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Indexing ResilienceA primer for insurance markets and economies: starting the USD 1trillion debate
(sigma 5/2019)
Dr. Jérôme Haegeli, Group Chief EconomistMonte Carlo, September 7 2019
R-word(s) in focus. Resilience is key!
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>USD 1trn / year
RRRecession risk
Risk pools(additional)
35%
Economic Resilience
Insurance Resilience
Welcome to our new «R-index» family
SRI-LSE Macro Resilience Index
Tracks the ability of economies to withstand shocks over time
Closing gaps: positive for macro resilience
Resilience: The ability to absorb shocks
Macro Buffer, structural components
SRI Insurance Resilience Indices
Measure the contribution of insurance to the financial stability of households and organisations
Mortality HealthNat cat
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Macroeconomic Resilience”The global economy is less resilient to absorb shocks than 10 years ago given excessive debt, lack of growth enhancing reforms and monetary policy pushed beyond its limit.’’
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-2%pts17trn+70trn
10 Years after the global financial crisis: The world is less resilient
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High debt burden
Negative yielding bonds
Lower economic growth
Sources: IIF, Swiss Re Institute, BoC
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Winter is arriving for global macro. 35% likelihood for US recession
Source: Swiss Re Institute, Note: Consensus forecasts in brackets
EMs will continue to grow significantly faster than DMs Top macro risks for 2019/20 (likelihood)
Euro area:2019: 1.1% (1.1%)2020: 1.1% (1.2%)
United States:2019: 2.3% (2.5%)2020: 1.6% (1.9%)
Latin America: 2019: 1.8%2020: 2.8%
China: 2019: 6.2% (6.3%)2020: 6.1% (6.1%)
EM Asia excl. China: 2019: 6.2%2020: 6.1%
Real GDP growth in 2019
<-2.5% 1%-2.5% 2% 4% 6% >6%0%
EMs will continue to grow significantly faster than DMs
Trade war
35%
US recession
35%
Central Bank policy error
20%
Top macro risks for 2019/20 (likelihood)
50%
Macro Buffers
Fiscal policy space
Monetary policy space
50%
Structural factors
Banking industry backdrop
Labour market efficiency
Fin. market development
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SRI-LSE macro resilience index: going beyond traditional GDP analysis to trackeconomic resilience. See today’s top resilient countries & the top movers
Sources: Swiss Re Institute and London School of Economics and Political Sciences
Macroeconomic resilience factors
Note: Other structural elements not listed here include economic complexity, low carbon economy, human capital andinsurance penetration
Top macro resilient (2018) Top movers (2007 to 2018)
Country Rank
Switzerland 1
Canada 2
USA 3
Finland 4
Norway 5
Country Rank Rank change
since ‘07
Japan 9 +8
South Korea 14 +7
China 20 +6
Australia 12 +6
New Zealand 13 +6
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Lower G4 macro resilience since 2007, but improvements over last years: next recession likely to be more prolonged, even if not as deep
SRI – LSE G4 macro resilience index andstructural elements Fiscal policy the «only game (left) in town»
Fiscal policy space
Monetary policy space
Structural reforms0.3
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Structural elements G4 resilience index
Source: Swiss Re Institute
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Six global macro resilience take-aways
Fiscal policy = “only game in town” in the next crisis
Central bank’s low to negative ratesdo more harm than good
Lower buffers & insufficient reforms = future recessions more prolonged
↑Domestic resilience = ↑ Global resilience
Sound fiscal positions, deep financial markets = + Macro resilience
ESG and insurance coverage also strengthens macro resilience
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InsuranceResilience“Resilience against core areas of risk – such as natural catastrophes, mortality and healthcare spending – improved, as shown in our new SRI Insurance Resilience Index. Importantly, the risk transfer to insurance markets promotes macroeconomic stability.”
