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UNDERWRITING
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Questions : 3 Categories
‘Medical Underwriting’: wherein the ‘Clinical / Physical Health’ along with the habits,
family-history, lifestyle aspects of the proponent are critically scrutinised and evaluated
AND
‘Financial Underwriting’: wherein the Financial Health of the Proponent is evaluated with
respect to the Premium Paying Capacity, permissible Coverage and allied aspects.
Financial Underwriting is the ‘PROCESS’ of determining the amount of Insurance Cover that
is justified for a person with regards to his / her income and needs.
The ‘ROLE’ of Financial Underwriting is to make sure that the amount of Insurance applied
for by an individual is justified based on the potential economic loss that will be suffered in
the event of death. If the amount applied for exceeds the potential economic loss, it will
lead to adverse selection OR anti-selection.
The overall ‘PURPOSE’ of Financial Underwriting is to:
Ensure that the insured or the beneficiary is not put in a better financial position by the
occurrence of the insured event
Minimise the ‘Moral Hazard Risk’
Minimise the probability of Lapsation or Surrender [ i.e. Appropriate insurance &
affordable premium]
Insurance granted is commensurate with the income and the need of the Applicant [i.e.
reduces Anti-selection]
Minimises / eliminates fraudulent Claims
Minimises ADVERSE CLAIMS EXPERIENCE due to ANTI-SELECTION
Minimises early Lapsation / Surrender
Ensures Insurable Interest
Verifies Insurance Needs
Always establish need for granting insurance and amount: DOES IT MAKE SENSE?
Ensure that the insured is not ‘WORTH MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE’.
Underwriter to ‘RULE SPECULATION OUT OF INSURANCE’
Relate to past financial trends and prevailing economic conditions
The common challenges faced by the underwriters while assessing a proposal on a key
person are :
To qualify the proposed insured as a Key Person
To quantify the potential financial loss to the company on the death of this insured
According to the Indian Law, there is no clear definition available of a key person.
If there are more than one Keyman in the company, the overall limit will be governed
by the same principle, and the sum assured granted to the various key persons will not
exceed the overall limit arrived at by the above methods.
According to the current regulations, only Term Assurance plans are allowed for
Keyman Insurance.
Appears to
Illegally Conversion originate from
obtained money Legitimate
Source
• The word ‘LAUNDERING’ is generally used for cleaning dirty clothes, the term
Money Laundering refers to the conversion or “laundering” of money which is
illegally obtained, in order to make it appear to originate from a legitimate source.
• Money Laundering, at its simplest, is the act of making money that has come from
Source ‘A’ [Illegal source(s)] look like it has come from Source ‘B’ (legal source /
activity).
• Money laundering is a universal phenomenon and have origins from the havala and
hundi systems of South Asia.
LAYERING: Carrying out complex financial transactions with the cash introduced in
the Financial System in order to camouflage the illegal source.
INTEGRATION: Acquire wealth generated from the transactions of the illicit funds.
• Structuring Deposits: Breaking the large amounts into small amounts to avoid
scrutiny of the Regulators or Law Enforcement Agencies.
• As per IMF estimates, the aggregate size of money laundering in the world could be
between 2% to 5% of the world’s GDP.
• Drugs, Smuggling, Organized Crime account for over 3/4th of all ‘Money Laundering’.
• The largest portion of laundered funds are processed through Banks (i.e. around 55%).
• In order to combating the menace of Money Laundering, India has joined the ranks
of Nations worldwide and enacted the legislation ‘Prevention of Money Laundering
Act, 2002’ applicable to entire India.
• PML Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 4th August, 1998, and was passed on
17th January, 2003, but implemented only from 2005.
• Maintain the records of all transactions (Single or Series) [i.e. nature and value].
• Maintain the records of the identities of clients.
• Information of transactions to be communicated to FIU- IND on monthly basis.
• Such records to be maintained for a period of five years from the ‘Date of
Transaction’.
– Collects information,
– Analyzes information,
– Disseminates the information,
– Co-ordinates efforts to combat ‘Money Laundering’,
– Conducts Research and Analysis.
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is Tax Information Reporting regime,
which requires Financial Institutions (FIs) to identify their U.S. Accounts through
enhanced Due Diligence Reviews and report them periodically to the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) or in case of Inter-Governmental Agreement(IGA), to appropriate
Government Authority.
Common Reporting Standard (CRS) is a Global Level uniform standard for automatic
exchange of Financial Account Information. CRS, an initiative of G-20 countries and
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), is similar to FATCA.
Under this standard, jurisdictions would obtain financial information from their
Financial Institutions (FIs) and exchange that information with other jurisdictions on an
automatic Annual Basis.
