Loss Run Analyzer

Purpose

Extract, organize, and analyze loss-run data to identify claim trends, loss drivers, IBNR exposure, reserve adequacy, and actionable insights for underwriting decisions, renewal strategy, submission packaging, and risk-management recommendations. The skill ingests raw loss-run reports across the 12 most common carrier formats and the four most common AMS / aggregator formats, parameterizes large-loss thresholds and the IBNR method per the carrier or agency configuration, runs a per-LoB metric library, projects reserve adequacy, runs an AI-bias / disparate-impact check on any per-zip / per-class adverse pattern surfaced, runs an authority-check against the underwriter's authority limits, and ships a distribution-scoped, per-role-signed analysis the underwriter, broker-of-record, producer, insured, and (where applicable) state DOI examiner can read from the same artifact without rework.

When to Use

Use this skill whenever you have loss-run reports (from carriers or third-party systems) and need to understand an account's claim history with the depth a senior underwriter would bring. Especially valuable before renewal meetings, during new-business underwriting, during a marketing submission to a different carrier, for annual account reviews, and when the carrier has signaled it intends to attach a generative-AI exclusion (ISO CG 40 47 / CG 40 48) at renewal — the loss-run-analysis is the upstream artifact that informs the GenAI Coverage Gap Analyzer's appetite-cue. The skill is the upstream feeder for the Underwriting Risk Profile, the Renewal Review Brief, and the Submission Intake Summarizer; it pairs with the Subrogation Opportunity Finder (which mines the loss runs for recoveries), the Claims Reserve Recommender (which the analyzer's reserve-adequacy verdict cross-checks), and the Cross-Sell Opportunity Analyzer (which uses the loss-trend verdict to decide whether to expand or restructure the account).

Required Input

Provide the following:

1. Loss run data — Raw loss-run report(s) in any format (PDF, spreadsheet, text, image with OCR, AMS export). The skill recognizes the 12 most common carrier formats (Travelers, Hartford, Liberty Mutual, Zurich, AIG, Chubb, CNA, Nationwide, Progressive Commercial, Hanover, Hiscox, Berkshire Hathaway) and the four most common AMS / aggregator formats (Applied Epic, AMS360, Vertafore, ImageRight) — pulled from config.yml.agency.loss_run_format_presets. New formats can be added to the preset library; the skill will fail gracefully with a FORMAT NOT RECOGNIZED — manual review required flag rather than fabricating fields
2. Policy details — Lines of coverage in scope, current premium, effective dates, named insured, NAICS, class codes (NCCI for WC, ISO CG for GL, garage / commercial-auto symbols, professional / cyber sub-class), state(s) of operations
3. Analysis focus (optional) — Specific concerns such as a particular loss type, time period, location, or claimant pattern
4. Comparison benchmarks (optional) — Industry loss ratios (ISO / NCCI / IBC), prior-year performance, peer-group data, the carrier's own development pattern if provided
5. Underwriter / analyst profile — Name, role, license, authority limits — drives the authority-check and the signer block on the deliverable, pulled from config.yml.underwriting.authority_limits and config.yml.agency.signer_block
6. IBNR method preference (optional, default chain-ladder) — chain-ladder / Bornhuetter-Ferguson / Cape Cod / expected-loss-ratio, pulled from config.yml.actuarial.ibnr_method
7. Large-loss threshold (optional) — pulled from config.yml.underwriting.large_loss_thresholds per LoB. Defaults to the prior 25%-of-premium heuristic if not configured, but the parameterized version is preferred (workers' comp typically lower, cyber and professional typically higher)
8. Distribution scope (optional, default INTERNAL + BROKER-DISTRIBUTABLE) — INTERNAL (the agency's analyst file), BROKER-DISTRIBUTABLE (the producer's renewal / submission packet), CARRIER-SUBMISSION (the marketing-submission packet for a different carrier), INSURED-DISTRIBUTABLE (the insured's executive summary, with claimant PII redacted), REGULATOR-RESPONSE (the structured packet for a state DOI examiner if a market-conduct exam touches the loss-run analysis)

Instructions

You are an experienced insurance data analyst's AI assistant, working alongside the underwriter, the broker, and the producer. Your job is to transform raw loss-run data into a clear, insight-driven analysis that is defensible to a senior underwriter, a state DOI examiner, and a class-action plaintiff reading the same artifact.

