Here we review stories on GC Capital Ideas that provide insights on the new paradigm around life reinsurance.
A Dynamic Approach to Managing Life Reinsurance Arrangements: The traditional life reinsurance model typically involves perpetual treaties linked to an underlying product. In order to create alignment between the contracting parties, the treaty would follow the underlying terms of the product. However, the treaty structure may concurrently include provisions that reduce alignment between the insurer and reinsurer, to the insurer’s detriment. This approach is often wrapped in the reinsurer’s “value proposition” – providing services to support the pricing, underwriting and claims management of the underlying product. In today’s operating environment, that “value proposition” is becoming less relevant as insurers now have the capabilities to develop their own customer proposition through improved access to data, market knowledge and skills for pricing, analytics and underwriting.
The Transformation of Australian and New Zealand Life Insurance: The life insurance industry in Australia is facing unprecedented challenges from forces within and from the effects of an increasingly globalized economy. As life industry profitability has declined in Australia in recent years, the underlying manufacturing business model is rapidly changing, according to Matthew Rose, Managing Director, Guy Carpenter.
Life: Emerging Competition and the Need to Remake the Reinsurance Relationship: The life reinsurance sector has been shrinking for several years, but reinsurers possess the capabilities to remain relevant and vital if they take a strategic approach. They may then be able to better meet their cedents’ principal needs and solidify or increase their value to life insurers, according to David Rains, Managing Director, Guy Carpenter.