Risks

SIFI – Systemically Important Financial Institutions (p21) – Chairman LUETKEMEYER (R-MO) – Thank you. Mr. Van Der Weide, I want to let you know that you gave us more information in your 2 or 3 minutes’ response here than all of the other folks we have had before this committee, put together, when we asked…

Mis-selling …customers may be satisfied with companies because they provide inexpensive products, but the customers may be misinformed about what is being sold. (p3) 2015 0501 – Letter – AAA to IAIS – Committee Comments To IAIS on Conduct of Business Risk Draft Paper, American Academy of Actuaries – 4p Mis-selling and market conduct issues…

Procyclical 2006 – IMF – Procyclical Fiscal Policy: Shocks, Rules, and Institutions—A View From MARS – 41p 2009 0504 – Procyclicality – what it means and what could be done, Jean-Pierre Landau, Deputy Governor of the Bank of France – 6p

Fairness Now we want to make sure that the consumers are treated fairly and reasonably and have sufficient information upon which to make a decision. (p318) — James P. Corcoran. , Superintendent of Insurance, State of New York 1984 – {April 11, May 3, 10, June 28, September 13} – GOV – Competition in the…

Policyholder Behavior IAIS Question 83: NAIC Response: Lapse risk is an example of an overall important category of policyholder behavior, which is an important risk in a number of products such as universal life and variable annuities. (p11) 2015 0213 – IAIS – IAIS Insurance Capital Standard Public Consultation Document – Final NAIC comments –…

Nature of… The nature of the life insurance industry calls for a relatively conservative investment policy, with safety of principal being of highest importance. — ROBERT R. WYAND II 1977 – INVESTMENT STRATEGY AND PLANNING, Society of Actuaries – 16p

Reputational Risk I sincerely believe we have a flawed instrument in today’s sales illustrations. …we did not communicate the impact of change as well as …we should have. Our biggest mistake would be to delay. I don’t believe the consumer will tolerate or forgive us, let alone the regulators, if we do nothing. — Robert…

Interest Rate Risk – (C-3) C. L. Trowbridge coined the term C-3 risk to denote the risk of losses due to changes in interest rates. 1988 – SOA – Algorithms for Cash-Flow Matching, Society of Actuaries – 8p In many jurisdictions, insurance companies have expended significant efforts to understand the sensitivity of their investment portfolios…

Bank-Like The regulation provides for the pre-funding of cash values, so that the amounts will be available upon policyholder demand, and will not be contingent upon sufficient surplus being available at that time to cover what is the equivalent to a demand deposit. The regulation relies heavily on the NAIC Universal Life Insurance Model Regulation…

Macroprudential versus Microprudential Regulation Common Exposures Contagion Liquidity modeling Mass lapses macroprudential surveillance Systemic amplifiers Triggers NAIC Liquidity Stress Testing (LST) Framework NAIC MACROPRUDENTIAL INITIATIVE (MPI) – [link] Macroprudential Task Force (MPTF) of the American Academy of Actuaries Common Exposures 269 For instance, in 1991 six major life insurers, each with over $4 billion in…

SIFIs – Systemically Important Financial Institutions

Mis-selling

Procyclical

Fairness

Policyholder Behavior

Nature

Reputational Risk

Interest Rate Risk

Bank-like

Macroprudential