FATCA Legislation will affect both individual and non-individual customers who are
treated as ‘U.S. persons’ for U.S. tax purposes. The FATCA Legislation will also affect
certain types of entities with Beneficial Owners/ Controlling Persons from U.S. An
account having U.S. indicia like U.S. place of birth, U.S. address etc. does not necessarily
mean that the account would be reported.
With respect to CRS, the coverage would extend to Account Holders/ Beneficial Owners
or controlling persons of entities, being Tax Residents of any of the Signatory Countries.
FATCA and CRS Regulations, Notices and other related topics are available on the below
websites:
IRS website
https://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Corporations/Foreign-Account-Tax-Compliance-Act-FATCA
OECD website
http://www.oecd.org/tax/exchange-of-tax-information/
Earlier, there were 7 Groups…. but, now that has been reduced to 5.
RESIDENT GROUP I
• Number of countries :18.
• No ‘Residence Extra’ subject to :
Endowment Type Single Premium Plans
ASA< SINGLE PREMIUM PAID
Maximum Policy Term of 15 years
Maximum SA of ₹10 lakh
• All Pension Products without any Life Cover can be allowed without any limit
without charging Residence Extra to NRIs but not to FNIO.
RESIDENT GROUP II
• Number of countries: 39*
• No ‘Residence Extra’ subject to :
• Endowment type Single Premium Plans
ASA< SINGLE PREMIUM PAID
Maximum Policy Term of 15 years
Maximum SA of ₹ 25 lakh.
• All Pension Products without any Life Cover can be allowed without any limit
without charging residence extra to NRIs but not to FNIO.
Insurance Fraud is neither defined in the Insurance Act, 1938 nor in the Insurance
(Laws) Amendment Act, 2015. There is no reference to various types of insurance
frauds : Internal or External Sources.
However, this does not deter the Insurers from adopting and implementing various
preventive and control measures to deal with frauds in insurance.
HARD FRAUDS: In this type of frauds, there is no loss or damage to life, but still a claim is
made under the policy.
H] Duty of Disclosure: The Proposer has the duty to disclose to the Insurer all relevant
facts and information coming to his knowledge until the Date Of Contract [uberrima
fides] otherwise there is good ground for rescission.
02.08.2023
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Questions : 3 Categories
At the end of the Session, the participants shall have a broad overview of:
the ‘Traditional Products’ of Insurance and the components / aspects of
Riders
ULIPs
Annuities
New Emerging Products
TAKAFUL Insurance
“By providing financial protection against the major 19th & 20th Century risk
of dying too soon, life insurance became the biggest financial industry of
those centuries.
Providing financial protection against the new risk of living too long may well
become the next century’s major and most profitable financial industry”.
• Indemnify the company against the loss of the key person, whose skills
and contribution is very critical to the company.
Purpose:
To provide protection to the Company in recovering from the loss
of a Key person, while maintaining the continuity of Business.
Benefits:
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KEYMAN INSURANCE
Quantum of Coverage:
• 3 Times the Avg. Gross Profit of the Company for the last 3 Yrs.
• 5 Times the Avg. Net Profit of the Company for the last 3 yrs.
Standard Documents:
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PARTNERSHIP INSURANCE
• All Insurable ‘Partners’ in the Firm, with an agreement which declares
that in case of a death of any partner, the living partners will have the
right to purchase the deceased partner’s share in the Firm.
• For the settlement of share, these proceeds will be paid to the legal
heirs of the deceased Partner by the Firm. 13
PARTNERSHIP INSURANCE
• Criteria:
• Lives of all insurable partners should be insured simultaneously
• Partner’s Sum Assured coverage will depend upon their capital
invested
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Employer-Employee Insurance
An employer-employee relationship exists between the Master policy holder
and the Member
Group Annuity Products ( Life Annuity, Life Annuity with Return of Purchase
Price, Annuity certain for a specific period, Joint Annuity (with or without
return of purchase price)) 18
Salary Saving Schemes
• Employee authorizes their employer to deduct premium from their
salary and remit it to the Insurer
Term Rider
The unrelenting rise in the cost of healthcare coupled with the fall of the
old systems of joint families, groups etc., led to the rise in the need for
health insurance.
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ADVANTAGES OF HEALTH INSURANCE
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• Life insurance products mitigate the consequence of
premature death
while
• Immediate Annuity
• Deferred Annuity.
Immediate Annuity
Deferred Annuity
Options available to individuals on pension plans
• b) The key difference between Takaful and conventional insurance lies in the
way the risk is assessed and handled, as well as how the Takaful fund is
managed.
