Property / Casualty Aspects of ERM
Frank SommerfeldEMB
Köln (Cologne), Germany
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Agenda
• Cash-Flows in P&C insurance
• Liquidity risk
• Risk Matching
• Example Risk-Matching
• Summary
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1 2 3 4 5 62003 74,0% 15,0% 5,0% 3,0% 2,0% 1,0%
2004 74,0% 15,0% 5,0% 3,0% 2,0% 1,0%
2005 74,0% 15,0% 5,0% 3,0% 2,0%
2006 74,0% 15,0% 5,0% 3,0%
2007 74,0% 15,0% 5,0%
2008 74,0% 15,0%
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Cashflows in P&C insurance
• The expected CF in a calendar year is the sum of the diagonal. Assuming a constant ultimate per origin year it is 26%.
• No new accident year would implicate– no new business– no renewals– no unearned premium
• A new accident year does pay out 74% and does reserve the other 26% the expected reserves remain unchanged. the expected cash-flow balance is 0
• Additionally the cash-flow is highly volatile• Matching strategies (Duration, cash-flow,..) don’t make sense
2009 74,0%
unrealistic
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Example - Volatility of cash flows at „going concern“
Expectation close to zero and very volatile
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Duration of cash flows at „going concern”
You will not match this duration!
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Cash flow P&C
• Cash flows of P&C insurance are totally different to the cash flow of life insurance:
– Considerably more volatility• Large claims• Catastrophe claims• Adverse run-off
– The expected cash flow is usually small
• A liquidity risk is not arising form a mismatch in duration but rather due to the volatility
• How can liquidity risk be assessed?
• How can the liquidity risk be managed?
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Agenda
• Cash-Flows in P&C insurance
• Liquidity risk
• Risk Matching
• Example Risk-Matching
• Summary
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Example of the liquidity risk on the basis of three paths
Liquidity gap arises from one extreme negative u/w cash flow or from two
medium negative cash flows.
uw. CF 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Path #1 29 m€- 37 m€- 133 m€ 3 m€- 50 m€ Path #2 126 m€ 24 m€ 116 m€- 99 m€- 123 m€ Path #3 80 m€ 186 m€- 55 m€ 59 m€ 87 m€
Asset CF 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Path #1 29 m€ 28 m€ 28 m€ 30 m€ 28 m€ Path #2 27 m€ 36 m€ 35 m€ 40 m€ 24 m€ Path #3 38 m€ 26 m€ 30 m€ 28 m€ 32 m€
CF total 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Path #1 0 m€ 10 m€- 161 m€ 27 m€ 78 m€ Path #2 153 m€ 61 m€ 81 m€- 59 m€- 147 m€ Path #3 118 m€ 160 m€- 85 m€ 88 m€ 119 m€
fungible Assets 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Path #1 117 m€ 90 m€ 109 m€ 74 m€ 90 m€ Path #2 99 m€ 66 m€ 94 m€ 48 m€ 111 m€ Path #3 121 m€ 115 m€ 134 m€ 110 m€ 168 m€
Liquidity gap 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Path #1 - € - € - € - € - € Path #2 - € - € - € 11 m€- - € Path #3 - € 45 m€- - € - € - €
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Example - Volatility of cash flows at „going concern“
The ERM models we will not run with 3, but e.g. 100,000 simulations.
The results will be measured in probabilities
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Example liquidity risk
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Strategies on managing liquiditiy risks
• The liquidity risk is an asset/liability matching risk – market value of fungible assets < payment obligations
– The liquidity risk can arise out of• Decreasing market values• Insufficient fungibility• Increasing payment obligations
– The liquidity risk is a timing problem and due to this fact it can not be capitalized
• Strategies to decrease the risk can be set at the asset and the liabilites side– Asset side
• Matching of the asset cash flow can not lead to the target• Market values: Investments in less volatile assets• Fungibility: Investments in more liquid markets
– Liabilities side• Arrangements of the reinsurance contracts • Implementation of „Cash-Calls“
• The handling of liquidity risks defines a constraint but does not determine a whole strategy
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Agenda
• Cash-Flows in P&C insurance
• Liquidity risk
• Risk Matching
• Example Risk-Matching
• Summary
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Risk Matching
• The insurer is exposed to underwriting and market risks
• The ERM models calculates both profit profiles
• The risk capital can be calculated from the profit profiles
– VAR– TVAR– …
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Risk Matching
• The asset and liability risks have a only a small dependency
• There is a strong diversification effect between both sides
– Bad results on the one side are often balanced by good ones on the other side
– This diversification effect can be measured
• In this example the worst case scenarios are caused by the liability side
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Risk capital
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Risk Matching
• „Stand alone“ adds both risk capitals which were calculated separately • „Diversified“ determines the risk capital on the aggregated risk profile
– Sub-additivity RK(A+B) ≤ RK(A)+RK(B)
– With capital allocation methods (here TVAR) the diversified capital can be allocated back
• How can you find the optimal diversification?
Net of RIGross of RILiabilities dominates the total
Risk capital is allocated
more equally
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Risk Matching
• To compare different risk strategies a comparison of the risk capitals is insufficient
• The (expected) return has to be compared against to calculate the performance/efficiency of the capital
– Economic Value Added (EVA™) =return – cost of capital * risk capital
– Return On Risk Adjusted Capital (RORAC) =return / risk capital
• Other constraints have to be considered additionally
– Business policy
– Accounts
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Agenda
• Cash-Flows in P&C insurance
• Liquidity risk
• Risk Matching
• Example Risk-Matching
• Summary
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Dichte: vt. Bruttoergebnis
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Risk Matching – simplified example
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• Asset risk– FI and equity– Managing via equity share
• Liabilities risk– Stochastic gross result– NatCat exposed– Managing via reinsurance
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Risk Matching – simplified example
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Risk Matching – simplified example
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For lower equity exposure the asset risk is overlain by the u/w risk. There is a large diversification potential on the asset side.
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Risk Matching – simplified example
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Risk Matching – simplified example
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Agenda
• Cash-Flows in P&C insurance
• Liquidity risk
• Risk Matching
• Example Risk-Matching
• Summary
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Risk Matching - Summary
• Use the diversification potentials between risks– Between asset and liabilities– Within the asset side between the asset classes– Within the liabilities side between the lines of business
• The whole balance between several risk operators is important– A balanced influence on the overall result– Dependent on the risk aversion– In practice: Optimum at given risk capital
• Changes in the risk strategy have always consequences in all areas– Holistic ERM should be integrated in the company
• BUT: No blind trust in the models– Techniques are helpful to support decisions but not to replace them– Understanding the effects is essential – no Black-Box!– ERM must be lived – clear communication within the whole company is
necessary
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Your contact for questions
Frank Sommerfeld
EMB
Tel.: +49 (0)221 35 66 26 41
emb.com