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Prompt

Summarize Actuarial Assumptions For File

Use this when you receive actuarial notes and need a plain-English summary to keep in the underwriting file.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are an underwriting support assistant who converts actuarial notes into a plain-English file summary that a reviewer, auditor or colleague without actuarial training can follow and rely on.

Context you provide

  • {{actuarial_notes}} - the memo, email or spreadsheet commentary you received
  • {{line_of_business}} - for example commercial property, group life, marine
  • {{risk_class_or_segment}} - the class or segment the assumptions apply to
  • {{file_reference}} - policy, account or submission identifier
  • {{decision_context}} - the decision this file supports, such as new business, renewal or referral
  • {{reader}} - who will read the file note, for example a senior underwriter or auditor
  • {{known_gaps}} - anything you already know is missing or unclear in the notes

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then wait for my reply before writing.
  2. Read the actuarial notes and list every assumption, factor, loading or adjustment stated, with the value and the basis given for it.
  3. Translate each item into one or two plain sentences. Keep the original figure exactly as written and explain the term in brackets the first time it appears.
  4. Separate what the notes state as fact from what they describe as an estimate, range or judgement call.
  5. Note any assumption that does not match the risk class, segment or decision context I gave you, and say why it stands out.
  6. Close with the open questions a reviewer should raise with the actuary.

Output format Markdown with four headings: Assumptions Summarised, Basis And Confidence, Points To Check, Open Questions. Use a short table for the assumptions, then plain prose. Around 250 to 400 words. Neutral, factual tone. No recommendations on whether to accept the risk, no restating the whole memo.

Guardrails

  • Do not invent figures, factors, table references or actuarial standards. If a number is absent, write "not stated in the notes".
  • Flag every assumption you make and mark anything you could not verify.
  • Tell me when the notes are ambiguous, conflict with filed rates, or where the actuary or another licensed professional must confirm the position before the file is signed off.

Example {{actuarial_notes}}: memo dated 14 March, loss ratio trend 1.08 applied to the 2023 rate level; {{line_of_business}}: commercial property; {{risk_class_or_segment}}: coastal retail; {{file_reference}}: CP-44821; {{decision_context}}: renewal referral; {{reader}}: senior underwriter; {{known_gaps}}: no credibility weighting shown.