Pricing Group Insurance Flashcards
1
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Pricing Group Insurance
Gross Premium Formula
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= Claim Cost + Expenses + Taxes + Profit - Investment Income
2
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Pricing Group Insurance
Admin Expenses
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Expenses to design, develop, sell, UW, and administer product
3
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Pricing Group Insurance
Admin Expenses: Considerations
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- How to allocate to product/group
- What does competition include as expense in its pricing?
4
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Pricing Group Insurance
Admin Expenses: Source of Data
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- Internal = What is needed to cover operating costs
- External = Shows market demands
5
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Pricing Group Insurance
Taxes
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- State Premium Tax
- Federal/State Income Tax
- Federal Assessment on Health Coverage (ACA, revoked in 2021)
6
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Pricing Group Insurance
Group-Specific Adjustments
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- Large groups = use own experience
- New business discounts
- Economies of scale for jumbo groups (enrollment, billing, admin)
- Self-insured loadings