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Identity Fraud Expense Coverage

Identity Fraud Expense Coverage. Kimberley A. Ward KimW@AAISonline.com CAS Annual Meeting, November 15, 2004. About AAIS. Advisory Organization, formed in 1975 20 Lines of Business Forms, Rules, and Rating Information Statistical Reporting Technical Support Services.

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Identity Fraud Expense Coverage

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  1. Identity Fraud Expense Coverage Kimberley A. Ward KimW@AAISonline.com CAS Annual Meeting, November 15, 2004

  2. About AAIS • Advisory Organization, formed in 1975 • 20 Lines of Business • Forms, Rules, and Rating Information • Statistical Reporting • Technical Support Services

  3. What is Identity Fraud? • Use of another person’s personal identifying information without permission • Became a federal crime in 1998

  4. How does Identity Fraud Happen? • Loss or theft of purse or wallet • Documents with personal information • Theft of mail • Garbage • Employee dishonesty • Internet shopping or spam email (“Phishing”)

  5. Studies about Identity Fraud • Reports to FTC Clearinghouse nearly 500,000 from 1998 – 2003. • FTC Identity Theft Survey released in Sept, 2003, found that 27.3 million victims over the last 5 years, 9.9 million in the last year alone. • 2003 Summary of the FTC Clearinghouse • 42% of fraud reported is Identity Fraud, up from 2002 (40%) • Most Identity Fraud involves • Credit card fraud (33%) • Wireless Phone accounts (10%) • Employment related (11%) • Victims are usually in the 18 – 39 range (53%)

  6. Consequences of Identity Fraud • Damaged credit/Collection agencies • Criminal Record/Civil Suits • Insurance/Utilities/Employment • CASH $$$ • $5 billion in out of pocket expenses in the last year, according to FTC Survey • Victims of ID theft have more than 3 times the expenses of victims of account theft • $5 billion does not include time lost at work, etc.

  7. Identity Fraud Expense Coverage • Endorsement and manual supplement for non-AAIS affiliates • Endorsement will require customization • Insured selects limit, shown on endorsement or declarations

  8. New Definitions • “Identity Fraud” is the use of personal identifying information of an insured without permission, in a manner that violates federal, state, or local law • “Expenses” means • Costs to obtain, reproduce, or notarize required documents • Costs to send required documents • Costs for telephone calls • Research fees • Loss of earnings (no more than $250 per day per insured and total of $5,000 for all insureds.) • Loan application fees • Attorney fees with company’s prior consent

  9. Coverage Period • Coverage provided for expenses incurred as a result of identity fraud: • Occurring any time prior to the policy period, and • Discovered during the policy period or up to one year after. • Coverage applies even if perpetrator(s) are not identified • No coverage for expenses • Business related • Insured committing fraud • Fraud discovered prior to policy • Fraud discovered after one year after end of policy

  10. A few more things • Insured selects per occurrence limit • Deductible of $100 applies • Series of acts committed by one person is considered one occurrence • Limit does not accumulate from policy period to policy period • Coverage is excess over other insurance or types of redress • Policy conditions are modified to allow for “Discovery” basis • Supplement provides rating information for limits of $5,000, $10,000, $15,000, $20,000, $25,000, and $30,000, plus rating for each addl $5,000.

  11. Pricing • Pricing based upon GAO 3/2002 report: Identity Theft: Prevalence and Cost Appear to be growing • Includes monetary loss information as reported to the FTC Clearinghouse • Early reporters may not know extent of monetary damages • Monetary damages include long distance calls, document copies, fees, postage, attorney fees • Further…non-monetary damages are reported to the FTC Clearinghouse • include time lost from work, that is considered a monetary loss under the new endorsement • Price should reflect that coverage is provided on a discovery basis, which is broader coverage

  12. Pricing - Adjustments to data • Trend and ALAE: to reflect that these costs are increasing over time and the cost of ALAE • adjustment is 20% • Development: since the majority of the reported incidents do not reflect the final cost to the victim • assumed 80% would be in the next cost range up, special treatment for “no cost” fraud claims • 80% of the reports to FTC indicating no monetary losses were distributed to the other categories proportionally

  13. Pricing - Final Selections • Assumed frequency is 500,000 fraud reports per year from approximately 150 million adults (0.0033) • Projected severity for 15,000 limit is $5,857 per claim • Selected loss cost = $25 • Additional loss costs for other limits

  14. Availability • AAIS will make endorsement and supplement available to non-affiliated companies • Contact Rick Maka, Director of Marketing at 800-564-AAIS or RickM@AAISonline.com • Additional questions can be answered by me at KimW@AAISonline.com.

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