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How DFA Can Help the Property/Casualty Industry, Part 4
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Wilma...
Catastrophes: Models and Reserving
Risk Measures
Reinsurer Results:
Catastrophe and Strengthening
Hurricanes: 2003 and 2004 Results, Clustering and TransitioninG
Brushfire and Fire Following Exposures
Tsunami Exposure Worldwide and U.S.
Wind and Hail: Relative Hazard Levels
Cat Modeling Class
Introduction to Reinsurance
Holborn Technical Seminar
Catastrophe, Injury, and Insurance
Review of Myers & Read ARIA Paper
A Perfectly Ordinary Tuesday Morning
This is Not Your Father’s Cat Model
Global Warming and Increased Catastrophes?
Reinsurer Risk Loads from Marginal Surplus Requirements, PCAS LXXVII
Reinsurance Markets
Risk Transfer Assessment
Introduction to Asset Returns and Risks
CAS Call Paper Panel
Ceded Reinsurance Issues in DFA
Catastrophe Reinsurance Simulation Game
Reinsurance by any other name
Clash Pricing
ALLOCATION OF SURPLUS FOR A MULTI-LINE INSURER
Optimization to Improve Business Performance
 

 

 
Raghu Ramachandran, Senior Portfolio Strategist
Brown Brothers, Harriman
Paul Kneuer, Chief Actuary
Holborn Corporation
 
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What is Asset Allocation?

What is Risk?

What keeps you awake at night?

  • Use measures meaningful to your company

Define goals in a qualitative manner

  • Surplus should grow

  • The portfolio should not lose a large amount

Translate to quantitative manner

  • Surplus should grow by 4% in 5 years

  • The largest acceptable loss is -5% in one year.

Sample Risk Measures

RBC test fails

Surplus declines two years in a row

Chance of negative cash flow

Surplus growth below 4%

Reserve / surplus ratio > 3

Net income hurdle rate

Short Term Downside Risk

Long Term Downside Risk

Competitor Risk

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