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Reinsurance Training From August 4 - 15, 2014: Prepared by Shiferaw Bante
Reinsurance Training From August 4 - 15, 2014: Prepared by Shiferaw Bante
5. Reinsurance Pools
Another project sponsored by UNCTAD is regional
reinsurance pools
These include Arab Aviation pools and Arab
Engineering pool in 1968 followed by Arab Marine
Hull pool in 1973.
Other pools still operating today are F.A.I.R
aviation pool managed by S.C.R Morocco; African
aviation and African oil & energy pools managed
by Africa Re, African Fire pool managed by CICA
Re, OESAI Reinsurance pool managed by Kenya
Re.
6. Reinsurance Brokers
II. Why does a Company buy
reinsurance?
1. Protection against the exposure of large losses due to:
Individual large risks
Accumulation of losses from one event
Accumulation of losses in any one year
2. Capacity
3. Financial reasons
Government may limit the amount of business a
company can retain according to its financial
strength.
For protection of solvency margins
Why rein. Contd.
4. Equalization or spread of risks
5. Political reasons
6. Business reasons
III. & IV. Reinsurance Methods
Reinsurance
-Risk/
working
proportional excess
Non-proportional
of loss
-quota
share (workin
-surplus g excess
-Q.S. of loss)
Facultative Treaty Facultative Treaty
and
Surplus -
combin catastro
ed phe
- excess
facultati of loss
ve -risk
obligato excess
ry of loss
- Line cum
slip catastro
- open phe
cover excess
of loss
-stop
loss or
V. Treaty wordings
Treaty wordings are signed agreements which evidence contracts of
treaty reinsurance between the contracting parties.
1. Proportional treaty wordings
1.1. Business clauses
. Preamble
. Business covered
. Territorial scope
. Treaty detail
. Attachment of cessions
. Attachment and termination of treaty
. Original terms, conditions and rates
. Commissions
1.2. Accounting clauses
. Periodical accounts
.Losses advice and settlement
Wordings contd.