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

Revision as of 00:35, 21 September 2016