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Issues and Challenges In Retakaful
 
Azman Ismail
 
HIJRAH Strategic Advisory Group
 
Tel : 603.4260.1995
 
Fax : 603.4260.1994
 
 
Why Retakaful?
 
„ Same reason as takaful
 
  „ Increase Capacity
 
  „ Risk management
 
      „ Spreading the risk
 
  „ Will not make the “road” better but the
 
    “driving” smoother
 
  
Why Retakaful…?
 
„ Profit Maximization?
 
„ Growth of Sales
 
„ Market Share
 
„ Solvency
 
Issues and Challenges
 
„ Technical Competence
 
„ Syariah Competence
 
„ Financial Strength
 
„ Market
 
„ Systems and Methods
 
„ Cooperation
 
 
        Hammurabbi
 
                                                                                              „
 
0001  Birth of Jesus (pbuh)
 
                                                                        Conventional insurance have
 
0600  Birth of Prophet Muhammad saw
 
            ‘Aqilah &
 
            Dhaman
 
                                                                        developed over 500 years but
 
            Ahl al-diwan
 
      Italian traders
 
1400
 
                                                                                                            Technical Competence
 
      Khilafah Othmaniah
 
                                                                        takaful is less than 50 years old
 
                                          Takaful & Insurance Compared
 
      Islamic research Congress
 
      International islamic Economic Conference
 
2000
 
 
Technical Competence …
 
„ Underwriting skills
 
„ Quantitative Analysis
 
„ Financial Analysis
 
„ Product Development
 
Shariah Competence
 
„ Apart from technical competence,
 
  Takaful practitioners lack sufficient
 
  shariah knowledge and shariah advisors
 
  lack sufficient operational knowledge to
 
  be able to develop the takaful industry
 
  at par with conventional insurance
 
 
Shariah knowledge …
 
„ Usul Fiqh
 
„ Qawaid Fiqhiyah
 
„ Fiqh Mu’amalat
 
Financial Strength
 
„ Conventional            „ Retakaful
 
  „ Premium = USD 2          „ Contribution < USD
 
    trillion                  1 billion
 
  „ Equity > USD trillion    „ Equity < USD 100
 
                                million (strictly
 
                                speaking < USD 5
 
                                million)
 
 
Market
 
      Insurance          Takaful
 
        Market            Market
 
Systems and Methods
 
„ Processes and Procedures
 
„ IT Systems
 
„ Turnaround
 
 
Cooperation
 
„ Common standards
 
„ Research
 
„ Product Development
 
„ Contract
 
„ Financial Models
 
On sharing risks
 
„ Pools
 
  „ Takaful operators agree to cede risks to
 
    share aggregate risks
 
„ Retakaful
 
  „ With reinsurers
 
  „ With retakaful operators
 
 
Concept of Lesser Evil (Danger)?
 
„ For general business, a large proportion
 
  is still with conventional reinsurers
 
„ For family business, retakaful is with
 
  one major reinsurer
 
„ Applying the concept through fixing the
 
  “right” retention amount.
 
One Way of Facing This
 
Challenge Is Through
 
Understanding The Retakaful
 
Impact On Business.
 
 
Optimizing Retention
 
„ Through Scientific Approach
 
„ Quantitative Factor Apart From
 
  Qualitative factors
 
„ Learn from conventional insurers and
 
  reinsurers
 
Current Retention Ratio
 
 
  Fixing Retentions…
 
    Rates &                    Investment
 
  Loadings      Retained    Policy
 
                Contribution
 
                                Contribution
 
        Loss                    Income
 
Experience
 
  Financial    Retention      Staff
 
  Strength        Limits      Experience
 
                                Retakaful
 
Management                        Costs
 
  Philosophy
 
  Management Philosophy
 
  „  Management Attitude Towards Risk
 
  „  Knowledge of Management
 
  „  Acceptable nature & range
 
  „  Priorities
 
 
Contribution Income
 
„ Gross Contribution
 
„ Risk Profile
 
„ Retention = k C
 
„ Per risk – 1% to 10%
 
„ Per event - depends
 
Staff Experience
 
„ Underwriting skills
 
„ Quantitative skills
 
„ Background
 
„ Training
 
 
Loss Experience
 
            „ Either on gross or net
 
            „ Degree of fluctuation over
 
              time
 
            „ Effectiveness of retakaful
 
              arrangements
 
Deviation …
 
 
                  Retakaful Costs
 
                  „  Utility
 
                  „  Probability of Ruin
 
                  „  Expected Profits
 
Expected Profits
 
                                      Probability of Ruin
 
                  Investment Policy
 
                  „  Cashflow - liquidity
 
                  „  Currently does not impact much on
 
                      takaful retention but should consider
 
                      long-tail business
 
 
          Rates & Loadings
 
          „      Lower rated risks carry higher retentions
 
          „      Loadings – expenses (including commission), profit -
 
                  depending on financial model, contingency and tax
 
                  (depending on the model & tax structure of the
 
                  country)
 
Retention Limit
 
                      Degree of Risk (Reflected by Contribution Rate)
 
          Financial Strength
 
            „    Shareholders Fund
 
            „    Takaful Fund
 
            „    Potential Variation In Claims Experience
 
                  „  Example, (study on 300,000 fire risks – largest 5
 
                      million and 1,000)
 
 
Rule of Thumb
 
„ R = y X (Capital + Free Reserves)
 
  „  where - 1% < y < 5%
 
„ R = 100/n X A
 
  „  Where n is the # of times of large claims
 
      per year requiring immediate payment
 
  „  And A equals the liquid assets (should be 5
 
      X max retention per loss in company’s
 
      most important branch)
 
A more exhaustive method
 
R = X (S) (EC)
 
    (GC) (L + E)
 
Where
 
X = 1% - 5%
 
S = surplus
 
EC = earned contribution
 
GC = gross contribution
 
L = loss ratio
 
E = expense ratio
 
 
So,
 
„ Have we set the correct retention
 
  limits?
 
„ Can we optimize our retention?
 
„ Can we improve the bottom line of
 
  takaful and retakaful operators?
 
Conclusion
 
„ Retakaful challenges can be met with :
 
  „ Greater knowledge
 
  „ Enhanced skills
 
  „ Higher financial strength
 
  „ Political will
 
  „ Greater cooperation
 
 
Wassalam
 

Revision as of 00:38, 21 September 2016