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CPCU Society Reinsurance Interest Section Workshop February 3, 2005 R. Michael Cass Kelli M. Kukulka Thomas M. Pavelko
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R. Michael Cass, CPCU, ARe Mike Cass is President & Principal Consultant for R.M. Cass Associates, an independent consulting firm now located in Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1987, the practice emphasizes reinsurance and related matters. Prior to forming his consulting practice, Cass obtained extensive industry experience with insurance, reinsurance companies and a Lloyds broker. He has functioned as both manager and officer. Cass has served as an arbitrator in over 40 disputes involving insurance and reinsurance issues. He is a member of the American Arbitration Associations Panel of Neutrals and ARIAS-US and is a certified arbitrator. Since the inception of his practice, Cass has devoted a significant part of his activities to assisting liquidators in various domiciles as well as run off operations. These services relate to technical consulting, expert witness activity and as an arbitrator and umpire. He is a graduate of Penn State University and Temple University School of Law. Cass is a member of the New York Bar, a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter, ARe and an Accredited Insurance Receiver Reinsurance. Cass is a former chair of the ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Sections (TIPS) Committee on Excess, Surplus Lines and Reinsurance. He is also past chair of that Sections International Committee and has served as the TIPS liaison to the Central and Eastern European Law Initiative. Cass is also active in the CPCU Society. He is past chair of the Societys Risk Management Section Committee and former member of the Excess, Surplus and Specialty Lines Section Committee. He currently chairs the CPCU Societys Reinsurance Interest Section Committee. Cass is the current president of the Illinois Captive and Alternative Risk Funding Insurance Association. In addition to various speaking engagements and professional articles on reinsurance and related areas, Cass has contributed to an industry treatise and textbook. He is chapter author of Reinsurance Contract Wording, (Strain Publications) and contributing author and editor of Reinsurance Practices, Second Edition (Insurance Institute of America), and the textbook for the ARe 142 program.
Kelli M. Kukulka, CPCU, ARe Kelli Kukulka is a Vice President for the Agricultural Department of American Re-Insurance Company located in Chicago. Kelli began her insurance career in The Hartfords Livestock Department. She works with agricultural clients on a national basis, and is responsible for treaty marketing and underwriting, and individual risk facultative for agriculture specialty risks. Kelli has more than fifteen years of experience in agricultural insurance, has earned the designations of CPCU and ARe and is the Past-President of the Chicago Chapter of the CPCU Society. Ms. Kukulka maintains memberships in the Animal Transportation Association, CPCU Society, Crop Insurance Research Bureau, Livestock Exporters Association and the National Association of Insurance Women. Kelli was raised on a farm in Central Illinois and holds a Bachelors Degree in Agriculture from the University of Illinois. Kelli teaches reinsurance classes for the Insurance School of Chicago and speaks at various insurance seminars. She has been a national committee member of the CPCU Reinsurance Interest Section Committee since 2003. Kelli stated she began her service to the CPCU Society to develop relationships outside her technical specialty. Since we live in a constantly evolving business environment, it is helpful to extrapolate developments in other sectors of insurance and reinsurance into those that affect my own area. In effect, those relationships have become my underwriting crystal ball.
Thomas M. Pavelko, JD, CPCU, ARe Tom is the contracts and regulatory attorney for American Agricultural Insurance Company in Park Ridge, Illinois. He has held this position for six years and has worked for American Ag for seven years. American Ag was created in 1948 to provide reinsurance for Farm Bureau insurance companies, but subsequently diversified and has become a major reinsurance provider in the United States and various international markets. Prior to joining American Ag, Tom was in private law practice in Illinois and Missouri for 15 years, concentrating in insurance defense litigation. Tom received his ARe designation in 1999 and his CPCU designation in 2000 at the San Antonio, TX conferment. He is active in the Northwest Suburban Chicago chapter, currently serving as one of its directors. Tom joined the Reinsurance Section Committee in 2001. He also serves on the Laws Committee of the NAII. He was graduated from Marquette University with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a political science major. He received his Juris Doctor from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis. When Tom joined the Reinsurance Section Committee, he said that he wanted to become a member to better himself, promote the CPCU Society and perhaps bring some benefit to his fellow members. He has quickly learned that membership brings excellent networking benefits. I dont get out much. Most of my workdays are spent behind a desk and in front of a computer, drafting reinsurance treaties or preparing licensing or other regulatory filings. It is immensely rewarding to attend committee functions and receive cutting edge information from industry leaders.
b.
c. d.
Stability
Catastrophe protection Surplus relief
e.
f.
