MODERATOR
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PANELIST
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Jeffrey Dollinger, Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary, Endurance Reinsurance Corporation of America
Spencer Gluck, Sr. Vice President, Guy Carpenter & Co., LLC
Jon Mossman, Principal, Towers Perrin/Society of Actuaries
Description
Trend is a major component of any actuarial pricing exercise. Should we be modeling trend in different ways (stochastically, index, bureau approach)? This session will discuss what impacts of the economic downturn, and government spending initiatives on the trend indications going forward. Could we be headed for deflation or record setting inflation? Panelists will address some of these various issues related to Trend.