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Exploring the Outer Limits of Captives
Tim East, The Walt Disney Company
Tim Padovese, OMIC
Stan McKinley, Wells Fargo & Co.
Anthony Benish, Cook-Illinois
Michael Meehan, Milliman, Inc.
Moderator – Anne Marie Towle, Willis Global
Captive Practice
August 14, 2013
© VCIA All Rights Reserved
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Agenda
Exploring:
• Goals for Today‟s Session
• Disney‟s Story
• OMIC‟s Story
• Wells Fargo‟s Story
• Cook-Illinois‟ Story
• Actuarial Insights
• Questions & Answers
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Exploring the Outer Limits of
Captives
What does this mean to YOU?
Why is it important to YOU?
When does the timing of a captive make sense
to YOU?
How do I accomplish what the panelists have?
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The Walt Disney Company’s Story
Presented by Tim East
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Captive Development at
The Walt Disney Company
Buena Vista Insurance
Company
Alameda Insurance
Company
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The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company
Media
Networks
2012
Revenue:
$19.4B USD
Theme Parks
and
Resorts
2012 Revenue:
$12.9B USD
Consumer
Products
2012
Revenue:
$3.3B USD
Studio
Entertainment
2012
Revenue:
$5.8B USD
Interactive
Media
2012
Revenue:
$845M USD
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2002: The Critical Risk
Team Disney
WABC New York
ESPN Bristol
Team Disney WDW
Grand Californian
WABC Transmitter
Times Square
Disney’s Property Program
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2002: The Critical Risk
Disney’s Property Program
CA
Earthquake
FL Wind
New York
City
Japan EQ
Europe
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Buena Vista Insurance Co.
BVIC Formed May 2002
• Supports the global property program
• Earthquake, fire, wind and flood
• Structured for low-frequency/high-severity risk
• Domiciled in the State of Vermont
• Robust infrastructure
• Strong regulatory environment
• Close to other Disney businesses
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2003: Emerging Risk Issues
Growth of the Company
• Media networks
• Mix of large and small business units
Motion Picture and Television Production
• Production package program
• Need to fund and promote loss control
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Alameda Insurance Company
Formed January 2003
• Casualty insurance for domestic Disney, ABC and other BU‟s
• Workers‟ Compensation
• General Liability
• Auto Liability
• Motion Picture and Television Production insurance
• Production Package
• Media Liability/E&O
• General and Auto Liability
• Direct: Some special Pollution Liability
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Results
Disney Captive Insurance
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Buena Vista Insurance
Company: 2005
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Buena Vista Insurance
Company: 2005
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Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Oct 1
Co
st
$1k
$5k
$10k
$15k
$20k
$25k
$30k
$35k
$40k
$45k
$50k
$75k
$100k
$150k
Beginning FY
estimates based on
previous years
claims history only
Final FY cost based on
actual claims with
significant variation
Prior to the Captive
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New “Insured” Program
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Oct 1
Co
st
$1k
$5k
$10k
$15k
$20k
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$30k
$35k
$40k
$45k
$50k
$75k
$100k
$150k
Beginning FY
“premium” based
on payroll, size,
operations and
claims history
Final FY cost
remains the
same or adjusted
within limits
based on claims
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Able to handle diverse business
units and exposures
Captive Performance
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Able to Handle Unique Risks
The Ferry Boat Stumpf 17
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The Former Ferry Boat Stumpf
Able to Handle Unique Risks
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“In this volatile business of ours, we can ill afford to rest on
our laurels, even to pause in retrospect. Times and
conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim
constantly focused on the future.” 1999 The Walt Disney Co.
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OMIC’s Story
How OMIC has become one of the most successful
Risk Retention Groups in Vermont and a model for
other physician-owned carriers in the United States
Presented by Tim Padovese
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Historical Perspective
• Medical malpractice crisis during the mid
80‟s
• CNA pulls out of the market – hundreds left
stranded
• Physicians wanted more control
• Risk Retention Act (RRG) passed in 1986
• Practice in same professions, or
• Activities similar or related exposures
• OMIC formed in 1987
• Original insurance program established by
the American Academy of Ophthalmology
(AAO)
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Historical Perspective, cont.
