Professional Papers

"Estimating the Worker's Compensation Tail", BY RICHARD E. SHERMAN AND GORDEN F. DISS, 2006 version. (Received the prize for best paper on loss reserves at the Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar on September 13, 2004. Also received the Dorweiler Prize in 2006 for the best actuarial paper during the year on any topic.) Print out Acrobat document of this paper, courtesy of Richard Sherman & Associates, Inc. "Loss Reserve Adequacy Testing: A Comprehensive, Systematic Approach", PROCEEDINGS OF THE CASUALTY ACTUARIAL SOCIETY, 1977. (Received Dorweiler Prize from CAS). Print out Acrobat document of this Paper, courtesy of the Casualty Actuarial Society. Print out Acrobat document of the Thorne Review of this paper, courtesy of the Casualty Actuarial Society. "Review of 'Federal Income Taxation of Self-Insurance Techniques'", PRICING, UNDERWRITING AND MANAGING THE LARGE RISK, Casualty Actuarial Society, 1982. "Extrapolating, Smoothing and Interpolating Development Factors", PROCEEDINGS OF THE CASUALTY ACTUARIAL SOCIETY, 1984. Print out Acrobat document of this Paper, courtesy of the Casualty Actuarial Society. "Review of 'A Probabilistic Model for IBNR Claims'", PROCEEDINGS OF THE CASUALTY ACTUARIAL SOCIETY, 1986. "The Risk Retention Act", RISK MANAGEMENT MANUAL, The Merritt Company, July 1987. "Feasibility Studies for Risk Retention Groups", Chapter 8 of THE RISK RETENTION ACT: BANE OR BLESSING?, The Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters, 1989. "Buying and Selling Loss Reserves", THE BROKER, 1984. Also reprinted in the JOURNAL OF THE CHARTERED PROPERTY CASUALTY UNDERWRITER, 1985. “Estimating the Variability of Loss Reserves”, CASUALTY ACTUARIAL SOCIETY FORUM, Fall 1998.