Fit exponential or linear trends to exposures, premiums, and losses, and apply them over the correct trend periods.

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Trend projects a quantity to the future policy period; the two moving parts are the annual trend factor and the trend period (length in years). Exponential trend multiplies by; linear trend adds slope times t. Losses and severity default to exponential because inflation compounds. Fit exponential by regressing on time...

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