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The Role of Reinsurance in a Total Risk Management Program

The Role of Reinsurance in a Total Risk Management Program

John BeckmanStephen Mildenhall

CAS CARe SeminarBaltimore, June 1999

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OverviewOverview

Risks faced by an (re-)insurer (JB) Need for aggregate loss distributions (SM) Measures of risk (SM) Creating aggregate distributions (SM) Strategy design and implementation (JB)

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Risks Faced by InsurersRisks Faced by Insurers

Lowe & Stanard (Spring 1996 Forum) risks faced by an insurance enterprise Liability Risk Asset Risk Business Risk

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Risks Faced by InsurersRisks Faced by Insurers

Underwriting Risk Balance Sheet Risk Business Risk Organizational Risk

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Aggregate Loss DistributionsAggregate Loss Distributions

Analysis of risks shows understanding of liabilities is key

Insurance liabilities variable in amount and timing

Initial focus is on amount of loss Suggests an accident year ultimate view Future work to consider timing risk (see my

upcoming DFA Seminar talk in Chicago)

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Aggregate Loss DistributionsAggregate Loss Distributions

Design criteria for producing aggregates Include all lines of business, all liabilities Appropriate treatment of catastrophes Capture correlation

Within year, between line Between years

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Aggregate Loss DistributionsAggregate Loss Distributions

All lines of business Total risk management program must take

portfolio view Achieving balance at department / business unit

levels expensive and serves no economic purpose

Risk fundamentally a question of aggregation

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Aggregate Loss DistributionsAggregate Loss Distributions

All lines of business Effect of adding uncorrelated risk on extreme

percentiles is less than expected, especially after considering pricing Example: Expected loss ratio 80% on $375M

premium, losses lognormal with CV 0.20 99%ile loss ratio is 124% Add ILW type loss, 5% chance of $50M payout,

95% chance of $0M payout, priced at 50% loss ratio

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Aggregate Loss DistributionsAggregate Loss Distributions

Example continued ILW premium is $2.5M / 0.5 = $5.0M 99%ile losses increase by only $4.8M to $471M 99%ile loss ratio unchanged at 124% Shows combined effect of adding lower loss ratio business and

portfolio effect on losses Computation is based on conditional probability:

P(L+S<x) = P(L<x-s|S=s)P(S=s) + P(L<x|S=0)P(S=0) = 0.05 P(L<x-s) + 0.95 P(L<x)

where L = base losses, S = added ILW losses

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Aggregate Loss DistributionsAggregate Loss Distributions

Catastrophes Major source of variability in liabilities Major source of correlation between lines of

business Sophisticated models available to quantify

amount and distribution of losses Recommend modeling cat losses separately

from non-cat losses

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Aggregate Loss DistributionsAggregate Loss Distributions

Capture correlation Cat, discussed above Non-cat correlations in loss ratios largely driven

by pricing (year-to-year) and property Beware statewide splits of data which introduce hard-

to-model correlations

One-year accident year plans can incorporate common pricing movements

Allows realistic model of loss ratio

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Measures of RiskMeasures of Risk

Risk management process requires quantifiable measures of risk and setting targets for risk constraints

Measures should capture solvency and stability constraints

Solvency is related to probability of loss in excess of a key threshold, such as comb-ined ratio which would trigger down-grade

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Measures of RiskMeasures of Risk

Stability is desire for actual results to be reasonably close to plan

Possible measures include variance, standard deviation, CV, down-side risk

Percentile related measures more direct 1 year out of 10, combined ratio should be

between plan + x and plan + y Lower bound is guide to suitable risk appetite

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Measures of RiskMeasures of Risk

Graphic illustrates constraints Stability is

horizontal constraint

Solvency is vertical constraint 0

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Expected Combined 105% Solvency Constraint

95%ile<150% CR

Stability ConstraintPlan+10<90%ile<Plan+20

Combined Ratio Probability Distribution

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Creating Aggregate Loss DistributionsCreating Aggregate Loss Distributions

Many tools available for making aggregates See other sessions at CARe!

Frequency and severity approach Stratify book by attachment and limit Model cats separately Method of moments to match three

moments for large books

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Creating Aggregate Loss DistributionsCreating Aggregate Loss Distributions

Fast Fourier Transform methods Programming overhead to set up S. Wang Proceedings paper (www.casact.org)

Simulation too slow Recursive methods more of academic

interest and very computationally intensive

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Creating Aggregate Loss DistributionsCreating Aggregate Loss Distributions

Correlation between lines: use Iman-Conover shuffling method or other copula based method Again, see Wang’s paper Gives sample from multivariate distribution with

desired correlation structure Easy to implement Can be done in Excel Basis for correlations in At Risk

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Strategy DesignStrategy Design

GOAL: Maximize profit objective subject to risk constraints Requires quantifiable measures of risk Requires targets for risk constraints Requires structuring risk management program

to meet targets Requires monitoring of performance against

targets

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Strategy DesignStrategy Design

Quantifiable Measures of Risk Solvency Measures

Probability of Ruin Probability of Impairment Probability of Employment

Stability Measures Probability of Combined Ratio > x% Probability of Exceeding Plan by y% Probability of Under Performing the Market by z%

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Strategy DesignStrategy Design

Establishing Targets Structuring Risk Management Program

Mix of Business Net Retained Lines Reinsurance!

Implementation

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ImplementationImplementation

Use of Reinsurance Have a defined purpose for reinsurance

Promote Stability Promote Solvency There are other uses for reinsurance

Evaluate the benefit provided versus the cost Continue to monitor performance against

expectations

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Reinsurance vs. Capital MarketsReinsurance vs. Capital Markets

Reinsurance Securitization

Risk Matching Tailored Standardized

Accounting Reinsurance Varies/Complex

Trans. Expense Low High

Price ?? ??!


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