Underwriting expertise
Withdrawal from a territory or line of business
INSURANCE COMPANY RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Capable, and properly-managed staff 2. Payment of state premium taxes 3. Maintain all accounting records, as long as necessary 4. Identify, investigate, and pay valid claims 5. Decision-maker in claims decisions 6. Cooperate with state insurance departments during examination 7. Cooperate with Internal Revenue Service, SEC, etc, as appropriate 8. Cooperate with reinsurer during claims review
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Sequence
The Event
The Flow of Risk Insurer (A) assumes primary risks (with or without an insurance agent or broker)
10. YOU CAN CLEAR AIRPORT SECURITY DESPITE HAVING A CUT THROUGH ENDORSEMENT
Sequence
The Event
The Flow of Risk Insurer (A) assumes primary risks (with or without an insurance agent or broker)
Insurance Company B reinsures Company As risks (with or without a reinsurance broker) Company B reinsured by Company C (using a reinsurance broker)
A & B enter into separate reinsurance agreement B & C enter into a separate retrocessional agreement
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REINSURERS INSURERS
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Europe, 34%
North America, 57% Latin America, 2% Africa, Near and Middle East, 1%
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Swiss Re Group@
Gerling Global @ The St. Paul Cos. Hartford Re/Endurance
1,989
1,283
479
1,647
760 1,615
2,067
898 1,251 826
648
235 413
737
225 334
588
142
496
134
424
703
849
SCOR Re
Odyssey America (TIG Re) CNA Re / Folksamerica Re @ Berkeley Ins Co. National Indemnity Partner Re
348
1,911 889 1,397 2,741 1,041
637
1,493 679 940 2,666 755
598
892 685 1,217
624
609 951 445
500
369
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GROSS PREMIUMS/RISKS
LESS INURING
REINSURANCE
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TYPES OF REINSURANCE
FACULTATIVE:
Each risk is individually reinsured Reinsurer accepts or rejects each individual risk Could be either pro rata or excess of loss
TREATY:
Automatic reinsurance of agreed upon segment of direct business written
8. FOLLOW THE FORTUNES HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LEPRECHAUNS, RAINBOWS OR A POT OF GOLD
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Treaty
Mandatory cession/recovery Mandatory acceptance Overall class rating; no individual risk underwriting Long-term relationship and commitment; some expectation of pay-back over the long run A profit sharing arrangement (sliding scale or contingent) included in pro rata; swing rate in working excess treaties Single contract: all reinsurers Usually ECO/XPL cover expected Only one ultimate reinsurance contract
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Retention
Limit
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Cede Retention
Dollar Loss
Cede Retention
$0
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Including Risk Retention Act Purchasing Groups Using (optional) Agents or Brokers With (optional) Substantial Deductible Layer Retained Policy-Writing Insurance Company(ies) Selecting (optional) Reinsurance Intermediaries Reinsurers Retrocessions With the Same or New Reinsurance Broker
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ACCOUNTING
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1881
1913
1933
1939
1974
1981
1993
1995 26
EARNED
COST
SURPLUS PENALTY
TIME
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LEGAL
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Sequence
The Event
The Flow of Risk Insurer (A) assumes primary risks (with or without an insurance agent or broker)
Insurance Company B reinsures Company As risks (with or without a reinsurance broker) Company B reinsured by Company C (using a reinsurance broker)
A & B enter into separate reinsurance agreement B & C enter into a separate retrocessional agreement
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B. C. D. E. F.
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Business Reinsured: Fire, Allied Lines, Homeowners, Mobile Homeowners, and Boat owners. Multiple Peril (property perils only), Automobile Physical Damage (excluding collision), Commercial Multiple Peril (property perils only, including property perils of Business owners policies), Inland Marine and Glass. In force, new and renewal.
Term: Effective January 1, 2005, with respect to losses arising out of loss occurrences commencing on or after that date, through December 31, 2005. Extended expiration in the event a loss occurrence is in progress at expiration.
Territory: USA, its territories or possessions, Puerto Rico, D.C., and extra-territorial limits of the Companys policies. Exclusions: See attached Retention & Limit: Based on the Companys ultimate net loss each occurrence. Layers, retentions and limits as set forth in the attached Schedule A. Reinstatement: One Full reinstatement for each layer, as set forth in Schedule A, with additional premium calculated 100% as to time and pro rata as to amount. Ultimate Net Loss: Loss adjustment expense included. Loss Occurrence Definition: See attached. Loss Notice and Settlements: Individual loss notices and settlements.
