Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chain-ladder method

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables: chain-lad-der method
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An actuarial loss reserving technique based on the assumption that historical loss development patterns are indicative of future loss development patterns.

Inflected Forms

the chain-ladder method (canonical)

Questions

What does chain-ladder method mean?: An actuarial loss reserving technique based on the assumption that historical loss development patterns are indicative of future loss development patterns.

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