• c) Most of the phenomenal growth for Takaful, to date has taken place in
countries with large Muslim populations, but this is beginning to change. Other
countries are also catching up.
• e) The key concepts of Islamic Law applied to insurance are Riba, Gharar,
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TAKAFUL INSURANCE
Specialty condition,
Partnership condition,
Investment condition and
Management condition
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TAKAFUL INSURANCE
g) Takaful models may be separated into three categories:
Non-profit model
Al- Mudaraba model and
Al- Wakalah model
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TAKAFUL INSURANCE
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TAKAFUL INSURANCE
Protection Takaful,
Saving Takaful,
Education Takaful and
Medical Takaful
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THE ECONOMICS OF LIFE
INSURANCE
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Questions : 3 Categories
passing / transferring of risk of incurring loss by the Owner [who cannot bear the
Risk] of the asset
to the other Party [i.e. Insurer] who can bear the Risk
In India, formal insurance practice began in the 18th Century. The following chart bears
relevance to the initial insurance companies established in India.
YEAR EVENT
1818 The 1st Life Insurance Company, ORIENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, was established in Calcutta [Kolkata].
• It was the pre-condition given by IMF / WB to open the Insurance / Banking Sectors in
India.
1. These Regulations are complementary to any other Regulations made by the Authority,
which, inter alia, provide for protection of the interests of policyholders.
2. To ensure that Insurers, Distribution Channels and other regulated entities fulfill their
obligations towards policyholders and have in place standard procedures and best
practices in sales and service of insurance policies.
19X
19X
• For FY23, the First-year Premium numbers grew by 17.9% vs. the 12.9% growth
reported in FY22. The FY23 ‘Growth can continue to be attributed primarily to Group
Single Premiums and, more specifically to LIC, a low base, which saw subdued levels
due to the pandemic-induced (Covid-19 second wave) lockdowns.
• Meanwhile, the Private Insurance Companies continue to extend their lead in the
individual non-singe premium segment.
Private Insurance companies continued their Growth Momentum as the Fiscal Year
closed (the Tax Saving options) and non-Par policies were pushed aggressively to HNIs
prior to new Taxation Regime becoming effective from April 2023.
Single 29,226.3 41,517.9 30.624.4 42.1 -26.2 1,94,280.5 2,16,841.2 2,56,051.1 11.6 18.1
Non- Single 14,190.4 18.091.1 21,456.7 27.5 18.6 83,997.5 97,421.8 1,14,491.9 16.0 17.5
For March 2023, the Growth Rate of Non-Single Premiums slowed to 18.6% vs. 27.5%
reported in March 2022, while Single Premiums fell by 26.2% in March 2023 vs. an increase
of 42.1% in March 2022. In spite of this fall for the month, Single Premiums continue to
account for a substantial portion of the overall first-year premiums.
The share of Single Premiums has moved from 70% for FY21 to 69% in FY22 and FY23.
I Roy :::: Faculty Member :::: 02-08-2023
EMERGING TRENDS IN LIFE INSURANCE
Figure 4 : Movement in Premium Type (₹ Crore) of Life Insurance Companies.
Premium Type For Mar For Mar For Mar Mar 2022 Mar FY21 FY22 FY 23 FY22 FY 23
2021 2022 2023 Growth 2023 Growth Growth
Growth
Individual 17,268.5 20,542.5 26,241.1 19.0 27.7 1,13,824.1 1,25,258.4 1,44,516.6 10.0 15.4
Group 26,148.2 39,065.5 25,840.0 49.4 -339 1,64,453.9 1,89,004.6 2,26,026.5 14.9 19.5
For March 2023, the Group Premiums dropped by 33.9%, similar to the drop witnessed in
February 2023, compared to an increase of 49.4% in March 2022. Meanwhile, Individual
Premiums increased by 27.7% around 1.5 times the last year’s rate at 19.0%. Further, for
FY23, growth in Group Premiums has continued more than the growth in individual
premiums.
Private 5.6 5.2 8.0 -7.6 54.9% 40.5 47.3 60.4 16.9% 27.7%
LIC 2.6 1.8 2.7 -29.3% 49.7% 8.9 10.4 12.4 16.3% 18.9%
TOTAL 8.1 9.0 10.7 -14.4% 53.5% 49.4 57.7 72.8 16.8% 26.1%
For FY23, the Private Companies, as well as LIC, have continued to report Growth in
their Sum Assured. Further, given the preponderance of policies geared towards Single
Premium/ Annuity Plans, LIC’s share remains small compared to its Private peers which
focus on Protection Plans. In March 2023, the Sum Assured of Private companies grew
faster as compared to LIC; meanwhile, for the same period last year, both segments
had reported a drop with LIC reporting a bigger fall compared to its Private peers.
