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Contemporary Issues in
Life Insurance
Life Insurance Practice Committee
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Contemporary issues in
Life Insurance • Regulation
• Economy
• Actuarial/Accounting
• Competition
• Trends
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Regulation
• Life Act Review
• APRA/ASIC
• Tax
• IASB
• IAIS
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Regulation
Life Act Review
• Background of HIH, etc
• Significant delay in timing
• Minor review or major re-write?
– Change in capital requirements?
– Change to LIASB?
• Opportunities?
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Regulation
APRA/ASIC
• APRA
– Changes since HIH
• ASIC
– FSRA (issues for ASIC as well as industry!)
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Regulation
Tax
• Ordinary business
• Consolidation
– cross guarantees
– fair share
• Implications of 30 June 2005
• FITB
– covered later
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Economy/Environment
• Investment performance
• Global economy & outlook
• Profitability
– disability experience (incl GSCI)
• Guarantees & options
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Economy/Environment
Investment Performance
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Actuarial/Accounting Issues
• LIASB standards
• International Accounting Standards
• Professional Standards & Guidance Notes
• Appointed Actuaries
• Financial economics
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Actuarial/Accounting Issues
LIASB standards
• Discussion Notes
– asset quality
– solvency assumptions (DI)
– structured settlements & substandard lives
• Asymmetrical risks in policy liabilities
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• Management capital (AS6.02)
• Investment risks
– impact of “matching” strategies Contemporary Issues in Life Insurance
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Actuarial/Accounting Issues
IAS Issues • Wide-ranging impact from 2005
– IAS39 for investment
– local GAAP for insurance
– product classification
– DAC
– deferred tax
• Insurance Standard from 2007
• Business impact
– profit volatility
– international comparability? Contemporary Issues in Life Insurance
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Competition
• Distribution
– commission structure & levels
– margin squeeze
• e-business
• Products
– continued growth of Wrap products
• Reinsurance
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Trends
• Structural change / M&A
• Change in Appraisal Values?
• Funds management
• Banks
• Genetics
• New products
• Product rationalisation
• Cost focus
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Trends
Current New Zealand Issues
• GN5 Prudential Reserving
– under revision
• 1908 Life Act
– Law Commission review
• Insurance working group
– actuaries and accountants
– international accounting
• IRD
– completed review of reserving bases Contemporary Issues in Life Insurance