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Calculated Risks, Measurable
 
Results
 
  
Sylvain Goulet, fcia, fsa
 
Developing New Risks,
 
Developing New Solutions
 
 
New Reinsurance Solutions
 
  • 1 - Retakaful
 
    – From “Takaful” or Shari’ah compliant
 
      insurance
 
    – How can reinsurance help?
 
  • Traditional Risks, New Reinsurance
 
    – 2 - Increasing client retention
 
    – 3 - Vary Reinsurance portions (e.g. CI
 
      products)
 
    – 4 - Reinsurance derivatives
 
 
New Reinsurance Solutions
 
  • New Insurance Risks, New
 
    Reinsurance Solutions?
 
    – 5 - Avian Inluenza / Pandemic Risk
 
 
1 - Takaful Insurance - Potential
 
  • Muslim Population
 
    – Between 1/5 and 1/4 of the world
 
      population
 
    – Mainly Asia, Africa and Middle East
 
    – About 1.6 million Muslims in Canada (5%)
 
    – About 3.0 million Muslims in the USA (1%)
 
  • Growth
 
    – One of the fastest growing segments in
 
      North America, particularly Canada
 
 
1 - Takaful Insurance
 
  • Insurance in Compliance with Shari’ah
 
    Law (Islam)
 
  • Shari’ah Law
 
      – Legal framework based on Muslim
 
        principles of jurisprudence
 
      – Legal theory established before the 19th
 
        century, or
 
      – Changing body and reflect current politics
 
        and economic realities
 
 
1 - Takaful Insurance
 
  • Insurance that is permissible under
 
    Shari’ah Law
 
  • Takaful
 
      – Arabic word: “joint guarantee” or
 
        “guarantee each other”
 
      – Although “insurance” is technically
 
        forbidden because it includes uncertainty,
 
        “mutual cooperation” and “pool
 
        contributions” are allowed for mutual
 
        benefits
 
 
1 - Takaful Insurance
 
  • Non-Permissible Elements
 
    – Uncertainty (“Gharar”): timing of payment,
 
      amount, or whether made or not
 
    – Gambling (“Maisir”): premiums could be
 
      seen as small when compared to the
 
      potential payout
 
    – Usury (“Riba”): not permitted under
 
      Shari’ah Law (note: does not contradict
 
      profits & capital gains)
 
 
1 - Takaful Insurance
 
  • Some Structural Solutions
 
    – Uncertainty (“Gharar”): ensure that some
 
      payments are made in one form or another
 
    – Gambling (“Maisir”): factor in some
 
      guarantees, Return of Premiums,
 
      participation in profits, etc.
 
    – Usury (“Riba”): use Shari’ah compliant
 
      funds (increasingly available)
 
 
1 - Takaful Insurance
 
  • Other Characteristics of Takaful
 
    – Must have a Shari’ah Board to uphold
 
      Islamic Law, and connection with an
 
      external Islamic Institute
 
    – Full disclosure of contract terms and profits
 
      distribution between the participants and
 
      the “Operator”
 
    – Reinsure with a Retakaful if available
 
    – “Window Operations” may be permitted
 
 
1 - Takaful Insurance - Potential
 
                  Potential Takaful Distribution
 
                                    Malaysi
 
                                      a          Pakista    Singapor
 
                                                    n            e
 
      Indonesi                                                  Thailand
 
        a                                                        1% Sri Lanka
 
                                                                          0%
 
                                                                        Bahrain
 
                                                                          1%
 
                                                                        Jorda
 
                                                                          n
 
                                                                        Kuwait
 
                                                                            3%
 
                                                                          Oma
 
                                                                            n
 
                                                                          Qata
 
                                                                            r
 
                                                        Saudi Arabia
 
            Bangladesh      United                      17%
 
                6%      Yemen                Syria
 
                              Arab          3%
 
                        0%
 
                              Emirate
 
 
1 - Takaful Insurance - Wakalah Model
 
1 - Takaful Insurance - Mudharabah
 
1 - Takaful Insurance - Potential
 
  • Opportunities for Reinsurance
 
    – Takaful has been small but growing rapidly
 
      abroad
 
    – Growing demand because of “Shari’ah
 
      compliance” and increasing wealth
 
    – If Retakaful is available, then must use it
 
    – Retakaful has been almost non-existent,
 
      and therefore limiting the growth of Takaful
 
    – Canadian banks and credit unions already
 
      working on Shari’ah-compliant investments
 
 
Traditional Risks,
 
New Solutions
 
 
2 -Increasing Client’s Retention
 
  • Increasing Client’s Retention
 
      – By calendar year (built-in annual
 
        recapture)
 
      – Reduce reinsurance costs
 
      – Increase the partnership between the
 
        ceding co. and the reinsurer
 
 
2 -Increasing Client’s Retention
 
                                2,200
 
                                            Traditional Net Amount at Risk "A"
 
                                2,000
 
                                1,800
 
                                1,600
 
  Funds & Face Amount ($000)
 
                                1,400
 
                                1,200
 
                                1,000
 
                                800
 
                                600
 
                                400                                            Ceded Amount
 
                                                                                Cedant Retention
 
                                200                                            Fund
 
                                  0
 
                                        50  55  60  65  70  75  80  85    90      95
 
 
2 -Increasing Client’s Retention
 
                                2,200
 
                                            Projection of Net Amount at Risk "A"
 