• The growth would also be driven by a supportive Regulatory landscape (ease of doing
business, Bima Sugam, Bima Vahak, Bima Vistaar, consolidating the expense of
management limits), a push to increase insurance coverage, especially in the Rural
populace, product innovations/customisation and allowing Corporate Agents to take
on additional companies.
Children’s education
Dream car A lavish house
They:
• think Financial Planning is for Rich people
• their kids will take care of them when they become aged.
I Roy :::: Faculty Member :::: 02-08-2023
FOOD FOR THOUGHT !
FUTURE-READY?
MIKE TYSON
• Former American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion.
• Youngest man to have won the Boxing World Heavyweight Title.
• Made US $30 Million during his brief and eventful Boxing Career.
Declared bankrupt in 2003 !!!!
REASON:
• Indiscriminate Spending.
• No ‘Financial Planning’.
• Bank FD with 8%
• In fact, it gives negative (-) 2%, if inflation is 10%.
“Real Return = [Declared Return – Inflation]”
• See the following chart for three persons in different Tax slabs of
10%, 20% and 30%....
You may / may not like it! But retirement is a reality for every
working person.
8.00%
7.20% 6.40%
7.00%
6.00%
5.60%
5.00%
4.00%
3.00%
2.00% 1.20%
1.00% 0.40%
0.00%
-1.00%
10% 20% -0.40%
30%
Investment Tax
Planning
Planning
Financial
Planning
Retirement Estate
Planning Planning
Plan A:
Everything goes right,
and your own
investments take care.
Life
Goals
Plan B:
What if something
happens to you?
Life Insurance will take
care.
Where,
• Estimated Avg. Annual Future Earning = E
• Estimated Avg. Cost of self maintenance + Taxes = M
• Estimated Working Life Span in “No. of years”
• Present Value Factor of future income for working span at given rate of
interest = F
• HLV = (E-M)X F
• E = Total Earning = ₹6,00,000
• M = Tax + Personal Maintenance = ₹1,00,000
• Normal Earning Life Span = 30 years
• F = Present value factor @ 7 % for 30 years = 12.409
• Savings
• Creation of a Wealth
• Family Welfare
• Children’s Education
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‘CAPITAL NEEDS’ OF THE CUSTOMER
• Marriage of children
• Settlement of children
• Age: 30 Yrs.
Insurance for:
• Housing Loan ₹ 20 lac
• Vehicle Loan ₹ 2 lac
• Education ₹ 10 lac
• Marriage ₹ 10 lac
• TOTAL ₹ 42 lac
5 yr G- Sec + 0.25%
MIS
5 yr G- Sec + 0.25%
5-year NSC
10 yr G- Sec + 0.50%
10-year NSC
5 yr G- Sec + 1%
SCSS
• For instance, if one is 40, one needs to restrict the exposure to Equity between 50-60%.
HEART
LUNGS and
BLOOD VESSELS
The main roles of this Circulatory System [so called since it circulates the blood continuously] are:
To transport oxygen and other vital nutrients to all tissues of the body AND
Blood Pressure is the pressure which the blood exerts on the walls of the Blood Vessels.
SYSTOLIC B P: When Left Ventricle contracts and pushes blood to the Aorta.
DIASTOLIC B P: The pressure within the arteries when the heart is at rest.
Persistent hypertension can result in end-organ damage and create Heart, Vascular or Renal
complications.
There is a Hypertension Questionnaire which provides details of duration, past Readings,
Investigations [ECG, Echocardiography, urine routine, etc] and other complications of heart ,
kidneys and associated Risk Factors
UNDERWRITING IMPLICATIONS:
STATUS / CONDITION U/W DECISION
Controlled B P with or without medication No Additional Loadings.
WITH NO COMPLICATIONS OR ASSOCIATED
RISK FACTORS.
Moderately Raised B P WITH ASSOCIATED RISK Substandard Terms are offered.
FACTORS
Significantly Raised B P WITH COMPLICATIONS Detailed information required before
RELATED TO HEART OR KIDNEY Terms are considered.
Coronary Heart Disease is the most common heart disease and is the largest single cause of
death in the Developed Countries as well as in India. CAD affects the younger population at a
greater frequency in India.
Valvular Heart Disease are characterised by damage to or defect of the Heart Valves.
Narrowed Valve : Stenosis
Incompetent / Leaking Valve: Regurgitation
Valvular Heart Disease can be ‘CONGENITAL’ [since Birth] or ‘ACQUIRED’ [occurring later in
life].
