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Management’s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
unknown increases in medical and other costs that are
likelytooccurpriortotheultimatesettlement.Thesecond
development was the unexpected severity in Republic
Western’s commercial transportation and commercial
multipleperilprograms.Bothoftheselinesexperienced
increasedclaimseverityduring2003thathadanegative
effect on the 2003 actuarial estimations. The increased
claimseveritywasnotknowninprioryearsandthuswas
notreflectedinpreviousactuarialcalculations.
Thefollowingtableillustratesthechangeinunpaidloss
and loss adjustment expenses. The first line represents
reservesasoriginallyreportedattheendofthestatedyear.
Thesecondsection,readingdown,representscumulative
amounts paid as of the end of successive years with
respecttothatreserve.Thethirdsection,readingdown,
represents revised estimates of the original recorded
reserveasoftheendofsuccessiveyears.Thelastsection
comparesthelatestrevisedestimatedreserveamountto
the reserve amount as originally established. This last
sectioniscumulativeandshouldnotbesummed.