Difference between revisions of "Odomirok.20-IRIS"

From BattleActs
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(BattleTable)
 
(12 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
Chapter 20 from Odomirok is a companion to [[NAIC.IRIS]], but Odomirok doesn't cover any of the IRIS formulas. Instead, it provides a more conceptual discussion of the IRIS ratios, including the analyst team's 3 levels of regulatory intervention ''(A, B, no level)''. It's an easy read, only 3 pages.
+
'''Reading''':  Financial Reporting Through the Lens of a Property/Casualty Actuary - '''Chapter 20''' - '''IRIS Ratios'''
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;[https://www.battleacts6us.ca/vanillaforum6us/categories/odomirok-20-iris<span style="font-size: 12px; background-color: lightgrey; border: solid; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 10px; padding: 2px 10px 2px 10px; margin: 0px;">'''Forum'''</span>]
+
'''Author''': ''Kathleen C. Odomirok'', FCAS, MAAA, ''Liam M. McFarlane'', FCIA, FCAS, ''Gareth L. Kennedy'', ACAS, MAAA, ''Justin J. Brenden'', FCAS, MAAA, ''EY''
 +
 
 +
[https://www.battleacts6us.ca/vanillaforum6us/categories/odomirok-20-iris<span style="font-size: 12px; background-color: lightgrey; border: solid; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 10px; padding: 2px 10px 2px 10px; margin: 0px;">'''Forum'''</span>]
 +
 
 +
{| class='wikitable' style='background-color: navajowhite;
 +
|-
 +
|| '''BA Quick-Summary''': <span style="color: green;>'''IRIS Ratios'''</span>
 +
 
 +
The IRIS (Insurance Regulatory Information System) by the NAIC helps insurance regulators '''assess the financial health''' of insurance companies using a series of 13 financial ratios categorized into these groups:
 +
 
 +
* overall ratios
 +
* profitability ratios
 +
* liquidity ratios
 +
* reserve ratios.
 +
 
 +
'''Reserve ratios''' are particularly critical for property/casualty actuaries and include tests for one-year and two-year reserve development, as well as estimated current reserve deficiencies.
 +
 
 +
These ratios '''are not analyzed in isolation''' but are used alongside other financial data to identify insurers that may need further regulatory scrutiny, with unusual values indicating a need for additional analysis rather than immediate concern.
 +
 
 +
|}
  
 
==Study Tip==
 
==Study Tip==
  
You can completely skip reading this chapter but if you're too nervous to do that, use it for bedtime reading. It's only 3 pages and has no formulas. The formulas are discussed in detail in the other IRIS reading ''[[NAIC.IRIS]]''.
+
Chapter 20 from Odomirok is a companion to [[NAIC.IRIS]], but Odomirok doesn't cover any of the IRIS formulas. Instead, it provides a more conceptual discussion of the IRIS ratios.
 +
 
 +
You can '''completely skip''' this chapter but if you're too nervous to do that, use it for bedtime reading. It's only 3 pages and has no formulas. The formulas are discussed in detail in the other IRIS reading ''[[NAIC.IRIS]]''.
  
 
==BattleTable==
 
==BattleTable==
Line 11: Line 32:
 
See ''[[NAIC.IRIS]]'' for relevant exam problems
 
See ''[[NAIC.IRIS]]'' for relevant exam problems
  
 
+
* ''this reading has not been tested on any exam from the year 2012 to Fall 2019 when the exams stopped being published.''
* ''this reading has not been tested on any exam from the year 2012 and subsequent''
 
  
 
: {| class="wikitable" style="width: 1000px;"
 
: {| class="wikitable" style="width: 1000px;"
Line 29: Line 49:
 
[https://www.battleacts6us.ca/FC.php?selectString=**&filter=both&sortOrder=natural&colorFlag=allFlag&colorStatus=allStatus&priority=importance-high&subsetFlag=miniQuiz&prefix=Odomirok&suffix=20-IRIS&section=all&subSection=all&examRep=all&examYear=all&examTerm=all&quizNum=all<span style="font-size: 20px; background-color: lightgreen; border: solid; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 10px; padding: 2px 10px 2px 10px; margin: 10px;">'''Full BattleQuiz]'''</span> <span style="color: red;">'''You must be <u>logged in</u> or this will not work.'''</span>
 
[https://www.battleacts6us.ca/FC.php?selectString=**&filter=both&sortOrder=natural&colorFlag=allFlag&colorStatus=allStatus&priority=importance-high&subsetFlag=miniQuiz&prefix=Odomirok&suffix=20-IRIS&section=all&subSection=all&examRep=all&examYear=all&examTerm=all&quizNum=all<span style="font-size: 20px; background-color: lightgreen; border: solid; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 10px; padding: 2px 10px 2px 10px; margin: 10px;">'''Full BattleQuiz]'''</span> <span style="color: red;">'''You must be <u>logged in</u> or this will not work.'''</span>
  
&nbsp;&nbsp;[https://www.battleacts6us.ca/vanillaforum6us/categories/odomirok-20-iris<span style="font-size: 12px; background-color: lightgrey; border: solid; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 10px; padding: 2px 10px 2px 10px; margin: 0px;">'''Forum'''</span>]
+
==In Plain English!==
 +
 
 +
{| class='wikitable' style='background-color: navajowhite;'
 +
|-
 +
|| <span style="color: red;">'''DELETION:'''</span> &nbsp; The most recent version of the Odomirok source text <u>no longer discusses</u> the "Analyst Team".
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
Everything you need to know about IRIS ratios is in the ''[[NAIC.IRIS]]''. The IRIS chapter in Odomirok is very short and has only 1 thing that doesn't seem to be in the NAIC reading.
  
