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The Indication - Is That Your Final Answer?. CAS Ratemaking Seminar March 10, 2005. INT-3. Introductory Session 3. Betsy DePaolo Travelers Property Casualty Guo Harrison Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland. Overview. Interpreting the Indication Marketplace
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The Indication -Is That Your Final Answer? CAS Ratemaking Seminar March 10, 2005 INT-3
Introductory Session 3 Betsy DePaolo Travelers Property Casualty Guo Harrison Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland
Overview • Interpreting the Indication • Marketplace • Expected Reactions • Alternatives to Rate • Testing the Action • Commercial vs. Personal Lines
Interpreting the Indication • Data Anomalies • Unusual Loss Activities • Weather Effects, etc. • Changes in Statutes • Changes in Company Practices • Underwriting Guidelines • Claims Handling • Distributional Changes • Planned Changes
Why it’s not “The Final Answer” • Indicated Change is Negative • May lead to profit problems • Don’t need to drop rates that much • Indicated Change is very Positive • Will lose customers • Adverse Selection • Regulators won’t allow
Marketplace • Underwriting Cycle • Competitive Position • Competitors Actions – Recent and Projected • Competitor Considerations
Competitive Position • Various measures of competitiveness • Percentage of Competitor rates • Single Competitor • Average of Group of Competitors • Win Rate • Percentage of cases when you have best rate, or within $X of best rate • Consider both $ and % differences
Competitive Position Policy Premiums
Competitive Position Win Ratios (# of times company price is lowest)
Competitive Position Percentage Differences in Policy Premiums
Competitive Position Dollar Differences in Policy Premiums
Competitor Actions • Recent Changes – • Not reflected in competitive position • Reflected in competitive position • Indicative of future changes
Competitor Considerations • Financial Strength • Customer Service • Claim Service • Ease of Doing Business • Commission Levels
Expected Reactions • Policyholder • Retention • New Business • Agents • Regulators • Recent Approvals • Shareholders
Expected Reactions Rate Change Histogram – Dollar Changes
Expected Reactions Rate Change Histogram – Percentage Changes
Alternatives to Rate • Revenue Indication, not Rate Indication • Expense Actions • Underwriting Guidelines • Marketing Plans
Testing The Plan • Intuitive Evaluation • Elasticity of Demand around similar changes • Feedback from Agents • Scenario Modeling
Conclusions Four major considerations • Profitability • Competition • Disruption • Retention