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Life Products and Low Interest RatesActuarial perspective

Werner Matula

Vienna Insurance Group

Zagreb, 20.11.2019

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Contents

• Impact of Low Interest Rates

• Regulation

– Maximum Technical Interest Rate

– Additional Interest Reserve

• Experience, Consequences, Actions

– Products

– Profit Sources

– ALM

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The Problem …

Source: ÖNB (www.oenb.at)

Average Government Bond Yield weighted by Outstanding Amounts (Umlaufgewichtete Durchschnittsrendite für Bundesanleihen, UDRB)

Secondary Market Yields (Sekundärmarktrendite, SMR) until March 2015

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• Reinvestment

• Investment Returns

• Cost of Guarantees

• Solvency Capital

• Attractive Products

• Profit Sharing

• Financial Statements (Regulation)

Impact of Low Interests

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• Maximum Technical Interest Rates

• Additional Interest Reserves

• Liability Adequacy Test (various NGAAPs, IFRS 4)

• Solvency II

• IFRS 17

Regulation

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• Calculation of Statutory Reserves

• Traditional Life Insurance (with guarantees)

• Deviation in Pricing: Profitability

• Prudent Person Principle, i.e.– Product features and risks

– Product guarantees and options

– Term of the obligation and any resulting reinvestment risks

– Requirement for premiums to be sufficient

– Capital market situation

Maximum Technical Interest

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Maximum Technical Interest

UDRB / SMR

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Maximum Technical Interest

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Maximum Technical Interest

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Maximum TIR

Maximum Technical Interest

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• Not applicable:– Unit-linked and index-linked contracts

(except reserves for mortality, expenses, or other risks)

– Single-premium contracts with a maximum term of 8 years

– Contracts without profit-sharing

• Maximum TIR in AT since January 2017: 0.5%

• Replaced by Solvency II in many jurisdictions!

Maximum Technical Interest

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Additional Interest Rate Reserve

• “Zinszusatzreserve” (ZZR)

• For interest obligations towards the insured to the extent that the current or expected income from financial management is not sufficient to cover these obligations

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Additional Interest Rate Reserve

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ZZR of Austrian Life Insurers as at 31.12.2018:

Additional Interest Rate Reserve

184,6

114,8

80,4

Uniqa Generali Allianz

22,1% 22,4% 22,2% … % of Mathematical Reserve

Source: Austrian Statutory Annual Reports 2018 (Allianz, Generali, Uniqa)

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• Dilution with low guarantees

• Zero-Guarantees (still a guarantee)

• Maturity Guarantees (no guaranteed Surrender Values)

• Guarantees on limited duration (e.g. 10 years)

• Modification of Profit Sharing, where allowed (e.g. only maturity bonuses)

• Hybrid Solutions

“New” Traditional Products

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• Conversions

• Unit- or Index-Linked products with guarantees

• Reconsideration of Single Premium products

• Strong focus on biometric coverages

• Allowance for subsidizing with actuarial and expense profits

• Transformation to run-off carriers

Actions

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• In-house or run-off platforms (e.g. Viridium)

• Lean administration (cost surpluses)

• No sales expenses

• Efficient ALM (mitigate risks of low interest environment)

• Economies of scale

• Consumers’ view (profit sharing, not promoting attractive payouts)

Run-off

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• High demand by clients

• Alternative to banking sector

• Unique selling proposition due to attractive protection components

Still profitable for insurers

Life Insurance remains important!

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In-force portfolio:

VIG’s MCEV Sensitivities 2018

Value of new business:

Source: Vienna Insurance Group (www.vig.com)

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• Decomposition of any P&L into sources of profit

• Increasing importance due to vanishing investment income

Premium 100

Investment Income 30

Claims -7

Costs -5

Increase of Reserves -110

Profit 8

Profit Sources

How was a profit of 8 achieved?

From which source?

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• Decomposition of any P&L into sources of profit

• Increasing importance due to vanishing investment income

Premium 100

Investment Income 30

Claims -7

Costs -5

Increase of Reserves -110

Profit 8

Profit Sources

Interest Surplus 10

Actuarial Surplus 2

Cost Surplus -4

Profit 8

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Public disclosure, but no market standard

Profit Sources

Source: Allianz (www.allianz.com), Generali (www.generali.com)

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We were used to …

Profit Sources

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Interest Surplus Expense Surplus Actuarial Surplus Profit

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We are getting used to …

Profit Sources

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Interest Surplus Expense Surplus Actuarial Surplus Profit

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• Various scenarios, depending on purpose:

– Support for reinvestment

– Cash flow and duration matching for risk management

• Importance of assumptions

– Regular premiums vs. existing asset portfolio

– Reinvestment (EIOPA curves not appropriate)

– Future new business

Asset Liability Management

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Assets Liabilities Gap Average Technical Interest Rate

Asset Liability Management

Run-off Scenario WITH future premiums:

Asset Duration: 6,0%

Liability Duration: 15,2%

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Asset Liability Management

Run-off Scenario WITHOUT future premiums:

Asset Duration: 6,0%

Liability Duration: 7,5%

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Asset Liability Management

Consideration of reinvestment!

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