Revision book mnemonics Flashcards
Issues surrounding capital requirements on each product?
Five Issues Surrounding CR
Frequency of payments Initial expenses Solvency capital Contract design Reserving bases
Which products are in ST2?
WEL RIDD of GI
WoL EA L.Term Ren/Conv Term Imm annuity Deferred Annuity D.Term
Macro (big) sources of risk for insurer
RISK LIFE DROWN CATS
Rates of mort Investment Senior management actions Kompetition Distributors actions
Legal and regulatory developments
Inflation
Fraud
Expenses
Data - policy and other Reinsurers and other counterparties Options and guarantees Withdrawals New business vol/mix/source/size/nature
Controls failure
Aggregation of risk
Tax
Selection
What risks are there to do with NB for Insurer?
MVANSS
Mix and Volume by A Nature Source Size
What will capital requirements for each individual product ultimately depend on?
Specific design if that product
Supervisory reserving requirement in force
What is a key tool to help manage risk in WP business?
Asset share
The 3 types of profit distribution in WP
Additions to benefits
Revalorisation
Contribution dividends
Give 4 examples of general business environment
Distribution channels
Supervisory regime
Fiscal regime
Professional guidance to actuaries
What does the general business environment influence?
Life insurers
Products they sell
Work of actuaries
4 main distribution channels
DITA Direct sales Intermediary IFA Tied agent Advertising (direct marketing)
What are the two types of tax on insurer
On annual profits
On investment income - operating expenses
What influences can different distribution channels have?
Different demographics
Different product design
Different underwriting level
Different pricing due to competitiveness
On bonuses, reserving and general business environment what is the most important thing to know?
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What topics are in develop solutions and monitor experience?
Design of product
Setting assumptions - 2 chapter
Monitor experience
Factors a company will take into account when making choices for the design of a product?
FORCES CRAMP financing Onerous ness of guarantees Risk characteristics Competition Extent of X subsidies Sensitivity of profit
Consistency with other products Regulation Admin systems Marketability Profitability
Pricing assumptions
RIM PINT CREW
Reserving basis
Investment
Mort
Profit
Inflation
New business
Tax
Commission
Rdr
Expenses
Withdrawals
What choices will a company make when designing a product?
Type of product
Guarantees (or not) and their level
Charge types and level
Surrender value method and basis
What are the 2 most important things to take into account when choosing assumptions?
Sensitivity (financial significance)
Consistency between assumptions
Why calculate EV
Gives the value for the shareholders of the existing business
The EV calculation is made up of which 2 main parts
Assets in excess of reserves currently
Future releases of margins in the reserves (the shareholder value of these, so use COC)
Why monitor experience?
FURMI
Feedback into ACC (following 2 points)
Update assumptions
Revise models
Management info
Identify trends and take action
Give 4 types of experience investigation
WEIM Withdrawal Expense Investment return Mortality
Uses for models?
PDA REPS GOVAS
Pricing
Design
Actuarial funding
Return on capital
EV
Profitability of EB
Solvency projections
Guarantee costs Option costs Valuing existing business Alteration costs Surrender values
Alteration methods
Equate policy values Proportionate paid up method Surrender value respread Pup value plus premium for balance of benefits Accumulation of premium arrears/surplus
2 formula based mortality option methods
Conventional
North American
4 categories of policy data checks
MARCUS
Movement recon AOS AO EVprofit Reasonableness Consistency Unusual values Spot checks
