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GIRO Convention
23-26 September 2008
Hilton Sorrento Palace
Captives – Reserving, Regulation and Innovation in
International Financial Centres
Mike Poulding and Ian Morris
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Introduction – the Captive Market
Definition of a captive
Uses of captives
Size of the captive market
Captive locations
Types of captives
Structure of captives
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Definition of a Captive (1)
IAIS Definition:
An insurance or reinsurance entity created and owned, directly
or indirectly, by one or more industrial, commercial or financial
entities, other than an insurance or reinsurance group entity, the
purpose of which is to provide insurance or reinsurance cover for
risks of the entity or entities to which it belongs, or for entities
connected to those entities and only a small part if any of its risk
exposure is related to providing insurance or reinsurance to
other parties
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Definition of a Captive (2)
EU Definition:
A reinsurance undertaking owned either by a financial
undertaking other than an insurance or a reinsurance undertaking
or a group of insurance or reinsurance undertakings to which
Directive 98/78/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council on the supplementary supervision of insurance
undertakings in an insurance group applies, or by a non-financial
undertaking, the purpose of which is to provide reinsurance cover
exclusively for the risks of the undertaking or undertakings to
which it belongs or of an undertaking or undertakings of the
group of which the captive reinsurance undertaking is a member
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Uses of Captives
Insurance of a company’s its own risks
Access to the reinsurance market
Reduction of insurance costs
Insuring specialised risks
Improvement of risk management
Provision of employee benefits
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Size of the Captive Market
Over 5,000 captive insurance companies
worldwide
Estimated US$50bn of premium income
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Captive Locations - 2006
America
Vermont 533
Hawaii 143
S Carolina 110
Other 723
Europe
Guernsey 387
Luxembourg 277
Ireland 199
Isle of Man 161
Switzerland 48
Sweden 42
United Kingdom 30
Asia Pacific
Singapore 57
North Atlantic & Caribbean
Bermuda 1,326
Cayman 737
BVI 377
Barbados 218
Turks & Caicos 95
Bahamas 22
(Source IAIS Issues paper on the regulation and supervision of captive insurance companies)
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Types of Captives
Pure captive
Fronted captive
Rental captive
Association captive
Agency captive
Risk retention group
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Structure of Captives
Conventional company
Protected cell company
Incorporated cell company
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Regulation of Captives
Regulatory approach
Role of the captive supervisor
Actuarial involvement
IAIS Issues and Guidance Papers
Impact of EU Solvency II regime
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Regulatory Approach
Risk based approach
Capital requirements
Contingent capital
Approved assets
Reinsurance
Insurance managers
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Role of the Captive Supervisor
Licensing new captives
Solvency
Own capital assessment
Off-site monitoring
On-site monitoring
Changes in business plan
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Actuarial Involvement
Reserve adequacy
Capital modelling
Employee benefits
Other lines of business
Portfolio transfers
Premium rating
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IAIS Issues and Guidance Papers
IAIS Captive Issues Paper – October 2006 Produced by group of captive supervisors
Educational approach
IAIS Captive Guidance Paper – October 2008 Produced by captive and mainstream supervisors
Specific guidance for insurance supervisors
Application of IAIS Insurance Core Principles
Includes corporate governance, risk and the role of insurance managers
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Impact of EU Solvency II Regime
EU domiciled captives
Non-EU captives using EU fronting insurers
Development of IAIS solvency standards
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Questions and Discussion
Supervisory Issues
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Actuaries and Captives
Business lines
Reserving approaches
Other Issues
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Key business lines
Employers Liability
Public Liability
Motor (fleet)
Property Damage/ Business Interruption
Mortgage Indemnity Guarantee
Professional Indemnity
Employee Benefits
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Employer’s Liability
Standard cover
Risks vary substantially
Industrial disease affects certain companies
US parents may cover workers compensation
Much discussed elsewhere so will not consider
in depth here
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Public Liability
Standard cover
Risks vary substantially according to the nature
of the business
Need to understand parent’s business
Substantial variations between companies in
experience and development
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Motor (fleet)
Standard cover
Risks vary substantially
Need to understand parent’s business
May cover overseas risks so may need to
consider non UK markets
Nature of fleets vary substantially
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Property Damage/
Business Interruption
Standard cover
Short tail
Reserving not usually complex
Some care needed where periods of unexpired
risk remain
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Mortgage Indemnity Guarantee
Subject of past papers
Exposure dependant on lending
strategy…
.. as illustrated by Northern
Rock
Standard approach of earnings
pattern may need to be
reviewed for 2008
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Professional Indemnity
Costs have increased rapidly so more use of captives
Including by actuarial firms
Claims made
Dependant on claim assessments
Susceptible to impact of large claims (in relatively small accounts)
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Employee benefits
Not necessarily relevant to GIRO but captives do take
on some risks
Need to be prepared to consider
May be fronted for reinsurer
Or retained for major entity
More discussed than implemented
US is probably more active in this area – possibly due
to tax considerations
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Reserving themes
Small accounts (generally) and susceptible to volatility
Monoline covers (e.g. MIG)
Data can be problematic not enough or poor quality (but most captive managers now much more aware of actuarial needs)
Need to consider parent as well as trends generally for the class of business
Parent exposure may be an issue as well as the captive retention – need to clarify scope of review
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Reserving methods
Due to modest size of companies approach is normally relatively simple and deterministic
Due to volatility of claims development Bornhuetter Ferguson type methods may be appropriate
As always – useful to consider a range of approaches
More sophisticated stochastic methods may “trickle down” as used more frequently for larger insurers
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Premium Rating
Captives usually work to an annual renewal
May be asked to comment on appropriate
premium
Need to reflect changes in parent’s business as
well as standard factors for class of risk
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Best Practice - Reserving
Issues already under review by profession
GRIT – GIROC
Uncertainty
Underwriting cycle
Data quality
Reserving methodologies
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Best practice - Premium Rating
Under review by profession
GRIP
Uncertainty
Impact of underwriting cycle
Technical issues e.g. latent claims, price
optimisation, expense allocation etc
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PCCs and ICCs
More complex structures
Need to understand whether you are reviewing
a cell or the company
Scope of review should be defined
Who is the client?
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Capital Assessment
Guernsey has introduced an “Own Solvency Capital Assessment” effective 30 September 2008
Other captives jurisdictions may follow
Solvency II will impact on Dublin, Luxembourg and Malta
Opportunity for further work for actuaries
However, if costs rise too high alternative approaches to managing risk may be sought
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Questions and Discussion
Actuarial Issues