• Initial capital contribution from AAO repaid
within 9 months
• New insureds/members paid two times annual
premium1st year only with half paid to equity –
surplus notes issued
• Initial challenges – feasibility study, capital,
Board, Managing General Agency (MGA),
transitioning to stand alone company
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Organizational Snapshot
Ophthalmic Mutual Insurance
Company
Physician
Owners
• 4470 Policyholders • 43% Market Share
• 12 Board Members • 9 Committee Members • 3 Annual Board Mtgs
One Location, 43 Employees
Writes in all 50 states (Eye
Banks only in Wisconsin)
•Annual Premium: 2012 - $43M
•Surplus Growth to $148 M
Board of
Directors
OMIC Staff
• Underwriting • Claims • Risk Management • Finance • Sales & Marketing
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Sponsored
•Upgraded to ‘A’ (Excellent) rating by AM Best in 2007
•Continued A Rating by AM Best today 23
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Board of Directors
• Originally established with 17 members –
reduced to 11 today
• All except Vermont attorney are
ophthalmologist insureds
• Many experienced with leadership from
American Academy of Ophthalmology/other
associations
• Financial experience - most challenging
• Established term and age limits
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Committees
• Board Committees:
• Executive/Reinsurance/Compensation
• Finance
• Audit
• Underwriting
• Claims
• Risk Management/Sales & Marketing
• Decisions ratified by Board
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Audit Committee
• Audit Committee established
• Oversee: • Financial statements
• Regulatory audits
• Legal and regulatory compliance
• Service provider contracts and performance
• Conflicts of Interest
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Executive Committee
• CEO Compensation/Performance Evaluation
• Board/Committee Structure and
Composition, Compensation and Evaluation
• Board/CEO Succession
• Charters, Policies, Guidelines
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Board/Committee Training
• Detailed Handbook: role, responsibilities,
industry, litigation, logistics
• PIAA Leadership Boot Camp
• Towers Watson Medical Malpractice
Program
• Prime Advisors Investment Training
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In-House Legal & Management
Oversight of Governance Processes • Board rotation and membership
• Board/committee meetings
Oversight of Compliance • Adherence to Articles, Bylaws, laws, NAIC
guidelines
Draft charters, policies, guidelines • Privacy/Security Policy
• Document/Record Retention Policy
• Disaster and Recovery Plan
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Challenges
• Getting Board and Management to embrace
“imposed” versus organic changes/requirements
• Why do we need an audit committee when the
finance committee oversaw audit just fine?
• Why do we need Board to ratify service provider
contracts?
• Why would we want to rotate our lead auditor?
• Why do we need a written record retention policy?
• Do we have to be told to be “ethical”?
• Making the tough calls on colleagues
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Promoting OMIC Today
• Specific states identified/targeted
• Direct Mail Campaigns
• Groups identified
• Programs through Ophthalmology State
Societies
• Social Media used – Facebook, Twitter,
• Website Updated
• Blast email utilized
• Board & Committee Members employed
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Lessons Learned
• Educate your Board
• Create culture where governance is seen as top priority and given due consideration, respect and resources
• Financial strength is paramount
• Exceed Surplus requirements
• Make the tough calls- you owe it to all of your policyholders
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Wells Fargo & Co.’s Story
Presented by Stan McKinley
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Risk Management Philosophy
“While virtually anything can be insured, many
risks can and should be avoided, prevented,
controlled, transferred or retained.”
• Risk Identification
• Risk Analysis
• Risk Mitigation
– Avoidance
– Loss Prevention
– Non-Insurance Transfer
– Risk Financing (retention, self insure,
market)
• Evaluation
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History
Superior Guaranty Insurance Company
• Formed March 22, 1990 in Vermont
• Insured WC & GL as well as assumed existing
losses
Norwest Corporation -1990
• Assets $30.6 Billion
• Net Income $280 Million
• 17,400 Employees
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History, cont.
Wachovia Re, Inc.
• Formed July 5, 2005 in South Carolina
• Insured WC, GL, AL and various XS lines
• Moved to Vermont on December 22, 2011
Wachovia Corporation - 2005
• Assets $520.7 Billion
• Net Income $6.6 Billion
• 93,000 Employees
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Today
Wells Fargo & Co - 2012
• Assets $1.4 Trillion
• Net Income $18.9 Billion
• 270,000 Employees
• More than 9,000 Locations in 39 States
• Products:
• Banking
• Insurance
• Investments
• Mortgage
• Consumer and Commercial Finance
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Today, cont.
Captive Programs
• $172 Million Premium / $48 Million Ceded
• Workers Compensation
• General Liability
• Auto Liability
• Professional Liability
• Property
• Mortgage Impairment
• Employee Benefits
• Private Mortgage Insurance
• Credit Risk Insurance
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Use of Captive
The captive is used as a Risk Financing Tool to
maximize flexibility in developing the right mix
of retained risk and what will be insured in the
commercial market.