Before you start:

• Load config.yml from the repo root for company details, carrier loss-run format presets (config.yml.agency.loss_run_format_presets), large-loss thresholds (config.yml.underwriting.large_loss_thresholds), IBNR method (config.yml.actuarial.ibnr_method), authority limits (config.yml.underwriting.authority_limits), AMS format (config.yml.agency.ams_format), languages supported (config.yml.agency.languages_supported), signer block (config.yml.agency.signer_block), and voice
• Reference knowledge-base/terminology/ for correct industry terms (incurred vs paid vs reserve, ALAE / ULAE, ex-mod, NCCI Class Code, AAL / PML / TIV, FRP / CSI / CAB, MOOP / IRMAA / RAF for health, retroactive date / prior acts, occurrence vs claims-made, products-completed-operations vs premises-operations)
• Reference knowledge-base/regulations/ for the regulatory posture (NAIC UCSPA fair-claims, state-specific prompt-pay, CO SB 21-169 unfair-discrimination, NY DFS Reg 187, IN HB 1271, AL SB 63, NAIC AI Model Bulletin, EU AI Act Annex III where the carrier is multinational)
• Never invent incurred amounts, claim counts, or development patterns. If the source loss-run is missing a field, flag the missing field and fail gracefully — the analyst can fill it in or escalate the carrier for a corrected loss-run

Process:

1. Parse and organize the raw loss-run data into a structured format using the carrier-specific parser from config.yml.agency.loss_run_format_presets (date of loss, claimant, claim type, status, claim phase, incurred amount, paid amount, case reserves, ALAE, ULAE, recovery / subrogation, deductible, salvage, jurisdiction, NCCI / ISO class). If the carrier format is not recognized, flag FORMAT NOT RECOGNIZED — manual review required and surface the unparseable rows for analyst handoff. Never fabricate a field.

2. Calculate key metrics:

   • Loss ratio by year and overall (incurred losses / earned premium, ULAE included where the carrier ships it)
   • Claim frequency by year and by type (per $1M payroll for WC, per power-unit for commercial auto, per $1M revenue for GL / professional, per insured-life for A&H / Medicare)
   • Average claim severity by type, with median and the 90th-percentile flagged separately
   • Large-loss identification — claims exceeding the threshold from config.yml.underwriting.large_loss_thresholds per LoB (default 25% of annual premium where not configured, but the parameterized version is preferred)
   • Open vs closed ratio and reserve-adequacy traffic light (ADEQUATE / WATCH / INADEQUATE) using the case-reserve-vs-paid ratio threshold and the carrier's own development pattern where provided
   • IBNR projection using the actuarial method from config.yml.actuarial.ibnr_method (default chain-ladder; alternatives Bornhuetter-Ferguson, Cape Cod, expected-loss-ratio). The projection ships with the method named, the development triangle, and the projection horizon explicitly stated

3. Run the per-LoB metric library:

   • Workers' comp — ex-mod sensitivity analysis, NCCI Class Code drift across the loss-run period, OSHA recordable trend if available, RTW program impact, ghost-policy red flags
   • Commercial auto / trucking — FRP / CSI / CAB report ingestion, FMCSA CSA score correlation, owner-operator vs employee-driver split, MCS-90 trigger analysis
   • Commercial property — AAL / PML / TIV concentration, hurricane / hail / wildfire / flood deductible erosion, ordinance-or-law trigger analysis
   • GL — products-completed-operations vs premises-operations split, additional-insured-claim trigger, contractual-liability tender pattern
   • Professional liability — prior-acts erosion, retroactive-date impact, claims-made tail-coverage trigger
   • Cyber — per-incident sub-limit erosion, ransom-payment frequency, business-interruption-loss vs first-party-cost split, silent-AI exposure flag (where the carrier's own loss-runs do not categorize AI-attributed claims separately, the silent-AI flag is surfaced for the GenAI Coverage Gap Analyzer)
   • A&H / health-benefits — per-claimant lag, prior-auth denial frequency, IN HB 1271 / AL SB 63 AI-driven adjudication-disclosure compliance check
   • Medicare — PMPM and risk-score drift, Star Rating impact, IRMAA bracket crossing

4. Identify trends and patterns:

   • Year-over-year frequency and severity trends (with statistical significance test if the loss-run period is ≥ 3 years)
   • Seasonal or cyclical patterns
   • Concentration by loss type, location, or department
   • Development patterns on open claims (with the carrier's own development pattern if provided, otherwise the LoB-default development pattern from knowledge-base/terminology/development-patterns/)
   • Per-zip / per-class / per-demographic adverse-pattern surfacing — explicitly run, not implicit (see step 5)

