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Empirical Evidence on the Use of Dynamic Solvency Testing and Financial Condition Reporting in the United Kingdom Life Insurance Industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2011

Y.-M. Shiu ,
P. Moles ,
A. T. Adams  and
C.-C. Chan
Y.-M. Shiu
Affiliation:
Department of Business Administration, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan., Email: yungming@mail.ncku.edu.tw
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Abstract

To gain insight into the use of Dynamic Solvency Testing (DST) and Financial Condition Reporting (FCR), a questionnaire was distributed to Appointed Actuaries in United Kingdom life offices. The response rate of the main survey was 76%. An independent-samples t-test for non-respondent bias was conducted and the results suggest that the respondent sample is representative of the survey population. Results from the 62 firms responding revealed: (1) Scenario testing was the most commonly used DST techniques. (2) Most life offices regularly run less than ten scenarios in scenario testing. (3) Most life offices reported using a five-year forecast period in DST. (4) The two most commonly seen difficulties are: difficulties in communicating complex issues to non-specialists, and how to present extremely adverse scenarios without causing undue concern. (5) Nearly all life offices use FCR. (6) Guidance Note 2 is generally considered acceptable. (7) Compared with the results reported by previous studies, the use of DST techniques is now more common in life offices. (8) There is a significant difference in DST/FCR practices between with-profits and non-profit offices.

Keywords

Sensitivity AnalysisScenario TestingStochastic SimulationLife Insurers
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Annals of Actuarial Science , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , September 2006 , pp. 359 - 392
Copyright
Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 2006

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