Retroactive Reinsurance Solutions

Build a better insurance business by managing reserve risk more effectively

The growing need for retroactive reinsurance

Primary insurers face an ongoing challenge in optimising their risk and capital situation. This requires a sharp focus on maintaining adequate levels of technical reserves – both for ongoing business and run-off. Retroactive reinsurance addresses these challenges by the use of Loss Portfolio Transfer (LPT) or Adverse Development Cover (ADC), or a combination of both solutions, to optimise capital, facilitate operational efficiencies and provide balance sheet relief when you need it. The main reasons organisations like yours invest in retroactive reinsurance are to enhance balance sheet certainty, enjoy solvency capital relief, get rating capital relief, improve capital efficiency, access additional capital and to protect the business plan.

Matthias Grandel

Head of Retroactive Reinsurance Solutions

Phone: +49 89 3891-8476

Email: mgrandel@munichre.com

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How retroactive reinsurance mitigates your reserve risk

Typically, your reserve risk includes the risk of accelerated claims pay-outs and adverse development risk – whether incurred but not reported (IBNR) or incurred but not enough reported (IBNER). It grows when risks taken on in an insurance business accumulate faster than run-off obligations from the past can be resolved, which disproportionately impact results in a given financial period. Our retroactive reinsurance solutions protect organisations like yours from adverse reserve development and free up capital for more profitable application elsewhere in your business.

How you can benefit from retroactive cover

Enhance effectiveness

Retroactive reinsurance is a powerful capital and risk management solution, either on a stand-alone basis or in combination with other measures.

Enjoy flexibility

Coverage (attachment point, limit, etc.) can be flexibly geared to your needs.

Build sustainability

The effect of a retroactive cover on your capital position will be immediate and sustainable.

Protect your capital

On top of providing capital relief, retroactive reinsurance ensures protection against potential adverse reserve development.

Ensure continuity

With all claims handling activities remaining in your hands, you continue to be the one that interacts with your clients.

Our retroactive reinsurance solutions protect organisations like yours from adverse reserve development and free up capital for more profitable application elsewhere in your business.

Matthias Grandel

Head of Retroactive Reinsurance Solutions

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No two businesses are the same which is why each retroactive solution is different

We specifically tailor your retroactive solution around your business goals to optimise your risk protection efficiency as well as your capital structures and costs. Moreover, if your specific situation changes due to unforeseen circumstances (e.g., new government regulations or shifting markets), our structured solutions allow you to adjust quickly with minimum discomfort.

Retroactive Reinsurance Solutions

Reserve risk consists of

Adverse development risk (IBNR/IBNER)
Risk of accelerated claims payouts
Retroactive reinsurance
Net unpaid claim reserves

1. „Quota share“ on reserves

Reinsurer participates proportionally on future claims payments
Typically proportional transfer of upside and downside potential
Structure mainly used to harvest reserve redundancies, capital relief (factor-based models) or run-off portfolios

2. „Aggregate excess of loss“ cover on reserves

Reinsurer assumes future claims payment above a specified retention
Cedent can retain upside potential
Structure typically used as „sleep easy“ cover, often combined with „no claims“ bonus

Tailormade retroactive insurance solutions

All our retroactive insurance solutions are structured on a case-by-case basis, adapted to the needs and targets of our clients
Additional features such as co-insurance, an in-the-money financing component or a loss corridor can be included
Further items such as a funds-withheld agreement or profit commission can also be considered