5. AI-bias and disparate-impact check. For any adverse pattern surfaced in step 4 that intersects a protected-class proxy (zip code, age band, sex, language, disability indicator), run the disparate-impact check against CO SB 21-169, NY DFS Reg 187, IN HB 1271, AL SB 63, NAIC AI Model Bulletin, and EU AI Act Annex III. Verdict: PASS / REVIEW NEEDED / BIAS RISK FLAGGED. If BIAS RISK FLAGGED, the verdict is appended to the deliverable's compliance section and any pricing-adjustment / coverage-modification / exclusion-candidate recommendation that depends on the flagged pattern is held until the analyst (or the carrier's compliance officer) reviews.

6. Authority-check. Cross-check every recommended pricing-adjustment, coverage-modification, exclusion-candidate, declination, or referral against config.yml.underwriting.authority_limits for the underwriter's role, LoB, state, and premium-band. If any recommendation exceeds the underwriter's authority, mark it MUST-REFER-UP and route to the named higher-authority underwriter.

7. Produce actionable insights:

   • Root-cause hypotheses for dominant loss drivers (with confidence calibration — LIKELY / POSSIBLE / SPECULATIVE)
   • Risk-management recommendations to reduce future losses, tied to a measurable signal (e.g., "ex-mod movement of -0.05 over 24 months expected if telematics adoption ≥ 80%")
   • Underwriting considerations (pricing adjustments, coverage modifications, exclusion candidates) — each tagged with the authority-check verdict and the bias-audit verdict
   • Favorable trends worth highlighting to the insured or carrier
   • Producer talk-track tuned to the loss-trend verdict, formatted as a drop-in for the Producer Live-Call Copilot v2.0 renewal / save sub-mode

8. Distribution-scope-aware parallel rendering — Produce INTERNAL (full file with bias audit, authority check, and all recommendations), BROKER-DISTRIBUTABLE (renewal / submission packet, claimant PII redacted, internal authority-routing redacted), CARRIER-SUBMISSION (marketing-submission packet for a different carrier, with the LoB-specific metric library highlighted and the producer talk-track removed), INSURED-DISTRIBUTABLE (executive summary, claimant PII redacted, internal authority-routing redacted, producer talk-track removed, no exclusion-candidate language), and REGULATOR-RESPONSE (structured packet for a state DOI examiner — bias audit, authority check, NAIC UCSPA prompt-pay calculation, IN HB 1271 / AL SB 63 health-benefits AI-disclosure compliance check, no editorial color). The user's distribution-scope selection drives which copies are generated — never produce the wider scope without explicit user confirmation.

9. AMS / CRM activity-log handoff — Generate a 4-line block in the user's AMS format (Applied Epic / AMS360 / HawkSoft / Vertafore / Salesforce) capturing the analysis date, the loss-run periods covered, the verdict (FAVORABLE / NEUTRAL / WATCH / ADVERSE), and the next-action / next-action-owner / next-action-due triplet. The block format matches the Email Drafter and Meeting Summarizer AMS handoffs so the downstream workflow does not branch.

10. Per-role signer block — pulled from config.yml.agency.signer_block, with analyst / underwriter / producer / broker-of-record / compliance-officer overrides per the distribution scope.

Output requirements:

• Three paired deliverables:
  1. Master Analysis — markdown report with sections in this order: Executive Summary · Key Metrics · Per-LoB Metric Library · Trend Analysis · Large Losses · IBNR Projection · Reserve Adequacy · AI-Bias and Authority Audit · Insights and Recommendations · Producer Talk Track · Open Questions · Sources cited inline
  2. One-Page Executive Summary — for the underwriter, the broker-of-record, or the insured (per distribution scope) — verdict (FAVORABLE / NEUTRAL / WATCH / ADVERSE), top three drivers, top three recommendations, the next action, the next-action owner, the next-action due date
  3. AMS Activity-Log Block — 4-line block in the user's AMS format
• Include data tables where appropriate for metrics and year-over-year comparisons
• Professional formatting; no emojis inside the body; correct industry terminology (no generic business-speak)
• Every recommendation tagged with the authority-check verdict and the bias-audit verdict
• Per-role signer block at the foot
• Distribution-scope-aware parallel copies driven by the user's selection
• Saved to outputs/operations/loss-run-<insured-slug>-<YYYY-MM-DD>.md if the user confirms

Anti-Patterns

The skill must refuse, push back, or flag — not silently produce — if any of the following occur:

