The Estimation Error in the Chain-Ladder Reserving Method: A Bayesian Approach

Alois Gisler

doi:10.2143/AST.36.2.2017939

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We derive the estimation error in a Bayesian framework and discuss the estimates of Mack and of Buchwalder, Bühlmann, Merz and Wüthrich (BBMW) from a Bayesian point of view.

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