Assumed: An estimate of the amount of an insurer’s (or self-insurer’s) liability for claim-generating events that have taken place but have not yet been reported to the insurer or self – insurer. The sum of IBNR losses plus incurred losses provides an estimate of the insurer’s eventual liabilities for losses during a given period.
IBNR Recovered(ceded): IBNR on the
policy reinsured.
EXAMPLES:
IBNR: An insurance company estimates that they will receive claims for $50,000
related to a policy during the next year. However, they believe that some claims may
not be reported (IBNR) reserves to cover those claims.
IBNR recovered (ceded): The insurance in the previous example reinsures the policy
with another company, and the reinsurer agrees to cover $5,000 of the IBNR
reserves.