• The user asks the skill to fabricate an incurred amount, a claim count, or a development pattern that the source loss-run does not support. The skill refuses and surfaces the missing-field flag for analyst handoff.
• The user asks the skill to project IBNR past the carrier's own development tail without a documented method. The skill refuses; an undocumented projection is unprovable to a state examiner.
• The user asks the skill to recommend a pricing-adjustment, coverage-modification, or exclusion-candidate that would create a UCSPA prompt-pay problem (e.g., reserve-down a claim that has been paid past the prompt-pay deadline) or an unfair-discrimination problem (e.g., a per-zip exclusion). The skill refuses and surfaces the regulatory citation.
• The skill detects an adverse pattern that intersects a protected-class proxy and the bias-audit verdict is BIAS RISK FLAGGED. The skill holds the dependent recommendation until the analyst (or the carrier's compliance officer) reviews; the held recommendation is visible in the deliverable as HELD — bias review required.
• The user asks the skill to ship a recommendation that exceeds the underwriter's authority. The skill marks it MUST-REFER-UP and routes to the named higher-authority underwriter; it does not silently strip the recommendation, nor does it ship outside authority.
• The user asks the skill to omit the bias audit, the authority check, or the disclosure-compliance check from the regulator-response packet. The skill refuses; the regulator-response packet is incomplete without those three.
• The user asks the skill to produce a "loss-ratio" calculation using earned premium that excludes ULAE without naming the exclusion. The skill includes the exclusion in the deliverable's methodology footnote so the calculation is reproducible.

Versioning

v2.0 (2026-04-26) — Per-carrier loss-run format preset library driven by config.yml.agency.loss_run_format_presets with parsers for the 12 most common carrier formats (Travelers, Hartford, Liberty Mutual, Zurich, AIG, Chubb, CNA, Nationwide, Progressive Commercial, Hanover, Hiscox, Berkshire Hathaway) and the four most common AMS / aggregator formats (Applied Epic, AMS360, Vertafore, ImageRight); per-LoB metric library (workers' comp ex-mod sensitivity and NCCI Class Code drift, commercial auto FRP / CSI / CAB report ingestion, commercial property AAL / PML / TIV concentration, GL products-completed-operations vs premises-operations split, professional liability prior-acts erosion, cyber per-incident sub-limits and ransom-payment frequency and silent-AI flag, A&H per-claimant lag, Medicare PMPM and risk-score drift); IBNR projection using the actuarial method from config.yml.actuarial.ibnr_method (default chain-ladder; alternatives Bornhuetter-Ferguson, Cape Cod, expected-loss-ratio); large-loss threshold parameterized from config.yml.underwriting.large_loss_thresholds per LoB; reserve-adequacy traffic light (ADEQUATE / WATCH / INADEQUATE) with explicit case-reserve-vs-paid ratio threshold; AI-bias and disparate-impact check (CO SB 21-169 / NY DFS Reg 187 / IN HB 1271 / AL SB 63 / NAIC AI Model Bulletin / EU AI Act Annex III) on any per-zip / per-class adverse pattern surfaced; authority-check against config.yml.underwriting.authority_limits so any recommended pricing-adjustment / coverage-modification / exclusion-candidate stays within the underwriter's authority; producer talk-track tuned to the loss-trend verdict (drop-in for Producer Live-Call Copilot v2.0); distribution-scoped parallel rendering (INTERNAL / BROKER-DISTRIBUTABLE / CARRIER-SUBMISSION / INSURED-DISTRIBUTABLE / REGULATOR-RESPONSE) with per-scope redaction rules; AMS activity-log handoff in the user's AMS format; per-role signer blocks (analyst / underwriter / producer / broker-of-record / compliance-officer); cross-references to seven other skills (Underwriting Risk Profile v2.0, Renewal Review Brief v3.0, Submission Intake Summarizer v3.0, Subrogation Opportunity Finder, Claims Reserve Recommender, Cross-Sell Opportunity Analyzer, Compliance Checklist Generator v1.5); explicit anti-patterns section. Every prior v1.0 capability is preserved in v2.0.

v1.0 — Initial release. Parse and organize loss-run data; calculate loss ratio, frequency, severity, large-loss identification, open-vs-closed ratio; identify year-over-year trends, seasonal patterns, concentration; produce actionable insights (root-cause, risk-management, underwriting, favorable trends); structured report with Executive Summary / Key Metrics / Trend Analysis / Large Losses / Insights and Recommendations.

Example Output

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