Insurance is a business of risk, and risk can be miscalculated in many fashions
Many times liability losses are paid four or five years or more after the insurance contract has expired. Insurance companies must determine the financial strength of its reinsurers to alleviate the occurrence of this situation. Obviously, if the re-insurer can't or won't pay, the primary company not only suffers the entire loss, but also loses the premium paid to the re-insurer. Should the airport subsequently submit a claim of $50 million, the primary insurer will be liable for the claim payment of the $50 million to the airport and then must collect $40 million from its re-insurer under its reinsurance agreement. Examples of these miscalculated risks follow: Assume a primary insurer issues terms on a $50 million liability insurance policy to the Philadelphia Airport and reinsures $40 million of this coverage.
Examples of miscalculations that can be costly are reinsurance instability, flawed actuarial assumptions, inadequate premium rates, lax underwriting criteria, overly aggressive marketing, poor accounts receivable collection practices from insureds and re-insurers and flawed internal operating practices. Needless to say, the insurance departments in all the states were very upset because of the resultant damage to their citizens. When the company entered liquidation, it left $7 billion in claims for which it did not have the ability to pay. A recent example of the above was the Reliance Insurance Co., which was licensed in all fifty states.
For instance, if the rating agency determines the financial ratios and warrants a B rating for a company, the insurance regulators would immediately review the company to determine the financial viability of the company in the interest of protecting the policyholders within their state. In addition to their constant vigilance, the regulators - the insurance departments of each state - monitor the rating agencies for their opinions about companies in their state. As an example, let's examine the premium rate for the Domino's Pizza account. The determination of premium rates for a given class of business is based upon assumptions. Companies have to know that their re-insurer will be able to pay under the terms of the reinsurance contract.
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