Reinsurance Essay

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Reinsurance Assignment II 1) a) Explain how Non-proportional reinsurance operates and give an example Non-proportional reinsurance is where the reinsurer agrees to indemnity the primary insurer for all losses exceeding a specified retention either on a per loss basis or an aggregated loss basis. EG. An insurer issues a liability policy of $200,000 on any risk. The insurer retains the first $60,000 of the risk. Then the insurer buys excess loss reinsurance for $120,000 in excess of $60,000. In the event of a total loss the insurer will pay the first $60,000 and the reinsurer will pay the excess amount up to $120,000. b) Identify and explain the two main forms of proportional reinsurance Two main forms of proportional reinsurance are: 1) Quota share – This is also a form of pro-rata insurer cedes a fixed percentage of premium and losses for every risk. The quota share protects the retention of the ceding company. 2) Surplus – This type of pro-rata reinsurance is known as a line. A line is usually expressed as a multiple of the reinsured retained line. With surplus treaty not every risk is ceded but only those that exceeds the predetermined amount. c) What is referred to as the deductible or priority The deductible or priority refers to the amount of risk\losses the reinsurer can retained based on the reinsurance agreement. 2) a) What are the three main forms of Excess of Loss reinsurance The three main forms of excess of loss reinsurance are: 1) Per Risk Reinsurance 2) Per Occurrence Reinsurance 3) Aggregate excess of Loss Reinsurance b) Discuss how Reinsurer deal with the problem of the event occurrence in risk and catastrophe excess of loss contracts A catastrophe excess of loss contract is an agreement with the

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