actuarial considerations in connection with captive insurance companies september, 2007 george...
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Actuarial Considerations In Connection with Captive Insurance Companies
September, 2007
George LevineKPMG LLP
George LevineKPMG LLP
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Scope of Actuarial Involvement with Captives
1. Captive Feasibility Study
2. Captive Formation Process
3. Process Reviews
4. Loss Reserve Review
5. Actuarial Opinion on Reserves.
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1. The Captive Feasibility Study
Define Objectives – Financial and Business
Forecast Ultimate Retained Loss Costs
Perform NPV/Cash Flow Analysis of Alternatives
Develop Program and Optimal Ownership Structure of Captive
Domicile Analysis
Analyze Tax Issues
Deductibility of Captive Premium
Tax Treatment of Captive Income
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2. The Captive Formation Process
Business Plan
Forecasts of Annual Expected Losses
Program Structure (Premiums, Limits, Capitalization)
Pro forma Captive Financial Statements
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2. The Captive Formation Process, continued
Financial Impact to Parent
Cash Flow Requirements to Prefund Premium
Capitalization of Captive – Cash or LOC
Cost of Capital Eliminated through Intercompany Loans from Captive to Parent
Accrual of Liabilities (Case Reserves and IBNR)
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3. Process Reviews
Underwriting Risk
Cash Flow/Recording Risk (Payments to TPAs)
Monitoring Loss Payments/Expense Payments
Timing Risk
Collectibility of Insurance/Reinsurance Risk
Interest Rate Risk (If Discounting)
Risks may have Sarbanes-Oxley 404 Implications
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Claims Data Sorted by Insured
Reports produced generating loss triangles, etc. to estimate accruals
Claims Limited to Self-Insured Retention
Claims recorded into General Ledger
Bills received from TPA
Claims are received or estimated
Injured Party Receives Payment
Insurance Company/TPA Indemnified Party
Transactional Data Systems
Captive Systems
Claims data placed into Actuarial Data Base
Claims data delivered to actuary
Claims paid to TPA
RECONCILIATION
3. Process Reviews, continuedCash Flow/Recording Risk: Captive Claim Payment Process
Claims Billed to Self-Insurer
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3. Process Reviews, continuedTiming Risk
Timing of Payments
Timing of Analysis
At which valuation date should review be performed?
Valuation Date – For Example, 12/31/XX, or 9/30/XX and Roll-forward
Audit date is often six months after year end
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4. The Actuarial Reserving Process
Information Available
Losses
From Third-Party Administrator, Client’s Parent, or Captive Manager
Timing – What Valuation to Use
Premiums
Exposure Data
Financial Statements
Unaudited Statements
Audited Statements (internal)
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4. The Actuarial Reserving Process, continued
Unique Issues for Captives
Availability of Data
Quality of Data
Reconciliation of Paid Data for Timing Differences
Small Size of Organization
Solvency of Reinsurer or Fronting Insurer
Complex Programs
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4. The Actuarial Reserving Process, continued
Some Generally Accepted Loss Methodologies
Chain-Ladder Methods
Use of Industry Data
Bornhuetter-Ferguson Methods
Loss Limitations: Large Losses
Berquist-Sherman Type Adjustments
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4. The Actuarial Reserving Process, continued
Actuarial Deliverables
Depend Upon Domicile’s Requirements
Statement of Actuarial Opinion
Vermont Requirement – With audited financial statements, six months after fiscal year end
Actuarial Report/Workpapers
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4. The Actuarial Reserving Process, continued
Limitations of Captive Reviews
Timing of Reviews – At Year End or Before Year End (discussed before)
Gross or Net of Insurance?
Range of Reserves – Where to Carry Reserves
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4. The Actuarial Reserving Process, continued
What is a Range of Reasonable Reserve Estimates?
Range Defined in Actuarial Standard of Practice # 36 – Section 3.6.4
Range of Estimates that could be produced by appropriate actuarial methods or alternative sets of assumptions that the actuary judges to be reasonable
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5. Actuarial Opinion on Reserves
Actuarial Opinion Requirements by Domicile
Bermuda
Actuarial Opinion from Loss Reserve Specialist
Cayman Islands
No formal Opinion Requirement, unless Authority Requests a Review, then Report
Vermont
Actuarial Opinion and Workpapers on Site of Company
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5. Actuarial Opinion on Reserves, continued
Actuarial Standard of Practice # 36Five Types of Opinions (Section 3.3.2)
Reasonable (If carried reserves are within a range of reasonable reserves)
Deficient or Inadequate (Not Reasonable)
Redundant or Excess Provision (Not Reasonable)
Qualified
No Opinion
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Presenter’s contact details
George Levine
KPMG LLP
www.kpmg.com
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