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1
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FCA consumer duty- when does it apply from and what are the three tiers

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31 July 2024
1. Act in good faith
2. Avoid foreseeable harm
3. Enable and support retail customers to achieve their objectives (cross cutting rules)

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What are the 4 areas of the cross cutting rules?

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  1. Products and services
  2. Price and value
  3. Consumer understanding
  4. Consumer support
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Business ethics

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Standards by which a company or organisation sets itself in its dealing with the organisation and outside within the business and social environment

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Shareholder focus

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the key responsibility of a business is to look after its shareholders, society can look after itself

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What should be considered in stakeholder management?

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  1. Composition and significance of each group
  2. Power that each group can exert
  3. Legitimate claims each group may have
  4. Degrees to which these claims conflict and significant areas of concern
  5. Extent to which org is satisfying claims
  6. Overall mission of organisation
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Stakeholder perspective

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In their long-term interest to take an interest in society beyond what is required by law

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ESG disclosure-

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companies act 2006- annual disclosures required for larger companies that are listed, >500 employees or £5m turnover

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Companies act 2022

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Further disclosures of nonfinancial info eg. Sustainability, thus now report on energy and carbon usage

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Sustainability disclosure requirements

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Framework for companies to handle sustainability opportunities whilst also establishing measurable goals and objectives- full mandatory disclosure not a requirement until 2025

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CII code of ethics

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  1. Comply with code and relevant laws
  2. Act with highest ethical standards and integrity
  3. Act in best interest of each client
  4. Provide high standard of service
  5. Treat people fairly regardless of sensitive personal data (sexuality etc)
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Why is organic growth weird in the insurance industry?

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Takes a while for the claims pattern to emerge meaning that it is very much a long term business- even though managers are usually under pressure from a short-term perspective

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Strengths of organic growth

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Less risk than external growth
Financed through internal funds
Builds on existing strengths
Allows business to grow at a more sensible rate
More economic than acquisitions

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Disadvantages of organic growth

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Takes more time to grow as it needs employees who can handle the growth process
Takes longer to grow a book of business than to purchase a preexisting book

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What are the aims of horizontal integration?

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Two companies in the same market, aimed at:
Improving to a better market position
Achieving economies of scale
Improving competitiveness
Opportunities for diversification

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Aims of vertical integration?

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Company trying to get closer to source of the manufacturer or source of the customer, aims to:
Reduce costs through economies of scale
Gain more control including sources of supply
Add value to the whole customer proposition eg. When an insurer acquires a service company

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Reasons for insurance M&As

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Economies of scale
Resource sharing (eg. IT)
Investment opportunities if spare capital
Diversification (spread risk if they have two different books of business)

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Disadvantages of M&As

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Reduced customer choice
Cost of redundancy/staff morale
Clash of corporate cultures
Eye off the ball whilst changes take place
Reduced customer service whilst changes are implemented
Expected M&A savings not always realised

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what is corporate governance concerned with?

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-how organisations are directed and controlled
-how objectives are established, achieved and monitored
-responsibilities of the board, management and shareholders
(-transparency and accountability are the most important elements of good corporate governance)

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what are the key sections of the 2018 UK corporate governance code?

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-board leadership and company purpose
-division of responsibilities
-composition, succession and evaluation
-audit, risk and internal control
-remuneration

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what does the FRC’s ‘Guidance on Audit Committees’ do?

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Helps board with their actions and decisions when reporting on the application of the code’s principles

21
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what topics does the guidance on board effectiveness deal with?

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-board leadership and company purchase
-division of responsibilities
-composition, succession and evaluation
-audit, risk and internal control
-remuneration

22
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what do the regulations of the companies act 2006 affect?

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-company formation
-statutory reporting
-company meetings
-responsibilities of a company’s directors and officers

23
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what is the purpose of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act 2002?

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it’s aimed at overcoming corporate scandals and features then need for auditor independence, corporate responsibility and enhanced financial disclosures

24
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what must a business review for a quoted company include?

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-trends and factors likely to affect the future of the business
-information on environmental matters, employees, social ad community issues ,
-contractual arrangements which are essential business to the company

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what will the annual accounts of most companies include?

