Measurements of Rates of Return For Casualty-Property Insurance Companies

Abstract
A major subject of discussion in National Association of Insurance Commissioners meetings and among casualty and property insurers has been the measurement of profitability. Included in these discussions have been considerations of investment income, not only in the determination of profitability, but also in ratemaking. Beginning with the 1971 Insurance Expense Exhibit, all non-life insurance companies have been required to report two types of investment gains -- net investment income and net realized capital gains or losses -- allocated to lines of business or to capital and surplus accounts.
Volume
May
Page
166-179
Year
1979
Categories
Actuarial Applications and Methodologies
Accounting and Reporting
Annual Statement
Financial and Statistical Methods
Risk Pricing and Risk Evaluation Models
ROE
Financial and Statistical Methods
Risk Pricing and Risk Evaluation Models
Traditional Risk Load (Profit Margin);
Actuarial Applications and Methodologies
Ratemaking
Trend and Loss Development
Publications
Casualty Actuarial Society Discussion Paper Program
Authors
Norton E Masterson