Article: Actuarial assessment of damages in personal injury litigation: How precise are we?

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TitleActuarial assessment of damages in personal injury litigation: How precise are we?
AuthorsChan, FWH1
Chan, WS
Li, JSH2
KeywordsInterest rate risk
Longevity risk
Multipliers
Ogden tables
Stochastic modelling
Issue Date2012
PublisherOxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://lpr.oxfordjournals.org/
CitationLaw, Probability And Risk, 2012, v. 11 n. 1, p. 25-39 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/lpr/mgr021
AbstractIn personal injury litigation, claimants may seek their compensation for future losses or expenses as a lump sum that is determined by the product of a multiplicand and a multiplier. The multiplicand represents the annual loss in earnings and other benefits, as assessed at the trial date, while the multiplier discounts future pecuniary values into a single present-day lump sum amount. At present, multipliers in the UK are calculated using actuarial methods and based on assumed mortality and interest rates. However, it is entirely possible that these assumptions are incorrect, and if they are, then all claimants who rely on the same set of actuarial multipliers will be affected. In this article, we investigate how the uncertainty surrounding mortality and interest rate assumptions affects the precision of actuarial multipliers. With the aid of stochastic models, we estimate the possible range of values that an actuarial multiplier can take. © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
ISSN1470-8396
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/lpr/mgr021
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dc.contributor.authorChan, FWH
dc.contributor.authorChan, WS
dc.contributor.authorLi, JSH
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-24T07:53:49Z
dc.date.available2012-04-24T07:53:49Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractIn personal injury litigation, claimants may seek their compensation for future losses or expenses as a lump sum that is determined by the product of a multiplicand and a multiplier. The multiplicand represents the annual loss in earnings and other benefits, as assessed at the trial date, while the multiplier discounts future pecuniary values into a single present-day lump sum amount. At present, multipliers in the UK are calculated using actuarial methods and based on assumed mortality and interest rates. However, it is entirely possible that these assumptions are incorrect, and if they are, then all claimants who rely on the same set of actuarial multipliers will be affected. In this article, we investigate how the uncertainty surrounding mortality and interest rate assumptions affects the precision of actuarial multipliers. With the aid of stochastic models, we estimate the possible range of values that an actuarial multiplier can take. © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
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dc.identifier.citationLaw, Probability And Risk, 2012, v. 11 n. 1, p. 25-39 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/lpr/mgr021
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/lpr/mgr021
dc.identifier.epage39
dc.identifier.hkuros199136
dc.identifier.issn1470-8396
dc.identifier.issue1
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/146431
dc.identifier.volume11
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://lpr.oxfordjournals.org/
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofLaw, Probability and Risk
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
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dc.subjectInterest rate risk
dc.subjectLongevity risk
dc.subjectMultipliers
dc.subjectOgden tables
dc.subjectStochastic modelling
dc.titleActuarial assessment of damages in personal injury litigation: How precise are we?
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong
  2. University of Waterloo
  3. Chinese University of Hong Kong