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414 FIN SE – IL - FIN - 26 Reinsurance
MBA SEM-IV 2021-22 Online Exam
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414 FIN SE – IL - FIN - 26 Reinsurance
MBA SEM-IV 2021-22 Online Exam
Total Questions : 25
Per Questions Mark : 1
Passing Mark : 10
The main reason an insurer would purchase reinsurance is because
A. it allows risks to be underwritten that could be unprofitable.
B. it allows risks to be spread reducing the impact of potential losses.
C. it delegates all underwriting decisions to the reinsurer.
D. regulations always require facultative reinsurance to be obtained.
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2.
Reinsurance pools are comprised of reinsurers that
A. accept a predetermined percentage of all qualifying treaties.
B. accept the same financial limit on each layer of a reinsurance programme.
C. accept the same percentage participation on each layer of a reinsurance programme.
D. are obliged to always accept the same financial limit of every qualifying treaty.
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3.
In addition to fund contributions, what monies are the operator of a Retakaful reinsurer entitled to receive?
A. A fee only.
B. A commission.
C. A share of the investment income only.
D. A fee and a share of the investment income.
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4.
How does Lloyd’s assist in the management of the underwriting cycle for syndicate reinsurers?
A. The Council of Lloyd’s will use the central fund to support reinsurers struggling in a soft market.
B. The Franchise Board sets minimum standards for Lloyd’s brokers which prevent significantly sub-standard risks being introduced into the market.
C. The Lloyd’s Market Association helps reinsurers in a soft market by conducting market-wide marketing campaigns.
D. The Performance Directorate sets risk management and profitability targets to ensure underwriting quality remains high at all times.
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5.
Reinsurers X and Y are frequently co-reinsurers on the same liability excess of loss treaties. What is the most likely reason that reinsurer X would NOT want to write a liability quota share retrocession for reinsurer Y?
A. It cannot retrocede the cession.
B. Its exposure to any one single claim could be significantly increased.
C. It would be in breach of Terms of Business Agreements.
D. There would be a conflict of interest.
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6.
The disadvantage to an insurer of purchasing a catastrophe bond is that
A. geographical restrictions may apply to the cover.
B. interest payable is always below normal market investment returns.
C. it always restricts coverage to a single peril.
D. premiums are always greater than for conventional reinsurance.
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7.
Which type of reinsurance is most likely to charge the total premium at contract inception?
A. Facultative.
B. Quota share.
C. Stop loss.
D. Surplus.
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8. A surplus treaty usually attracts a lower commission rate than a quota share treaty because a surplus treaty
A. is always easier to administer.
B. is more likely to be cancelled mid-term.
C. can have the profit impacted by the cedant’s application of its tables of limits.
D. has a higher brokerage rate.
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9. A surplus treaty states that the interest payable to the reinsurer is based on the amount of the reserve held. This confirms the existence of
A. a cession limit.
B. an event limit.
C. a premium portfolio transfers.
D. a premium reserve deposits.
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10.
A reinsurer may request a letter of credit on behalf of a reinsured to
A. assess the suitability of a potential insured.
B. demonstrate financial security to a rating agency.
C. prove that a reinsurance claim has been fully settled.
D. satisfy the requirements of a loss reserve clause.
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11. The limit and retention under a stop loss treaty are usually expressed as percentage of
A. gross net retained premium income.
B. gross net written premium income.
C. gross premium income.
D. net premium income.
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12. A reinsurance underwriter is preparing a quote for a prospective new client using an experience-based premium calculation method. How will the pure burning cost of each year be calculated?
A. Reinsurance premium for the layer divided by reinsurance limit.
B. Reinsurance limit divided by the reinsurance premium for the layer.
C. Total incurred losses to the layer divided by the corresponding earned premium.
D. Total paid losses to the layer divided by the corresponding earned premium.
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13. Reinsurance can be called as ________
A. Insurance of Insurance
B. Insurance of insures
C. Insurance of insurance policy
D. None
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14. The type of reinsurance treaty that is most likely to be subject to unlimited reinstatements at no additional cost is
A. an earthquake per event excess of loss treaty.
B. a motor per event excess of loss treaty.
C. a professional indemnity aggregate excess of loss treaty.
D. a property risk excess of loss treaty.
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15. A reinsurance underwriter is considering writing a treaty for a Florida-based domestic insurer. What reinsurance conditions can he impose to limit hurricane exposure?
A. Event limits, hours clauses and reinstatement clauses.
B. Hours clauses, reinstatement clauses and series clauses.
C. Reinstatement clauses, series clauses and event limits.
D. Series clauses, event limits and hours clauses.
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16. Catastrophe modelling is widely used by reinsurers because it
A. estimates its exposure to major events.
B. gives certainty to its exposure to major events.
C. justifies final settlements for natural peril claims.
D. sets individual treaty reserves for natural peril claims.
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17.
The risk premium within a non-proportional reinsurance programme is the
A. expected average costs of claims.
B. maximum amount of premium required by reinsurance underwriters.
C. minimum amount of premium required by reinsurance underwriters.
D. total incurred value of claims on the preceding treaty year.
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18.
A motor insurer combines both proportional and non-proportional treaties into its reinsurance programme. The programme will most likely consist of what types of treaty?
A. Quota share and excess of loss.
B. Quota share and stop loss.
C. Surplus and excess of loss.
D. Surplus and stop loss.
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19.
The main reason a reinsurer requires material information from an insurer before participating in its reinsurance programme is to
A. assess the adequacy of its own retrocession arrangements.
B. assess the risk.
C. file the required information with its regulator.
D. seek its retrocessionnaire’s permission to participate.
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20.
When an insurer exchanges proportional reinsurance business with another insurer, this is known as
A. alternative risk transfer.
B. reciprocity.
C. retrocession.
D. vertical placement.
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21.
The main role of an insurer’s security committee is to
A. calculate reinsurance premiums and claims recoveries.
B. manage its reinsurers’ capital allocation.
C. monitor its reinsurers’ financial stability.
D. monitor reinsurance catastrophe exposure.
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22. In addition to offer and acceptance, what other elements are required to form a valid reinsurance contract?
A. Consideration and legality only.
B. Consideration and intention to create legal relations only.
C. Legality and intention to create legal relations only.
D. Consideration, legality and intention to create legal relations.
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23. Which clause allows a cedant to pay an amount equivalent to its outstanding losses to a current year’s reinsurer to assume those outstanding losses?
A. Losses discovered.
B. Loss participation.
C. Loss portfolio.
D. Loss reserve.
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24. Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) is essential for reinsurers based in which market?
A. Australia.
B. Bermuda.
C. London.
D. US.
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25. A marine reinsurance underwriter’s single largest unit value at risk will usually result from which business sub-class?
A. Cargo.
B. Energy.
C. Hull.
D. Liability
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