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2020 Collateral Environment and SIGMA's Collateral Survey

By Michelle Bradley, ACAS, MAAA, ARM, CERA, CCIS, Consulting Actuary on October 29, 2020

Following the financial challenges of 2008, SIGMA noticed a significant change in the collateral environment related to self-insured and large deductible programs. In 2009, we began conducting a collateral survey that attempted to gather industry perspective on a range of collateral issues. SIGMA offers many resources in the area of collateral, some of which may […]

Parametric Insurance

By Lori Ussery, Actuarial Consultant on September 29, 2020

Prior SIGMA publications have focused on weather risk mitigation and data available for historical windstorms in the Atlantic: https://sigmaactuary.com/2019/01/07/weather-risk-mitigation-analytical-considerations/ https://sigmaactuary.com/downloads/SIGMAWindRisks.pdf These articles mentioned the use of parametric insurance as a mechanism to mitigate the financial impact of weather-related risk and analytical considerations for quantifying these types of risk. In a recent article published in Captive […]

Projecting Losses in Times of Uncertainty

By L. Michelle Bradley, ACAS, MAAA, ARM, CERA, Consulting Actuary | Enoch Starnes, ACI, Actuarial Analyst | Al J. Rhodes, ACAS, MAAA, President & Senior Actuary on August 11, 2020

Links in this blog require a RISK66 login. Register here for free access. Case 4: Additional Actuarial Reports Prior to Year-End Thus far, our series on loss projections in uncertain times has covered several analytical tools companies can use to track and analyze unforeseen changes to their risk portfolio. These have included analyzing changes due […]

Uses and Limitations of a Confidence Level Analysis

By Lori Ussery, Actuarial Consultant on July 29, 2020

The projection of losses involves estimating the expected or average value of future loss costs. This estimate is based on historical loss experience, adjusted to the current cost level considering both internal influences (such as development, changes in claims reserving, exposure volume and mix of business) and external influences (such as inflation and changes in […]

Reputational Risk

By Michelle Bradley, ACAS, MAAA, ARM, CERA, CCIS, Consulting Actuary on July 22, 2020

Michelle Bradley was recently interviewed by the Captive Insurance Times in an article titled “Risking it all”. In it, she discusses the increase in reputational risk being placed into captives, especially over the last two years. You can read Michelle's interview by clicking the link below and navigating to page 17. Click to view the […]

Defining and Modelling Adverse Scenarios for Captive Insurance

By Michelle Bradley, ACAS, MAAA, ARM, CERA, CCIS, Consulting Actuary, and Enoch Starnes, ACI, Captive and Complex Risk Consultant on July 4, 2020

Enoch Starnes and Michelle Bradley recently authored an article for Captive International titled “Defining and Modelling Adverse Scenarios for Captive Insurance.” In it, they discuss how new and existing captives must provide adverse scenario modelling as part of their feasibility and application process, but most domiciles do not explicitly outline the specific adverse scenarios that […]

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