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INTRODUCTION
Direct business
Insurance
Company
Reinsurance
outward
Reinsurance Inward
Blind acceptances
Underwriter far away from risk
Little transparency
Values involved are large
Results can be volatile
Profit margins low or negative
Face International competition
Purchaser has knowledge and bargaining power
Chances of reinsurer going wrong higher than Insurer
Consequences of misjudgment can be severe
Business Plan
UNDERWRITING CONSIDERATIONS
1.
Underwriting Environment
renewal
Renewal with a change
Existing reinsurer ceasing to participate
Reinsured seeking improvement in terms
New cover being sought
UNDERWRITING CONSIDERATIONS
Acceptance
Depends
on business plan
Past experience of the class and the country
Business written to date leading to accumulation
The
Broker
Play
UNDERWRITING CONSIDERATIONS..
2.
Analysis of Statistics
Currency Movement
Analysis of claims information
Inflation
Scrutiny of statistics
Various As ifs
3.
Underwriting Information
UNDERWRITING CONSIDERATIONS..
CASHFLOW UNDERWRITING.
Cash flow underwriting can fail if:
Reinsurer has adopted an overoptimistic approach
Losses build up faster & higher than expected
Investment income not realised as visualised
Anticipated exchange gain does not materialise
Careless underwritten business can give losses
which are heavier than interest earnings
PLACEMENT PRACTICES
Acceptance expressed in monetary terms
Line to stand
Signing Down
Acceptance open only upto _____
Warranted most favoured terms
ACCEPTANCE LIMITS
Shareholders fund: 20 Mln
Max exposure : Any one risk - 600,000
i.e 3% of shareholders fund
Surplus Treaty:
Retention : 1 Mln
Treaty Capacity : 10 lines, 10 Mln
Acceptance Limit: 6% of treaty or 0.6 lines
Risk XL:
3mln xs 1 mln each and every loss
Acceptance Limit: 20%
What will be the acceptance limit if there were no Event
Limits or if there were unlimited reinstatements?