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-income statement (profit and loss account) -balance sheet signed by a director - directors report signed by a director or company secretary

26
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Gross profit percentage

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(gross profit)/sale x 100

27
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Net profit percentage

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(net profit)/(sales (revenue or turnover)) x 100

Shows how well a business manages its expenses

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Return on capital employed

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(profit before interest charges and tax)/(share capital+reserves+borrowings) x 100

Shows how well management has deployed resources available to it, irrespective of financing
Low ROCE wiped out in recession

29
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Receivables/debtors collection period

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(trade receivables/debtors)/sale x 365 days

Aim to collect debts asap as it incurs opportunity cost

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Payables/creditors

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(payables /creditors)/purchase x 365 days

Free finance to company so put off paying as long as possible
But ignores value of cash settlements/discounts from suppliers
Also delays may result in reduction of general terms of trade that suppliers offer

31
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Inventory/stock turnover period

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(inventory/stock)/(cost ofsales) x 365 days

Number of days that stock is held for, long turnover period may show business is slowing down

32
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Current ratio

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(current assets )/(current liabs)

Liquidity ratio
Over 2 shows creditworthiness, but recently 1.5 has become normal
Supermarkets have a low current ratio as they buy goods on credit and sell for cash (less than 1)

33
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Quick ratio

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(current assets excluding stock)/(current liabs)

Liquidity ratio
Often below 1- means that if they paid all their creditors and collected from all their debtors at once, they would require an overdraft

34
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Stock turnover

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(cost of sales)/(average stock)

Changes in this affect liquidity, if stock has slow turnover, less cash is generated and more cash is tied up

35
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Debt turnover

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sales/(debtors stock)

Debit turnover= debtors stay on the books for x months and take x time to pay

36
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Credit turnover

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purchases/creditors

Shows credit turnover in times per year

37
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Gearing

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(long term borrowings)/(shareholder^’ s equity ) x 100

Shows extent to which company finances activities from borrowings as opposed to shareholders equity

Higher the ratio the more the business relies on debit finance

Higher the level of debit the greater the risk

INSURANCE
Insurer using debt capital usually has gearing ratio from 10%-25%
<10%= low level of gearing
>40%= highly geared
High level of gearing preferred to:
- Losing control by issuing shares
- With fewer shares there are fewer shareholders to get dividends so higher increase in dividends

38
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Solvency capital requirement

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(total eligible capital)/(solvency capital requirement)

39
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Solvency ratio

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(net assets)/(earned premium net of reinsurance)

Problem is in a hard market where the premium rates increase this will be shown as a deterioration but is in fact an improvement
Company with a high level of capital is seen as overcapitalised but has lower return on equity than a company with a lower level of capital

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Liquidity

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(total liabs)/(cash+investments)

Lower the result the greater the liquidity
Insurers liquidity calc differs from others as liquidity can come from freely marketable investments which are held to fund claims

41
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Return on equity

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(profit after tax)/(shareholder^’ s equity (capital)) x 100

Shows if the insurer is making money,
Deals with relationship between profit and shareholders capital
Higher the figure the better the return
Investors want at least 2.5x what they would get if they put it in a bank deposit account for 5 yrs

42
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Combined ratio

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(claims+expenses+acquisition costs)/(earned premium net reinsurance) x 100

Measures underwriting performance
U/w use it to see how a line of business is doing
Competitors sue it to gauge how effectively competition is underwriting
Senior execs
Does not account for investment income
Tracks performance rather than profitability
<100% shows good underwriting performance
>110% shows catastrophe losses

43
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Claims ratio

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(claims incurred net reinsurance)/(earned premium net reinsurance) x 100

44
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Expense ratio

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(administrative expenses)/(earned premium net reinsurance) x 100

45
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Commission ratio

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(acquisition costs)/(earned premium net reinsurance) x 100

Normally between 10/20%, but a lot higher for delegated authority schemes

46
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Outstanding claims ratio

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(net assets)/(earned premium net of reinsurance)

Lower the ratio the more secure the position
But an under-reserved company will show a better result

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