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Premium: Rates based on net earned premium, with NEP to include Homeowners at 65%. Rates, annual deposit premium and annual minimum premium as set forth in Schedule A. Annual deposit premium for each layer payable in four equal installments on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, 2005. Adjusted within 60 days after the end of the contract term. Subject Premium: Estimated subject net earned premium for the period January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005 is $12,000,000. Other Provisions: Salvage and Subrogation Offset (BRMA 36C) Access to Records (BRMA 1D) Net Retained Lines (BRMA 32B) Errors and Omissions Currency (BRMA 12A) Taxes (BRMA 50B) Federal Excise Tax (BRMA 17A) Insolvency Arbitration Service of Suit (BRMA 49C) Intermediary (BRMA 23A) Unauthorized reinsurers (Evergreen LOC for outstanding losses/LAE) Brokerage: 10.0% of ceded reinsurance premium, 5% on reinstatement premium Allocation of Final Shares: The company shall have the right to review all authorizations and the full authority to allocate final shares. Such decisions will be at the sole discretion of the Company and may result in other than a proportional sign down of authorization. As respects sign downs within the London marketplace, the final allocation of shares to individual companies or syndicates may not be proportionate to the original authorizations.
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E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N.
EXTENSIONS OF COVERAGE
XPL
ECO
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2. KEEP THIS ON THE QT, BUT ECO AND XPL CAN BE INCLUDED IN UNL
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INTERESTS AND LIABILITIES AGREEMENT It is hereby agreed by and between CLIENT INSURANCE COMPANY DALLAS, TEXAS (Hereinafter referred to as the company) And COSMOS REINSURANCE COMPANY NEW YORK, NEW YORK (Hereinafter referred to as the subscribing reinsurer) THAT THE SUBSCRIBING REINSURER SHALL HAVE A 35% SHARE IN THE INTERESTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE REINSURER AS SET FORTH IN THE ATTACHED CONTRACT ENTITLED: COMBINED EXCESS PER RISK AND EXCESS CASUALTY REINSURANCE CONTRACT EFFECTIVE: OCTOBER 1, 2005
This agreement shall become effective at October 1, 2005, and shall continue in force until terminated in accordance with the provisions of the attached contract.
THE SHARE OF THE SUBSCRIBING REINSURER IN THE INTERESTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE REINSURER WITH RESPECT TO SAID CONTRACT SHALL BE SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE SHARES OF THE OTHER REINSURERS AND THE INTERESTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE SUBSCRIBING REINSURERS SHALL NOT BE JOINT WITH THOSE OF THE OTHER REINSURERS AND THE SUBSCRIBING REINSURER SHALL IN NO EVENT PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERESTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE OTHER REINSURERS.
In witness whereof, the parties hereto by their respective duly authorized officers have executed this agreement as of the dates under mentioned at: Dallas, Texas, this __ day of ______ 2005 ____________________________ CLIENT INSURANCE COMPANY New York, New York, this __ day of ______ 2005 _______________________________ COSMOS REINSURANCE COMPANY
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ARBITRATION PARTIES
UMPIRE
ARBITRATOR
ARBITRATOR
CEDING INSURER
DISPUTE
REINSURER
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VERIFYING RECORDS
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UNDERWRITING
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A-042-01
Commercial Auto
ABI
2-1-00
2-29-00
350,000
Yes
29,471
4-11-01
L-234-01
General Liability
OBI
10-13-01
10-23-01
2,500
No
345,000
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L-662-01
Ivory N. Soap
General Liability
OBI
2-23-00
5-12-01
100,000
No
3,331
12-9-01
L-235-91
Bearcat Industries
General Liability
OBI
10-8-91
10-7-93
1,000
Yes
43,000
10-8-01
W-441
Workers Comp
WC
6-11-94
6-12-94
5,000,000
Yes
980,000
10-1702 ---
A-079
Commercial Auto
ABI
7-7-97
9-7-97
25,000
Yes
57,995
H-223
Thai-Xie Hung
Homeowners
Sec. II
E&O
5-10-93
1-2-01
2,500
Yes
18,656
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E-001
4-1-01
4-22-01
No
22,222
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Annual 10 Average
3,100 1,000 530 1,423 615 334
% of Total
49.5 21.4 11.6
8,900
2,100
311
235
8.1
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9/7-21
USA/Caribbean
Hurricane Ivan
125
8/11-14
9/1-9 9/15-29 9/6-8 10/19-21 8/22-31 5/21-27 5/29-6/2 10/23
USA/Caribbean
USA/Caribbean USA/Caribbean Japan/South Korea Japan Japan/Guam USA USA Japan
Hurricane Charley
Hurricane Frances Hurricane Jeanne Typhoon Songda Typhoon Tokage Typhoon Chaba Tornadoes Tornadoes Earthquake
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39 2,000 41 80 16 4 10 39
21,300
8,400 6,600 6,000 2,500 2,000 1,100 700 28,000
7,600
4,700 4,500 3,000 1,100 950 800 500 450
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