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  COURSE 8: Fall 2004 - 1 - GO TO NEXT PAGE
  Finance and Enterprise Risk Management; Core Segment
  Morning Session
  **BEGINNING OF EXAMINATION**
  FINANCE AND ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT; CORE SEGMENT
  MORNING SESSION
  Questions 1-3 pertain to the Case Study.
  Each question should be answered independently.
  1. (7 points) Zoolander Life is very concerned about being able to secure reinsurance for its
  term life insurance business line after January 1, 2005. Richard Scarlet, the reinsurance
  intermediary, has been unable to secure a replacement for Rose Re’s YRT reinsurance
  program at a reasonable price.
  As an alternative, Richard Scarlet has proposed accepting a 100% funds withheld
  coinsurance contract which is available from Cranberry Reinsurance Solutions. Under
  that arrangement, the reinsurance allowance is set at 10% of ceded premiums, and the
  risk charge is 1% of the outstanding surplus account for the prior year.
  A simplified income statement for the term life insurance business line follows:
  Zoolander Life
  Projected 2005
  Term Life Business Line
  Before Reinsurance
  Premiums
  Gross 33,000,000
  Ceded 0
  Net Premiums 33,000,000
  Investment Income
  Gross 1,650,000
  Ceded 0
  Net Investment Income 1,650,000
  Reinsurance Allowance 0
  Total Revenue 34,650,000
  Claims & Surrenders
  Gross 19,000,000
  Ceded 0
  Net Claims & Surrenders 19,000,000
  Reserve Increase
  Gross 11,000,000
  Ceded 0
  Net Reserve Increase 11,000,000
  Total Benefits 30,000,000
  Expenses & Commissions 3,500,000
  Gain from Operations 1,150,000
  COURSE 8: Fall 2004 - 2 - GO TO NEXT PAGE
  Finance and Enterprise Risk Management; Core Segment
  Morning Session
  (a) For Zoolander Life, show:
  i. the change in the income statement for 2005 under a 100% funds
  withheld coinsurance arrangement
  ii. the outstanding surplus account as of December 31, 2005.
  (b) Explain, from Zoolander’s perspective, the benefits of their existing YRT
  reinsurance as compared to the benefits of Cranberry’s proposed arrangement.
  (c) Recommend if Zoolander should purchase the reinsurance from Cranberry Re or
  should retain the risk. Defend your answer.
  COURSE 8: Fall 2004 - 3 - GO TO NEXT PAGE
  Finance and Enterprise Risk Management; Core Segment
  Morning Session
  Questions 1-3 pertain to the Case Study.
  Each question should be answered independently.
  2. (11 points) Bonnie Hawke, Zoolander Life’s 2nd Vice President of Capital Planning,
  proposes to allocate capital by line of business using the GAAP required surplus
  methodology. You are given the following information.
  Zoolander Life Proposed Capital Allocation
  Line of Business 2003 Projected
  2004
  Annuity 100.0 103.0
  Disability 150.0 160.0
  Life Insurance 200.0 240.0
  Variable 215.0 225.0
  Corporate 367.6 390.0
  Total 1,032.6 1,118.0
  (a) Explain why a company might choose to allocate capital by line of business.
  (b) Evaluate the appropriateness of the proposed allocation method chosen by Bonnie
  Hawke as compared to other capital allocation methods.
  (c) Using Bonnie Hawke’s proposed allocation, determine whether each line of
  business is projected to create or destroy economic value in 2004 and whether
  each line of business is projected to generate free cash flow. Show your work.
  (d) Explain the implications of the results in (c) above.
  COURSE 8: Fall 2004 - 4 - GO TO NEXT PAGE
  Finance and Enterprise Risk Management; Core Segment
  Morning Session
  Questions 1-3 pertain to the Case Study.
  Each question should be answered independently.
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