Basically asking if not stated which reserves the tabular discounts are for is it best to state

Is there an error in the examiner's report? Why are amounts received in the last 90 days counted as $25*3? The table in the solution clearly shows that the reinsurer hasn't paid anything in the last …

the answer to part a of this problem (fall 2018 #11) as well as the other comments on this thread. So does investment include or not include realized gains?

In the wiki, you mention

I understand how they get the second solution in the examiner's report, but I can't figure out what's wrong with the way I did it. First I found the HO charge before the LCF, which is 4.1176 million.…

But the "Relevant Comments" section of the SAO also contains further discussion of certain items from Exhibit B. For example, item (#11) in Exhibit B provides values for asbestos and also en

I'm looking at the answer key - can you help me understand where the value in cell O13 is coming from?

Hi, for one year loss development in IRIS 11, the solution add 2015 and 2016's one year development to derive IRIS 11.

So I was trying to figure out why this problem included EP in invested income but we didn't for 2017F #21.

Can you show the calculations to determine that a PDR should be booked?

Sorry, direct linking to the wiki note doesn't seem to work. It's in the second table of the article, under 2014.Fall #19.

On 2019 Spring #17, the following were accepted answers:

Can you help me understand what's going on with NWP growth rates for the R5 calculation in Spring 2018 #18 part a examiner's report? I don't quite understand why the NWP growth rates get capped at 40%

2019 Spring #17 lists "GAAP: discounts reserve" as an answer worth full credit of .5 points

The question asks why actuary might be involved in the allocation of expenses and the answers explain that if expenses are misallocated then this might distort profitability etc.

If you compare spring 2017 #11 and Fall 2015 #13, they both involve allocating surplus but one is shown as the mean surplus and the other is the surplus for a specific CY, but from what I can tell, th

I've seen this show up a few times (like 2017 Spring #15) and I'm never sure how to categorize it when it comes up, so I want to understand it better. According to this problem it is a liability. Is a

In the TIA formula we use mean surplus over 2 years in the calculation, but in the problem we are only given enough information to calculate one year. How should we know that we only include one year…

But in Spring 2014, #10, it excludes employee pension liabilities. Could you tell me why there is a conflict?

Am I correct that the Examiner's Report Sample #1 is wrong for 'Below Investment Grade Bonds'?