• Operates on a break-even basis
• Virtually all insurable risks are placed into
the captive, when allowed
• Use outside actuaries for risks that are
difficult to analyze
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Captive Oversight
• Dedicated Internal Captive Manager
• Underwriting Committee
• Audit Committee
• Investment Committee
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Challenges
• Identifying Risks
• Analyzing New Risks
• Charging the Correct Premiums
• Avoiding Unnecessary Risks
• International Growth
• Increasing Financial Reporting and
Disclosure Requirements
• Investment Yields
• Regulatory Environment
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Lessons Learned
• Reinsurance is not a sure thing
• If there is a chance of adverse claim
development, it will happen
• Develop Strong Internal Relationships
• Business Units
• Accounting
• Taxes
• HR
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Cook-Illinois’ Story
Presented by Anthony Benish
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History of Cook-Illinois Corp.
• Started over 50 years ago as a privately held
transportation company
• Primary business is owning and operating
school buses for schools districts in the
Chicago metropolitan area
• Family owned and operated; one of the largest
family owned school bus operations in the U.S.
• Currently operates over 2,200 school buses
primarily in the Chicago metropolitan area
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Evolution of Five Families
• Five Families Insurance was created to support
the large deductible program of the parent
corporation, Cook-Illinois Corporation
• Began large deductible program in latter 1980„s
in response to rising costs of insurance
• Better performance and cost containment as
Parent took over control of its risk program
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History of Five Families
• Formed in 2006 and domiciled in Bermuda
• Single parent captive
• Wrote the 14 separate operating subsidiaries
of Cook-Illinois Corp.
• Originally wrote only auto and general
liability coverage under a deductible buy
back program
• Re-domesticated to Vermont in 2010
• Added worker‟s compensation coverage in
2011
• Increased deductible on Auto in 2012
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Current Utilization
• Continue to write Auto/GL, Worker‟s
Compensation for not only subsidiaries but
also two new joint ventures
• Added a union activity policy to the Captive
• Was able to underwrite the paper for a
specialty line of coverage (sexual
molestation)
• Expanding ways to use Captive resources to
fund loss control measures
• Safety software including cameras, GPS and
real time route information
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Benefits of Captive Utilization
• Increased ability to retain more risk within the
captive
• Ability to support Letter of Credit
requirements
• Reinsurance and stop losses
• Funding of Loss Control measures
• Manuscript & tailor policies to Cook-Illinois‟
needs
• Placement of difficult exposures
• Union activity
• Sexual molestation
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Challenges
Domicile
• Bermuda chosen for off-shore benefits; instead elected IRS Code
953 (d) designation to be taxed as US Company
• Access to re-insurance; never accessed the market, but instead
utilized savings in the Captive to increase deductibles
• Off shore management made communications and
responsiveness challenging
• Need to issue two separate Letters of Credit as Carrier would not
accept LOC from Bermuda bank
• At times became “lost in the crowd” as a small single parent
captive
• Foreign based insurance company not in-line with our marketing
of being one of the few remaining American owned school bus
companies
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Challenges
Letters of credit
• Change in carrier requires additional letter of credit; will
have outstanding LOC‟s with legacy carriers for many
years.
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Lessons Learned
• You must have in place the systems to
adequately monitor all aspects of the Captive
• Accounting
• Auditing
• Financial reporting
• Overall captive management
• Underwriting and premium pricing
• Tax management
• Approach the Captive as you would your losses;
the more control and involvement you have the
less likely costly mistakes will be made
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Actuarial Insights
Presented by Michael Meehan
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Actuarial Analysis
• Review historical loss information (company?)
• Consider policy limits and net retentions
• Forecast losses for prospective period
• Pro Forma Financial Statements
• Confidence level analysis
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Actuarial Analysis
Necessary Data
• Historical loss data, multiple evaluations
• Corresponding exposures
• payroll, sales, etc.
• Claim counts
• open/closed/reported
• Large loss information
• Policy limits / net retention
• Historical premiums (if exposures were insured)
• Other (changes in claims handling, risk
management, etc.)
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Actuarial Analysis - Challenges
Company Has Limited or No Historical Data
• Look to industry data
• Publicly available rate filings
• Annual statement information
• Other?
Examples: Auto Liability (by state)
TRIA
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Actuarial Analysis - Challenges
Industry Has Limited or No Historical Data
Need to “create”
• Research exposures
• Interview experts
• Determine parameters (frequency/severity)
of claim distribution
Examples: Employment practices liability
Underground storage tanks
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Actuarial Analysis - Results
• Forecast of expected ultimate loss and
allocated loss adjustment expenses
• Confidence level analysis
• Pro Forma Financial Statements
• Expected and Adverse/Alternative Scenarios
• Capitalization
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Actuarial Evaluation - Results
Management Considerations
• Objectives and risk appetite
• Impact on capitalization
• Cost / Benefit
• Economic / Non-economic
• Focus on long-term results
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Exploring the Outer Limits of
Captives – Wrap Up
What does this mean to YOU?
Why is it important to YOU?
When does the timing of a captive make sense
to YOU?
How do I accomplish what the panelists have?
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Questions & Answers
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