Depending on the type of Congenital Heart Disease and the prognostic factors, TERMS can
vary from STANDARD RATES to DECLINATURE.
SENSES DISORDER
EYESIGHT DISORDER
CATARACT: Age of onset of cataract formation, cause, degree of Visual Impairment and any
residual complications post-treatment should be looked for. For Life Benefit, NO RATINGS are
usually required.
GLAUCOMA: The degree of Visual Impairment, cause of Glaucoma and effect of Applicant’s
occupation influences the U/W. Ratings are usually for the underlying cause rather than for
Glaucoma itself.
For Life Benefit, disorders of the eye, usually, DO NOT ATTRACT UNDERWRITING RATINGS
by themselves, but RATINGS MAY BE APPLICABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING CAUSE.
Disorders:
Otitis [inflammation]
Acute Otitis Media [Acute Inflammation of the Middle Ear]
Chronic Otitis Media [Permanent perforation in the Ear Drum] : causes conduction defects in
the ear.
Deafness [Loss of Hearing]
For Life Benefit, disorders of the ear, usually, DO NOT ATTRACT UNDERWRITING RATINGS
by themselves, but RATINGS MAY BE APPLICABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING CAUSE.
NOSE DISORDER AND U/W DECISION
IMPAIRMENT U/W IMPLICATION
Deviated Nasal Septum NO RATING is required
Sinusitis [inflammation of sinuses] NO RATING is required
Nasal Polyp [fleshy outgrowths] Call for Histopathology Reports to rule out
Malignancy if surgery has been done.
DIABETES MELLITUS
This remains a significant risk to life. Underwriter should carefully review Blood Reports and
Medical Records to accurately assess the Excess Mortality Risk in Diabetic Applicants.
The eventual decision can vary from ‘SMALL ADDITIONAL LOADING’ to ‘DECLINE’ depending
on the appended factors:
TYPE OF DIABETES: Base Ratings of Type1 DM are higher than that of Type2 DM
DURATION OF DIABETES: Longer the Duration, higher the Rating of Risk
DEGREE OF CONTROL: Worse the control, higher the risk of developing complications and
higher is the Mortality.
COMPLICATIONS: Presence of complications like RETINOPATHY and EARLY NEPHROPATHY will
require ADDITIONAL LOADINGS.
Complications like STROKE , HEART DISEASES and ESTABLISHED KIDNEY DISEASE will require
DECLINATURE OF RISK.
For other CARDIAC FACTORS [i.e. smoking, etc.]: ADDITIONAL LOADING.
NERVOUS SYSTEM
Common Disorders of Nervous System are:
Vascular Disorders [Stroke Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), etc]
Infections [i.e. Meningitis, Encephalitis, Polio, etc.]
Structural Disorders [i.e. Brain and Spinal Cord Injury]
Functional Disorders [i.e. Epilepsy]
Degeneration [i.e. Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease, etc.]
UNDERWRITING STROKES:
STATUS / DEFICIENCY U/W DECISION
Isolated events without major Risk Factors SUBSTANDARD TERMS
Severe Stroke with Co-morbid Conditions USUALLY DECLINED
UNDERWRITING EPILEPSY:
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
This is the network of glands in the body that make the hormones that help cells ‘talk’ to each other.
They are responsible for almost every cell, organ and function in the body. If the Endocrine System is
not healthy, one might have problems developing during puberty, getting pregnant or managing
stress. It can also cause Weight Gain or lead to weak bones, lack of energy, etc because too much
sugar stays in the blood instead of moving to the cells where it is needed for energy.
Endocrine Glands create and release hormones that control almost all processes of the body.:
metabolism, growth and development, control the emotions, mood, sexual functions and sleep.
GASTRO-INTESTINAL SYSTEM
The Digestive or Gastro-intestinal [GI] System is a group of organs which are responsible for the
process of digestion.
Mouth
Stomach
Small Intestine
Large Intestine
The main accessory glands are: Salivary Gland, Liver, Gall Bladder and Pancreas.
Heartburn [feeling of burning behind the chest-one due to reflux of stomach acid]
Diarrhoea
Constipation
Jaundice
COMMON INVESTIGATIONS:
UNDERWRITING BENCHMARKS
Kidneys
Ureters
Urinary Bladder AND
Urethra
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
UNDERWRITING ASPECTS
BLOOD DISORDERS
Blood is the life-maintaining fluid that circulates through the heart, arteries, veins and capillaries.
Human Blood has 22% solid and 78% water.
Anaemia is a condition in which the number of RBC or the amount of haemoglobin is low.