You are an actuary at a medium-sized general insurance company. One of the business units writes...

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You are an actuary at a medium-sized general insurance company. One of the business units writes two annually renewable binding authorities, whereby underwriting authority is delegated to a third party and underwriting risk is 100% retained by the insurer. Contract A incepted on 1 January 2004 and Contract B incepted on 1 April 2004. The business unit wants to analyse its profitability over the past three years. You have been given the following information for policies written on the 2004 binding authorities: Average premium Acquisition costs 1 May 2005 1 November 2005 (1) 1 March 2006 1 October 2006 You have also been given the following information on successive rate changes that were applied to the base rates at each given date between 2004 and 2007: Contract A Contract B 1 June 2007 1 September 2007 Contract A 2004 2005 2006 2007 £265 40.0% 2004 2005 2006 2007 +1.0% +2.0% +3.0% -2.0% -4.0% -5.0% The numbers of policies written on the 2004 to 2007 binding authorities were: Contract A Contract B Current Year £6,025,000 £6,625,000 £5,126,000 £6,100,000 50,000 52,000 53,040 57,824 Contract B Contract A £1,560 32.5% Calculate the earned premium (net of DAC) for 2005, 2006 and 2007, stating any assumptions that you make. [12] You have been given the following calendar year incurred claim movement information: Prior Years +2.0% +3.0% +5.0% +1.5% +1.5% +1.5% £0 £750,000 £1,593,750 £1,875,000 10,000 11,100 11,432 12,004 Contract B Current Year £5,000,000 £5,937,500 £5,475,000 £5,375,000 Prior Years £0 £1,500,000 £2,700,000 £2,025,000 Claims paid in each year were 35% of GWP for Contract A and 31% of GWP for Contract B. Investment return was 4.5% per annum. Overheads allocated to the business unit were £1.5m in 2004. Internal per policy expenses in 2004 were £24 for Contract A and £78 for Contract B. Overheads and per policy expenses increased at 4.0% per annum. (11) @ Calculate the pre-tax profit made by the business unit in 2005, 2006 and 2007, stating any additional assumptions that you make. [10] Comment on the results of your findings in (i) and (ii), paying particular attention to the impact of the two contracts on the overall results. [8] You are an actuary at a medium-sized general insurance company. One of the business units writes two annually renewable binding authorities, whereby underwriting authority is delegated to a third party and underwriting risk is 100% retained by the insurer. Contract A incepted on 1 January 2004 and Contract B incepted on 1 April 2004. The business unit wants to analyse its profitability over the past three years. You have been given the following information for policies written on the 2004 binding authorities: Average premium Acquisition costs 1 May 2005 1 November 2005 (1) 1 March 2006 1 October 2006 You have also been given the following information on successive rate changes that were applied to the base rates at each given date between 2004 and 2007: Contract A Contract B 1 June 2007 1 September 2007 Contract A 2004 2005 2006 2007 £265 40.0% 2004 2005 2006 2007 +1.0% +2.0% +3.0% -2.0% -4.0% -5.0% The numbers of policies written on the 2004 to 2007 binding authorities were: Contract A Contract B Current Year £6,025,000 £6,625,000 £5,126,000 £6,100,000 50,000 52,000 53,040 57,824 Contract B Contract A £1,560 32.5% Calculate the earned premium (net of DAC) for 2005, 2006 and 2007, stating any assumptions that you make. [12] You have been given the following calendar year incurred claim movement information: Prior Years +2.0% +3.0% +5.0% +1.5% +1.5% +1.5% £0 £750,000 £1,593,750 £1,875,000 10,000 11,100 11,432 12,004 Contract B Current Year £5,000,000 £5,937,500 £5,475,000 £5,375,000 Prior Years £0 £1,500,000 £2,700,000 £2,025,000 Claims paid in each year were 35% of GWP for Contract A and 31% of GWP for Contract B. Investment return was 4.5% per annum. Overheads allocated to the business unit were £1.5m in 2004. Internal per policy expenses in 2004 were £24 for Contract A and £78 for Contract B. Overheads and per policy expenses increased at 4.0% per annum. (11) @ Calculate the pre-tax profit made by the business unit in 2005, 2006 and 2007, stating any additional assumptions that you make. [10] Comment on the results of your findings in (i) and (ii), paying particular attention to the impact of the two contracts on the overall results. [8]

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