                                2,000
 
                                1,800
 
                                1,600
 
  Funds & Face Amount ($000)
 
                                1,400
 
                                1,200
 
                                1,000
 
                                800
 
                                600
 
                                400                                              Ceded Amount
 
                                                                                  Cedant Retention
 
                                200                                              Fund
 
                                  0
 
                                        50    55  60  65  70  75  80  85    90      95
 
 
2 -Increasing Client’s Retention
 
                                    4,500
 
                                                Projection of Net Amount at Risk "B"
 
                                    4,000
 
                                    3,500
 
  Funds & Face Amount ($000,000)
 
                                    3,000
 
                                    2,500
 
                                    2,000
 
                                    1,500
 
                                    1,000
 
                                                                                      Ceded Amount
 
                                                                                      Cedant Retention
 
                                    500                                              Fund
 
                                      0
 
                                            50    55  60  65  70  75  80  85  90      95
 
 
2 -Increasing Client’s Retention
 
  • For the Cedant:
 
    – Reduce reinsurance costs
 
    – Retain participation in future mortality
 
      gains
 
  • For the Reinsurer
 
    – Increase the commitment of the reinsurer
 
      towards the cedant over the long-term
 
 
3 - Vary Reinsurance Portions
 
  • For Example: Critical Illness
 
    – Reduce reinsurance costs
 
        • Higher incidence, more predictable costs
 
          (Heart Attack, Stroke, Cancer)
 
        • Cedant could retain more
 
    – Reduce uncertainty
 
        • Lower incidence, more variable costs
 
          (Alzheimer’s disease, Renal disease,
 
          Parkinson’s disease)
 
 
3 - Vary Reinsurance Portions
 
3 - Vary Reinsurance Portions
 
  • For Example: Critical Illness
 
    – Could migrate to the same basis over time
 
      (10 years)
 
        • Can afford more risk over time
 
        • Create more harmonization over time
 
        • Develop more company experience
 
 
3 - Vary Reinsurance Portions
 
4 - Reinsurance Derivatives
 
  • Derivatives - Oxford:
 
      – (of a financial product) having a value
 
        deriving from an underlying variable asset :
 
        equity-based derivative products
 
      – (often derivatives) an arrangement or
 
        instrument (such as a future, option, or
 
        warrant) whose value derives from and is
 
        dependent on the value of an underlying
 
        asset
 
  • “Reinsurance” is a derivative
 
 
4 - Reinsurance Derivatives
 
          Insurer “A”                        Insurer “B”
 
        Reinsures with                    Reinsures with
 
      “R” Positive CFs                  “R” Negative CFs
 
              Reinsurer “R” mixes CFs from “A”
 
                & “B”, optimizes ALM, and return
 
                    better derivatives in costs
 
                Reinsurer “R” retains profit as well
 
 
4 - Reinsurance Derivatives
 
  • Any Other Ideas of Reinsurance
 
    Derivatives:
 
    – Designed for Capital Efficiency
 
    – To optimize buying power
 
    – Use of captive capital markets (off-shore)
 
    – Etc.
 
 
New Insurance Risks,
 
New Reinsurance Solutions
 
 
5 - Avian Influenza / Pandemic Risk
 
  • pan=all / demos=people
 
  • Past Pandemics
 
      – Spanish Flu in 1918-19: ~40 m deaths
 
      – Asian Flu 1957: 1 million deaths
 
      – Hong Kong Flu 1968: 700,000 deaths
 
  • SARS
 
      – 8,098 people infected in 25 countries
 
      – 774 deaths
 
      – Large economic impact
 
 
5 - Avian Influenza / Pandemic Risk
 
  • 3 Conditions for a Pandemic
 
      – A new influenza virus for which there is no
 
        immunity among people
 
      – It must infect humans and cause illness
 
      – It must spread easily and be sustainable
 
        among humans
 
 
5 - Avian Influenza / Pandemic Risk
 
  • Mortality Gains
 
    – With possible cure of cancer and other
 
      critical illnesses, life expectancy could
 
      reach 120 years or more
 
    – Reinsurers can potentially realize huge
 
      mortality gains by deferral of payment or
 
      lapses
 
    – Huge asset base (reserves) on which to
 
      earn investment income
 
 
5 - Avian Influenza / Pandemic Risk
 
  • Mortality Losses
 
    – However, an Avian Influenza / Pandemic
 
      could easily eliminate mortality gains
 
    – A Gamble? The two risks are essentially
 
      different:
 
        • “Normal” day-to-day mortality, improving
 
          chances, slow process, or
 
        • “Abnormal” spike in death rates that last 2-3
 
          years (Spanish Flu in 1918-19:~40 million
 
          deaths in 60 countries, incl. 700,000
 
          Americans - that’s a 7/1000 death rate, or 1 in
 
          150!)
 
 
5 - Avian Influenza / Pandemic Risk
 
  • Because of lower financial resources,
 
    low to medium income may be more
 
    affected
 
      – Smaller life insurance policies
 
      – Significant portion below retention
 
  • Can it be reinsured?
 
      – Much like “catastrophe” risks
 
 
THANK YOU !
 

Revision as of 00:35, 21 September 2016