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Describe the ACC

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Specify, develop solution, monitor experience
Carry out in professional manner, takiing into account, commericial and general environment and needs of stakeholder
Specifiy includes state objectives, analyse risks
Develop includes build a model, come up with assumptions, do testing
Montir compares actual to expected, trends and feed back into ACC

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Why wouldn’t you regulate a market?

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Market is new and regulation not yet been determined
Only professionals in it
No abuse can be done, like term assurance

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Considerations when writing a report

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Competence
Conflicts of interest
Know the client
Written communication clear and level is good
Clearness
Assumptions needed and made
Risks regarding results
Regulations, professional guidance
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What goes into the costs of a product?

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Admin
Underwriting
Capital requirement and it's opportunity cost
Commission
Asset management costs
Overheads
Market research
Costs of paying regular benefits from bank
Checking someone hasn't dies
Valuation costs
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17 things on a proposal form

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name/address/dob
age/height/weight/sex
smoker/alocholic
marriage status
occupation/salary
exercise per week
current insurance and how much
existing problems, history
family memebers and their history
dangerous hobbies
anything else to inform
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What to state in cashflow questions

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who's perspective
main cashflows (premiums, benefits, expenses, investment income)
descirption of cashflow (positive or negative, lump sum, variable, certainty of timing/amount/term
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What to think about in contract design?

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Types of benefits
Payment recieved for cover
Charges for cover will they meet expenses
Objectives of the policy

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5 ways to get capital from home

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1) sell and move to rented
2) sell and buy cheaper house
3) take out another mortgage and don’t pay anything till death
4) interest only lifetime mortgage
5) equity release home reversion, sell part of home to bank

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What order is DR RUB

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Risk analysis at high level
Risk register
Upside risk as well as downside
Brainstorm
Desktop analysis to supplement brainstorm
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What is the WACC? what is the alternative?

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The rate of return that needs to be earned on the capital to be used if the existing s/h would be no better or worse off
“the cost of raising incremental capital” to carry out the project
you can increase it to refelct risk
look at other companies discount rates

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Give the project appraisal steps from start to finish

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  1. Ideal
  2. Will it be authorised SPURS
  3. Risk identifying DR RUB
  4. Matrix and mitigation PNE FC PB/FAT SIR
  5. Write investment submission FIRM PEN
  6. Last minute decisions LAND HO
  7. Accept/Reject
  8. . Figure out how to finance it (part of FIRM PEN)
  9. Make a good project PROJECT CRAMPS
  10. Write up your strategy document PROSE
  11. Finish project on time/budget and hand over to owner
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