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The Medical Professional Marketplace and The Buyer’s Response to It. Jack Jensen HealthCare Practice Leader Casualty Actuarial Society Boston, MA November 11, 2002. Table of Contents. I. Scary Movie Slides II. Buyer’s Response Slides.
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The Medical ProfessionalMarketplace andThe Buyer’s Response to It Jack Jensen HealthCare Practice Leader Casualty Actuarial Society Boston, MA November 11, 2002
Table of Contents I. Scary Movie Slides II. Buyer’s Response Slides
Medical Malpractice Combined Ratio Continues to Climb Medical Malpractice All Lines Source: A.M. Best’s
Combined Ratios by Coverage Line Data Source: A.M. Best Company
Estimated Medical Malpractice Reserve PositionAll Years Total: $(1.7) billion 200 0 (200) (400) (600) (800) Source: Conning & Company
Medical Malpractice Claim Severity is Increasing $1,000,000 $500,000 Source: Jury Verdict Research
Medical Malpractice Severity is Increasing Sample Large Awards $27,570,327 $23,530,746 $19,275,466 $18,924,000 $15,700,000 $15,317,000 $15,000,000 $14,460,000 $12,381,670 $11,500,000 $10,800,000 $10,600,000 1997 Queens County, NY Boone County, KY Queens County, NY Dade County, FL LA County, CA Oakland County, MI Philadelphia County, PA Cuyahoga County, OH US District, HI Kings County, NY Cook County, IL Cook County, IL Source: Jury Verdict Research & West Law
Medical Malpractice Severity is Increasing Sample Large Awards: $269,000,000 $108,000,000 $100,000,000 $75,000,000 $60,686,150 $55,439,270 $49,594,684 $41,444,531 $32,676,410 $31,100,000 $30,000,000 $23,500,000 2000-2001 Dallas County, TX Bronx County, NY Philadelphia County, PA Nassau County, NY Los Angeles County, CA Cook County, IL Philadelphia County, PA Kings County, NY TX Escambia County, FL New Haven, CT Cuyahoga County, OH Source: Jury Verdict Research
Medical Malpractice Premiums “In Play” St. Paul $ 534 million PHICO 135 Frontier 59 Travelers 28 MIIX 185 SCPIE 151 TIG 100 $1.192 billion of premiums in need of a new home
Institutional Provider Markets United States Bermuda European AIG AWACSwissRe AceEndurance HannoverRe ArchXL London Market BerkleyStarr Chubb Ace CNA ERC One Beacon Zurich Axis Green - CAT Excess Only Red - New Markets
Response of Medical Malpractice Insurers • Underwriting discipline is now the focus • Withdrawal of capacity • Reduction in offered capacity • Continued pricing increases • INCREASED DEPENDENCY ON ACTUARIAL REVIEWS • Increased self-insured retentions • Limitations in coverage
Buyer’s Response (Institutional) • Dramatically Increased Risk Retained • Formalization of Risk Retention Vehicles · Trusts · Captives (est. 24 new Marsh HC captives in 2002) · RRG’s and Pooling Vehicles • Focus on Carrier Credit Quality • Channeled Physician Programs (See Physician Response)
Increased Risk Retention (Institutional) 1. Disappearance of primary risk transfer coverage in some venues 2. Much higher primary per claim retentions. 3. Loss of aggregate stop loss protection. 4. If aggregate stop survives then imposition of surviving retentions (aka maintenance deductible). 5. Inner Aggregate Deductible on first layer excess policies. 6. Retro Rating (swing plans) on first excess coverage. 7. Quota Share Excess participation by insured or its captive. Challenge: How to fit the client’s consulting actuary’s loss projection model into these more complex retention schemes
Managed Care Organizations Primary E&O Markets Gone TIG CNA Steadfast St. Paul Farmers Some PIAA’s Here Chubb AIG BCS (limited)
Average Per Enrollee Per Year (PEPY) 2000 2001 2002 $3.00 $2.00 Cost PEPY $1.00 $0.00 25,000- 350,001- 1,000,001- 5,000,001 $0.93 $0.43 $0.35 $0.44 2000 $1.52 $0.49 $0.68 $0.41 2001 $1.71 $2.04 $1.60 $0.81 2002 By No. of Enrollees Managed Care E&O
Actuarial Challenge for MCO’s Akin to Mid 70’s on Provider Side • Retained Risk has gone from small to humongous • Historical claims data resides with carriers (or if with insureds, often not in a data base) • How to make a loss pick even if perfect historical data exists if: · “class action” threats generate a sea change in liability dynamics · ERISA protections are eroding · Industry itself is changing its approach to utilization controls
Physician Response I. Looking to Government: • JUA’s or Similar (NH, RI, WV, SC, MS) II. Looking to Hospitals: • Hospital Sponsored PIAA Programs (drying up) • Hospital Deductible Payment Programs • On-Call Hospital Risk Assumption • Hospital Owned Captive Channeling • Hospital Investment in RRG arrangements III. Looking to Managed Care Organizations: • Neither physicians nor MCOs appear to be motivated to move forward in the channeled med-mal arena IV. Looking to Physician Specialty Organizations: • RRG’s and similar poolings
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