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SRI Insurance Resilience Indices: New record high protection gaps
Nat CatExpected annual loss from storms, earthquakes and
floods
Estimated insurance coverage for primary nat
cat perilsUSD 222bn 24%
Mortality Income needed to maintain survivors’ living standards
Life insurance, financial assets, social security USD 386bn 45%
Health Total healthcare expenditure (funded)
Total healthcare expenditures minus
households’ stressful out-of-pocket expenses
USD 616bn 93%
Composite -- -- USD 1.2trn 54%
Starting the USD 1 trillion debate
Source: Swiss Re Institute
Note: All figures for 2018 and global; Protection gap is in premium equivalent terms
Need (N) Available (A) Protection Gap (N – A)
Insurance Resilience Index (A ÷ N)
The resilience gap remains huge, even as it improved mostly on Nat Cat in advanced countries and with large gap in emerging markets
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SRI Insurance Resilience Index: Advanced economies
SRI Insurance Resilience Index: Emerging economies
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Nat cat Mortality Health Composite
2000 2007 2018
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Nat cat Mortality Health Composite
2000 2007 2018
Source: Swiss Re Institute
65% 42% 3% 37% 94% 75% 23% 64%
Opportunity and Risk Pools‘’Closing the insurance protection gaps is a one trillion dollar opportunity to boost global financial resilience.’’
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The protection gap has more than doubled over the past two decades
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>1trn
60-80 bn profit potential
additional claim payments
Untapped resilience opportunity = New risk pools
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EMEAadvanced
Asia-Pacificadvanced
LatinAmerica andCaribbean
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EmergingEurope andCentral Asia
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Advanced markets Emerging markets
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Protection gap in advanced and emerging economies
+27% of current profit pools
Insurance resilience bolsters the overall economy, especially for emerging economies
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1) Effect of more insurance coverage for cat losses on economic variables
Source: Swiss Re Institute
2) Variables correlated with lower economic volatility
stronger recovery (GDP growth)
less government spending
less private borrowing
higher non-life insurance penetration
above-potential GDP growth
quality of economic institutions
Lower excessive debt
Call for Action
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Data analyticsFinancial market
infrastructureSupport
trend growth
Enabling regulation
Private capital market solutions
Source: Swiss Re Institute
Conclusion“Narrowing protection gaps is a USD1 trn opportunity and makesnot just commercial, but also economic sense.“
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Key takeaways
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Macro:Less resilient than pre-crisis
Insurance:Improving but…
Resilience boostfrom insurance to whole economy
Call for actionsto improve resilience
With monetary policies at or beyond their limit, fiscal policy will be the “only game in town” in next crisis
Insurance resilience has improved in most regions, but global record protection gaps of USD 1.2 trillion outline the great potential for risk transfer
Insurance promotes macro resilience: higher insurance penetration => stronger growth & lower macro volatility
Promote private capital market and insurance solutions to alleviate societal challenges and government contingent liabilities
Starting the “1 trillion dollar debate” in improving resilience
Appendix
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SRI-LSE Macro Resilience Rankings
Rank CountryFiscal Space
Mon. Pol.
Space
Low Carbon Econ.
Insurance Penetration
Fin. Market