==In Plain English!==
+
Odomirok briefly discusses the <u>Analyst Team</u> of financial examiners from all 4 geographic regions of the U.S. They categorize companies into 3 levels according to their IRIS results and other solvency monitoring tools like RBC:
 +
 
 +
: '''Level A''': ''requires immediate regulatory attention''
 +
: '''Level B''': ''shows adverse results but <u>doesn't</u> require immediate attention''
 +
: '''Reviewed''': ''no level assigned, and no regulatory attention required''.
 +
 
 +
That's it.
  
 
[https://www.battleacts6us.ca/FC.php?selectString=**&filter=both&sortOrder=natural&colorFlag=allFlag&colorStatus=allStatus&priority=importance-high&subsetFlag=miniQuiz&prefix=Odomirok&suffix=20-IRIS&section=all&subSection=all&examRep=all&examYear=all&examTerm=all&quizNum=all<span style="font-size: 20px; background-color: lightgreen; border: solid; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 10px; padding: 2px 10px 2px 10px; margin: 10px;">'''Full BattleQuiz]'''</span> <span style="color: red;">'''You must be <u>logged in</u> or this will not work.'''</span>
 
[https://www.battleacts6us.ca/FC.php?selectString=**&filter=both&sortOrder=natural&colorFlag=allFlag&colorStatus=allStatus&priority=importance-high&subsetFlag=miniQuiz&prefix=Odomirok&suffix=20-IRIS&section=all&subSection=all&examRep=all&examYear=all&examTerm=all&quizNum=all<span style="font-size: 20px; background-color: lightgreen; border: solid; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 10px; padding: 2px 10px 2px 10px; margin: 10px;">'''Full BattleQuiz]'''</span> <span style="color: red;">'''You must be <u>logged in</u> or this will not work.'''</span>
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;[https://www.battleacts6us.ca/vanillaforum6us/categories/odomirok-20-iris<span style="font-size: 12px; background-color: lightgrey; border: solid; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 10px; padding: 2px 10px 2px 10px; margin: 0px;">'''Forum'''</span>]
 

Latest revision as of 23:32, 27 June 2024

Reading: Financial Reporting Through the Lens of a Property/Casualty Actuary - Chapter 20 - IRIS Ratios

Author: Kathleen C. Odomirok, FCAS, MAAA, Liam M. McFarlane, FCIA, FCAS, Gareth L. Kennedy, ACAS, MAAA, Justin J. Brenden, FCAS, MAAA, EY

Forum

BA Quick-Summary: IRIS Ratios

The IRIS (Insurance Regulatory Information System) by the NAIC helps insurance regulators assess the financial health of insurance companies using a series of 13 financial ratios categorized into these groups:

  • overall ratios
  • profitability ratios
  • liquidity ratios
  • reserve ratios.

Reserve ratios are particularly critical for property/casualty actuaries and include tests for one-year and two-year reserve development, as well as estimated current reserve deficiencies.

These ratios are not analyzed in isolation but are used alongside other financial data to identify insurers that may need further regulatory scrutiny, with unusual values indicating a need for additional analysis rather than immediate concern.

Study Tip

Chapter 20 from Odomirok is a companion to NAIC.IRIS, but Odomirok doesn't cover any of the IRIS formulas. Instead, it provides a more conceptual discussion of the IRIS ratios.

You can completely skip this chapter but if you're too nervous to do that, use it for bedtime reading. It's only 3 pages and has no formulas. The formulas are discussed in detail in the other IRIS reading NAIC.IRIS.

BattleTable

See NAIC.IRIS for relevant exam problems

  • this reading has not been tested on any exam from the year 2012 to Fall 2019 when the exams stopped being published.
reference part (a) part (b) part (c) part (d)
no prior questions

Full BattleQuiz You must be logged in or this will not work.

In Plain English!

DELETION:   The most recent version of the Odomirok source text no longer discusses the "Analyst Team".

Everything you need to know about IRIS ratios is in the NAIC.IRIS. The IRIS chapter in Odomirok is very short and has only 1 thing that doesn't seem to be in the NAIC reading.

Odomirok briefly discusses the Analyst Team of financial examiners from all 4 geographic regions of the U.S. They categorize companies into 3 levels according to their IRIS results and other solvency monitoring tools like RBC:

Level A: requires immediate regulatory attention
Level B: shows adverse results but doesn't require immediate attention
Reviewed: no level assigned, and no regulatory attention required.

That's it.

Full BattleQuiz You must be logged in or this will not work.