Life Assurance Products (1 – 3) Flashcards
Customer Needs
- Savings
- Protection
Capital Strain Formula
C = V + E – P
C: Capital strain
V: Supervisory reserves & min solvency margin
E: Expenses & commission
P: Premium paid
At T0+: immediately after policy inception
Asset Share Formula
A0+ = P0+ – E0+
E: Expenses & commission
P: Premium paid
Product Lifecycle (7)
- Product design
- Pricing
- Marketing and sales
- Underwriting
- Claims management
- Experience monitoring
- Valuation
Group Business
Collection of individuals make single proposal of uniform cover
- Affinity Group
– union
– credit card - Employees of Company
– contributory
– sponsored
– facilitator
Major Life Products
Death Oriented:
1. Assurances
2. Annuities
Health Oriented:
1. Income Protection
2. Critical Illness
3. Long Term Care Insurance
Endowment Assurance
Benefit on survival at known date
– Savings vehicle
Usually surrender value
May provide death benefit
– protection & savings
Group
– Employer
Endowment Assurance Forms
Without-profits
With-profits
Unit-linked
Without
– guaranteed sum
With
– risk to PH
– enhanced by bonus declarations
> increase sum
> cash
> lower future premiums
Unit
– pooled investment fund
Endowment Assurance Risks
– Investment
– Mortality
– Expense
– Withdrawal
– Concentration
Endowment Assurance Capital Requirement (5)
– contract design
– frequency of payments
– pricing & supervisory reserving basis relationship
– additional solvency capital requirements
– initial expense levels
Whole Life Assurance
Death benefit whenever
Uncommon surrender benefit
No group
Whole Life Assurance Needs
Providing for
– funeral expenses
– inheritance tax / death duties
– LT protection dependants
– wealth transfer
Whole Life Forms
– without-profits
– with-profits
Whole Life Risks
Investment & mortality depend on
– entry age
– duration in force
– selective withdrawals
– inflation
Whole Life Capital Requirements
Similar to endowment
– design
– frequency of payments
– pricing & supervisory reserving basis relationship
– additional solvency capital requirements
– initial expense