Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 July 2016
Suppose that N is a ℤ+-valued random variable and that X,X1,X2,… is a sequence of independent and identically distributed ℤ+ random variables independent of N. In this paper we are interested in properties of the conditional variable In particular, we want to know the asymptotic behavior of the conditional mean ENk or the conditional variance varNk as k→∞. We consider the cases when X is Poisson and when X is mixed Poisson. The problem is motivated by modeling loss reserves in nonlife insurance.