Rising interest rates lapse risk and the stability of life insurers

Impact of Low Interest Rates on Life Insurers CONFIDENTIAL Agenda 2 uncertainty of older age health costs and low interest rates could make the risk of running out of assets in reJrement become a Implicaons of Adverse Lapse Experience Interest rates can impact policyholder behavior

13 Aug 2012 The negative effects of low interest rates on insurers appear slowly because While insurers can usually cope very well with stable Even within the life insurance savings business, there are huge In 2011 and the first half of 2012, increasing risk aversion as a lead to more lapses and force insurers to. 21 Feb 2017 case of life insurers) credit, longevity and interest rate risk. But these are (and re-risk as rates rise) in order to maintain a stable SCR. We saw  Keywords: Insurance companies, life insurance, surrender risk, redemption risk. when Metlife Inc. suited the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) over their The rising interest rates led many institutions, including insurance companies, Whole-life insurance lapse rates and the emergency fund hypothesis. 31 Jul 2018 Dynamic developments on the financial and insurance markets mean regular interest rate risk; simplification of the standard formula; non-life premium for the two interest rate scenarios covered, a rise in interest rates and a risk and catastrophe risk, lapse risk in the case of non-life insurance and the  Rising interest rates, lapse risk, and the stability of life insurers Elia Berdin, Helmut Grundl, Christian Kubitza Chair for Insurance and Regulation and International Center for Insurance Regulation (ICIR) Goethe-University Frankfurt Barcelona, October 23, 2017 IAA Life Colloquium

27 Jun 2018 Keywords: participating life insurance; surrender risk; Solvency II; in which surplus is pooled first to buffer fluctuations in the annual surplus to achieve a stable surplus examine the impact of rising interest rates in combination with the In fact, regulators have identified lapse risk as the most important.

Keywords: Insurance companies, life insurance, surrender risk, redemption risk. when Metlife Inc. suited the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) over their The rising interest rates led many institutions, including insurance companies, Whole-life insurance lapse rates and the emergency fund hypothesis. 31 Jul 2018 Dynamic developments on the financial and insurance markets mean regular interest rate risk; simplification of the standard formula; non-life premium for the two interest rate scenarios covered, a rise in interest rates and a risk and catastrophe risk, lapse risk in the case of non-life insurance and the  Rising interest rates, lapse risk, and the stability of life insurers Elia Berdin, Helmut Grundl, Christian Kubitza Chair for Insurance and Regulation and International Center for Insurance Regulation (ICIR) Goethe-University Frankfurt Barcelona, October 23, 2017 IAA Life Colloquium Rising interest rates, lapse risk, and the stability of life insurers Elia Berdin, Helmut Grundl, Christian Kubitza International Center for Insurance Regulation (ICIR) Goethe-University Frankfurt Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. Frankfurt, May 24, 2018 13th Talk on Insurance and Regulation

Maximum Technical Interest Rates in Life Insurance in Europe and the United States: An Rising interest rates, lapse risk, and the stability of life insurers.

These slides examine the interest rate sensitivity of a life insurer's liquidity and solvency - with particular focus on an interest rate rise. We model the economic (market-consistent value) balance sheet of an average German life insurer subject to European Solvency II regulation. To capture portfolio and long-term effects, we explicitly incorporate an existing back book of historically sold Rising Interest Rates, Lapse Risk, and the Stability of Life Insurers Elia Berdin, Helmut Grundl, Christian Kubitzax This version: May 17, 2018 Abstract This paper examines the interest rate sensitivity of a life insurer’s liquidity and solvency - with particular focus on an interest rate rise. We model the economic (market-consistent value) The persistently low interest period and the large number of long-standing contracts with a guaranteed interest rate of up to 4 percent pose major challenges for European life insurers. Many of these companies are therefore looking forward to a higher level of interest rates.

and actively manage disintermediation risk via insurance contract features inflation since life insurance dividend/crediting rates generally would 16Belth ( 1975) further suggested that expected lapse rate be a factor in life insurer stability .

Do Changes in Interest Rates Affect the Profitability of the Insurance Sector? in an environment of rising interest rates. risk is risk to which a pension fund or life insurance company Impact of Low Interest Rates on Life Insurers CONFIDENTIAL Agenda 2 uncertainty of older age health costs and low interest rates could make the risk of running out of assets in reJrement become a Implicaons of Adverse Lapse Experience Interest rates can impact policyholder behavior The persistently low interest period and the large number of long-standing contracts with a guaranteed interest rate of up to 4 percent pose major challenges for European life insurers. Many of these companies are therefore looking forward to a higher level of interest rates.

ance-sheet liabilities and liquidity issues due to a rise in the lapse rate Keywords: insurance, life insurance, non-life insurance, systemic risk, Before the last global crisis, due to the recession and low interest environment, Japan insurers are required to conservatively assume initial rates such as mortality and discount 

These slides examine the interest rate sensitivity of a life insurer's liquidity and solvency - with particular focus on an interest rate rise. We model the economic (market-consistent value) balance sheet of an average German life insurer subject to European Solvency II regulation. To capture portfolio and long-term effects, we explicitly incorporate an existing back book of historically sold

This paper investigates the effects of a rise in interest rate and lapse risk of endowment life insurance policies on the liquidity and solvency of life insurers. We  23 Oct 2017 Gap: Impact of interest rate rise in combination with lapse risk on an insurer's balance sheet. Berdin, Gründl, Kubitza - Rising interest rates, lapse  9 Feb 2020 By Elia Berdin, Helmut Gründl and Christian Kubitza; Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of a rise in interest rate and lapse risk of  24 May 2018 Simulate HGB + Solvency II balance sheet of average German life insurer in 2015. Interest rates: (1) low (10Y rf rate = 0.5%),. (2) sudden  1 Mar 2019 This version supersedes the previously circulating version ”Rising interest rates, lapse risk, and the stability of life insurers”. §Christian Kubitza