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  • I am confused about why the wiki says there is no change to regular surplus since the SAP retrospective gain will be treated as special surplus. On the balance sheet I see line 29: Aggregate write-ins for special surplus funds, which includes the sp…
  • Ok, I see it now, my bad, my eyes skipped over the clearly labeled "Table 76" in the wiki and jumped to the pop quiz/colors. It is on page 249. The latest linked version on the syllabus is 2020 edition.
  • Is this table still in Odomirok? The wiki says page 244 but I don't see it. I tried searching some key words but could not locate it.
  • Thanks for your help on this!
    in MSA Comment by kcrichards96 April 2022
  • so where would item 3: reinsurance recoverable on loss & LAE payments be on the balance sheet?
  • Your statement above makes it sound like the special code is more for informational purposes, so just to clarify, we should reduce recoverables by special code 4 IBNR when calculating credit RBC, but should not need to do anything with it when calcu…
  • I am sorry for going back to this, but can you clarify that both item 3: reinsurance recoverable on loss and LAE payments, and item 6: net amount recoverable from reinsurers, are item 16.1 on the balance sheet? I find this confusing because all o…
  • Would you be able to elaborate any more on special code 4 and what we would need to do with it? It says it is "exempt from the statutory provision for unauthorized reinsurance" and so does this mean we would only exclude this IBNR if we were calcula…
  • It looks like the example on page 14 of Felbum Surplus calculates equity in the unearned premium reserves as: acquisition expense ratio * written premium (25%*200, the UEPR in the problem is 100 and written premium is 200), but the actual answer of …
  • The Final(ish) Premium Margin Formula has the following: (1 + y)-(1/2).... I believe the exponent should be raised to the positive 1/2... not negative.
  • thanks!
    in DTA Comment by kcrichards96 April 2022
  • Makes much more sense now. Thanks!
  • Separate question, but putting here since it is on retroactive reinsurance. The notes state that surplus is unchanged for GAAP for retroactive reinsurance. Is this because the liability established offsets the asset for reinsurance recoverables? Th…