Dev.
Human Capital
Econ. Compl.
Labor Market
Eff.
Banking IndustryBackdrop
2018 Resi. Index
2007 Rank
Change in rank 07 to18*
Ave. 07-11 Rank
Ave. 14-18 Rank
1 Switzerland 0.99 0.1 1 0.72 1 0.86 1 1 0.91 0.84 1 - 1 12 Canada 0.99 0.18 0.29 0.61 0.85 0.93 0.55 0.94 1 0.81 3 +1 2 2
3 United States 0.95 0.21 0.21 0.57 1 0.74 0.93 1 0.77 0.79 2 -1 9 4
4 Finland 0.99 0.12 0.73 0.89 0.57 1 0.91 0.69 1 0.77 9 +5 7 45 Norway 0.98 0.15 1 0.26 0.73 0.71 0.57 0.79 0.87 0.75 4 -1 3 4
6 United Kingdom 0.95 0.15 0.86 0.97 0.72 0.76 0.81 0.92 0.67 0.74 7 +1 14 8
7 Netherlands 1 0.12 0.5 0.82 0.59 0.89 0.68 0.86 0.7 0.73 6 -1 7 98 Denmark 0.99 0.11 1 0.95 0.16 0.8 0.6 0.98 0.79 0.72 8 - 11 119 Japan 0.88 0.11 0.56 0.77 0.83 1 1 0.7 0.77 0.72 17 +8 18 11
10 Sweden 0.99 0.11 1 0.53 0.54 0.71 0.96 0.7 0.73 0.71 5 -5 4 711 Germany 1 0.12 0.62 0.44 0.58 0.87 1 0.82 0.56 0.7 10 -1 12 1012 Australia 0.87 0.19 0.15 0.39 0.9 0.84 0.01 0.59 0.98 0.7 18 +6 20 14
13 New Zealand 0.87 0.2 0.92 0.34 0.08 0.79 0.23 1 0.89 0.67 19 +6 16 9
14 South Korea 0.95 0.19 0.27 1 0.99 1 0.95 0.33 0.42 0.66 21 +7 20 17
15 Austria 0.99 0.12 1 0.26 0.28 0.79 0.86 0.54 0.68 0.66 11 -4 8 1616 Chile 1 0.39 0.73 0.28 0 0.28 0 0.37 0.97 0.65 13 -3 9 1317 France 0.95 0.12 0.93 0.77 0.45 0.71 0.73 0.3 0.73 0.64 12 -5 12 1618 Ireland 0.99 0.12 0.97 0.54 0.43 0.91 0.74 0.93 0.1 0.62 15 -3 24 2019 Belgium 0.96 0.12 0.54 0.45 0.13 0.8 0.47 0.42 0.58 0.57 14 -5 17 2120 China 1 0.3 0.04 0.23 0.58 0.24 0.35 0.21 0.29 0.55 26 +6 19 18
21 South Africa 0.78 0.56 0 1 0.18 0 0.11 0.28 0.54 0.53 22 +1 14 16
22 Spain 0.76 0.12 0.77 0.35 1 0.69 0.39 0.21 0.37 0.53 16 -6 22 2523 Hungary 0.86 0.29 0.56 0.02 0 0.69 0.73 0.14 0.52 0.51 20 -3 22 2724 Mexico 0.85 0.34 0.66 0 0 0.05 0.57 0 0.67 0.51 27 +3 25 2225 India 1 0.29 0.37 0.17 0.03 0 0.16 0.16 0.34 0.5 24 -1 18 2526 Turkey 0.96 0.25 0.62 0 0.24 0.34 0.06 0 0.34 0.48 31 +5 29 2327 Russia 0.97 0.29 0 0 0 0.76 0.44 0.21 0 0.44 25 -2 22 2428 Portugal 0.74 0.12 0.89 0.49 0.39 0.71 0.11 0.43 0 0.41 23 -5 26 2929 Brazil 0.32 0.24 1 0.2 0.24 0 0.3 0 0.75 0.34 30 +1 27 2730 Italy 0.33 0.12 0.78 0.71 0.78 0.69 0.58 0.15 0 0.3 28 -2 28 2931 Greece 0 0.12 0.49 0 0.21 0.42 0.03 0 0 0.06 29 -2 30 31
* + denotes moving up in rank, - moving down in rank
Sources: SRI-LSE Macroeconomic Resilience Index
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Indicator Weight Rationale
Mac
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ers Fiscal space 35% We consider fiscal policy the most important policy tool to mitigate
the length and depth of an economic shock.
Monetary policy space 15% Monetary policy is a key policy instrument to absorb economic shocks.
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Banking industry backdrop 18% A fragile banking industry backdrop propagates shocks given the sector's interconnectedness with the economy.
Labour market efficiency 12% More efficient and dynamic labour markets allow for easier reallocation of workers during times of stress.
Financial market development 10% Developed financial markets diversify the funding sources available for the real economy.
Economic complexity 4%An economy producing sophisticated and a variety of goods will be less affected by shocks in specific sectors.
Insurance penetration 2% Insurance acts as a shock absorber and smoothens financial volatility.
Human capital 2% High social mobility and skill levels make a country more dynamic, such that it can better withstand and adjust to shocks.
Low-carbon economy 2%Climate change has disruptive effects on global supply chains and infrastructure. This negatively impacts government finances, firms' capital, and household wealth.
SRI-LSE Macro Resilience Indicators
Source: Swiss Re Institute
Macro resilience levels across regions and time
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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Latin America North America Eurozone WORLD Asia & Oceania
Sources: SRI-LSE Macroeconomic Resilience Index