Statistical Methods for Casualty Companies by Use of the Eighty ColumnHollerith System

The basic procedure in a casualty statistical department consists primarily of the recording, tabulation, and analysis of actuarial and company statistics in accordance with ratemaking bureau and company statistical coding plans. It is the purpose of this paper to describe some of the standard as well as unusual methods of recording and tabulating casualty insurance ratemaking and allied statistics with special reference to the actuarial bureau and insurance department experience calls or requests for primary ratemaking data and with special reference to the use of the eighty column Hollerith card.