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Captive 101

University Of California. Captive 101. Risk Summit 2014. Captive Primer. What is a Captive?. A limited purpose, licensed insurance company, the main business purpose of which is to insure the risks of the captive’s owners A risk assumption vehicle An insurance or reinsurance company

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Captive 101

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  1. University Of California Captive 101 Risk Summit 2014

  2. Captive Primer • What is a Captive? • A limited purpose, licensed insurance company, the main business purpose of which is to insure the risks of the captive’s owners • A risk assumption vehicle • An insurance or reinsurance company • Specifically established to insure or reinsure the risks of its parent or associated third parties

  3. Captive Primer • Risk Financing Continuum HIGH Self-Insured Trust • Complete assumption of risk with limited regulation Single Parent Captive • Complete assumption of risk • Subject to Regulatory Oversight Group Captive • Pooling of Risk with Participants subject to Corporate Governance Program Control Deductible Policy • Significant/complete risk assumption in exchange for deductible credit Retro Policy • Assumption of limited risk in exchange for potential return premium • Deferred “pay-in” premium Guaranteed Cost • Complete transfer of risk • Commercial insurance with no deductible LOW HIGH Financial Control

  4. Captive Primer • Factors Driving Captive Growth • The unwillingness/inability of insurers to provide cost effective insurance • The need for new capacity for certain risks • The drive control to frictional and non-loss costs • Lack of confidence in the traditional markets ability to differentiate and provide stable protection • The enhanced focus on loss prevention and intelligent claims handling • The opportunity to take risk and profit positions in affiliate business • The opportunity to see favorable risk management, wealth and tax outcomes

  5. Captive Primer • Types of Captive Utilization Third Party Business Retained Risk Finance RiskTransferArbitrage Access to Capacity • Franchisee programs • Consumer facing insurance programs (warranty, service contract, point of sale insurances, etc) • Affiliate business (vendors, VAPs, distributors, etc) • Agency captives • 3rd party business • Infrastructure for providing transparency, validation, and rationalization of retained risk positions • Enhancing risk management efforts • Mutualizing risks across portfolios • Reinsurance market cost of risk transfer is less than commercial retail cost of risk transfer • Better use of capital to retain risk than transfer it • Managing total cost of risk • Federal programs (TRIA) • Reinsurance capacity, which may not be otherwise accessible in commercial retail market (trade credit risk, +10 yr pollutions risks)

  6. Captive Primer • Captive Utilization and Lines Of Business Certain lines of business lend themselves more naturally to certain utilization models

  7. Fiat Lux Risk and Insurance Company • Why did UC form Fiat Lux? • Help manage volatility in retained risk positions between silo’d trust infrastructure • Provide coverage to stakeholders who don’t fit in self-insured trust mechanisms • Support enterprise risk management efforts by building mutually beneficial insurance infrastructures for various stakeholders • Reduce cost of risk • Capitalize on enterprise risk management expertise • Support development of revenue generating insurance activities

  8. Captive Primer • Domicile Decision Factors • Capitalization and surplus requirements • Receptiveness of regulatory environment • Quality of local infrastructure • Availability of expertise • Stability of regulatory environment • Flexibility as respects investment portfolio • Ease of doing business – in a suitably regulated environment • Experience in business under consideration • Efficient financial outcomes: tax, investment etc. • Availability of relevant corporate structural options

  9. Captive Primer • Domicile Options Onshore: (over 35 States!) • Vermont • Hawaii • District of Columbia • South Carolina • New York • Delaware • Arizona • Tennessee • Nevada • Utah • Montana • Puerto Rico • U.S. Virgin Islands Offshore: • Bermuda • Cayman Islands • Barbados • Ireland • Malta • Channel Islands (Guernsey/Jersey) • Gibraltar • Isle of Man • Luxemburg • British Virgin Islands • Turks & Caicos

  10. Fiat Lux Risk and Insurance Company • Why did we domicile the captive in Washington DC? • California does not have captive enabling legislation… so we could not form it here • Washington DC has a very progressive captive law, allowing for the degree of structural and operational flexibility we need in order to build a scalable captive o meet strategic needs • Washington DC allows for segregated captive facilities, which will assist in building diverse portfolios of insurance business with differentiated insurance company partners and managing tax outcomes at the captive and shareholder level • Washington DC provides for the corporate from we needed in order to have a captive and comply with CA securities and insurance law • UC has a campus in DC – UCDC – leadership already has a purpose for visiting

  11. Fiat Lux Risk and Insurance Company • How is Fiat Lux governed? What service providers does it use and why? • Board of Directors • Meets 3-4 times a year • Comprised of: • University President • University CFO • University CRO • University General Counsel • Outside directors • Captive Manager – Willis • Actuary - Bickmore • Auditor - PWC • Attorney – McDermott Will and Emory • Consultant – Willis • Reinsurance Brokers – various

  12. Fiat Lux Recap • Utilization Plans for UCFiat Lux – Phase 1 Third Party Business Retained Risk Finance RiskTransferArbitrage Access to Capacity • Small Vendor Program • Workers Compensation • Auto Liability • General Liability • Professional Liability • Employment Practices Liability • Property Terrorism • Casualty Terrorism

  13. Fiat Lux Recap • Utilization Pans for UCFiat Lux – Phase 2 Third Party Business Retained Risk Finance RiskTransferArbitrage Access to Capacity • Small Vendor Program • Student Tenant / Gadget insurance • Affiliate Physician Med Mal insurance Program • Workers Compensation • Auto Liability • General Liability • Professional Liability • Employment Practices Liability • Threat & Security • HPL • Provider Stop Loss for Health Systems • Property Terrorism • Casualty Terrorism

  14. Fiat Lux Risk and Insurance Company • The Big Picture – Phase One

  15. Fiat Lux Risk and Insurance Company • What’s on the horizon for Fiat Lux? • Student insurances: • Tenant / Gadget on-campus, • Tenant / Gadget off-campus • Health Systems: • Affiliated physician insurance programs (several target portfolios); • Provider Stop Loss • Conversion of HPL into captive with reinsurance program • General Liability & Property • Weird Coverage • Threat & Security • Commercialization of ERM expertise • Affinity programs serving several communities • Roll out of commercial programs to other systems (CSU, SUNYetc)

  16. Fiat Lux Risk and Insurance Company • The Bigger Picture

  17. Fiat Lux Risk and Insurance Company • Questions? • Q&A

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