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LO8: Understanding the way that business is conducted in the London Market Flashcards

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quotation definition

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indication of the T&Cs that an insurer is suggesting for the risk

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written line

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line the insurer wants to write

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broker order

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percentage of the risk they have been asked to place

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when insurer is on risk?

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inception date

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signing down

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process by which risk share is reduced to 100%

results in the signed line

reduction without permission permissible, but cannot increase insurers risk without permission

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downgrade clause

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ability for the insured to remove an insurer based on the occurrence of a certain circumstance, like downgraded agency rating

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cool off period

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14 day period were consumer insurance can be cancelled

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termination by fulfilment

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total loss of the subject matter of insurance

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what allows unexpected termination

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insurance act 2015

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who must know for an insured to know
- insurance act 2015

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senior management
broker
those in charge of insurance

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what ought to be known by the insured

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uncovered by a reasonable search

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fraudulent devices definition

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valid claim is exaggerated by fraudulent means

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reasons an insurer will (not) want to renew

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not:
- loss causing client
- exiting lob

will:
- cheaper to renew than rewrite
- more stale portfolio, making stats more useful

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why ‘warranted no known or reported losses’?

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WNKORL

ensures underwriter doesnt pay any losses from before they wrote their line

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proposal form applications
- what?
- what lines?

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yacht, treats it more as a personal line thus more responsibility is on the insurer

PI

form is crafted by insurer or broker, more personalisation

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mrc roles

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  • broker uses it to summarize risk
  • underwriter signs onto risk
  • copy sent to client

product of standardization

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mrc types

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open market
lineslip
binder

bottom 2 dont have the risk section of OM MRC, replaced by details of the delegation

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open market

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risks placed individually, broker visits each underwriter separately

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lineslip

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group arranged by broker

agree that if one or two agree to risk the rest attach on

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binder

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external third party has delegated underwriting authority within parameters

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open market mrc key sections

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risk detials
information (reference to surveys/reports)
security details
subscription agreement
fiscal and regulatory
broker renumeration and deductions

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mrc risk detail section

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  • unique market reference
  • type (of insurance)
  • insured (name)
  • policy period
  • interest (whats being insured)
  • limits of liability
  • insureds retention (includes excess/deductibles)
  • situation (territorial limites)
  • conditions
  • loss payee
  • subjectivities (provisions to insurer before they come onto risk like a survey)
  • laws and jurisdiction
  • premium
  • premium payment terms
  • tax payable by insureds and administered by insurers
  • recording, transmitting and storing information
  • insurer contract documentation
  • notice of cancellation of provisions
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mrc security details

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  • insurers liability (lays out the risk of each insurer on proportional)
  • order
  • basis of written line (percentage of whole. percentage of order or part of whole)
  • basis of signed lines (no difference is expected for open market business)
  • signing provisions (how signing down is done)
  • written lines
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‘line to stand’ meaning

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written line must equal signed line

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mrc subscription agreement
- slip lead (usually in the London market) - bureau lead (member of IUA, can be the slip lead) - basis of agreement to contract changes (General Underwriters Agreement) - basis of claims agreement/claims agreement parties - claims administration - delegated claims agreement (including to Xchanging) - experts fee collection (broker may do it all) - settlement due date (when premiums should be paid by) - bureaux arrangementsr
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mrc fiscal and regulatory
- tax payable by insurers - country of origin (insured) - overseas broker - regulatory risk location (eg. insured domicile, risks physical location, where mobile asset is registered) - surplus lines broker - state of filing - us classification (payments in USD or country of origin is US) - allocation of premium to coding (premium related to each LOB) - allocation of premium to year accounts (for policy periods > 18 months) - regulatory client classification (large risks include marine and aviation)
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mrc broker renumeration
- fee payable by the client - brokerage amount - any other deductions from premium (eg. administration fees)
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core data record - what is? - what for? - number of fields
provides key data captured at the point of bind to/for: - premium validation - claim matching at first loss notification - tax validation and reporting (lloyds only) - regulatory validation and reporting (lloyds only) 37 mandatory, 180 conditional fields
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endorsement
used to document changes to the risk for underwriters
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aim of general underwriters agreement
- create agreement of who will deal with contract changes between underwriters on a specific mrc - clarify extent of authority - enable flexibilty for classes of business - ensure all underwriters will be advised of changes
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gua class of business schedules
nonmarine marine cargo (requires notification of followers on gua stamp) political risk
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parts of gua schedule
part 1 = slip lead only part 2 = slip lead and agreement parties part 3 = all underwriters
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gua part 1 changes
- any obvious typos - anything that reduces monetary exposure - restrictions in coverage - return premiums if provided for in the slip - agreement of wording if leader agreement only is stated in the slip
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gua part 2 changes
- not in part 1 or part 3
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gua part 3 changes
- changes to geographical scope - policy extensions greater than 1 month/ 30 days - changes to jurisdiction of the contract - backdating of policy period
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mrce sections
- risk and endorsement identification - contract changes - information - agreement - contract administration and advisory
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mrce risk and endorsement identification
refers to umr being changed and any other endorsements
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mrce contract changes
restates mrc headings where changes are being made along with when they come into effect
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mrce agreement
shows who has to agree the change and that they have agreed
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mrce contract administration or advisory
any changes to mrc subscription agreement, fiscal and regularoty or broker renumeration is shown here
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debt note
used to inform client of any premiums due
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london premium advice note (LPAN)
for insurers using the central settlement system - submitted to Xchanging using accounting and settlement system
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standard conditions
insured complying with terms and telling underwriters about any risks
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condition precedent to contract
must be satisfied for the contract to stand
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condition precedent to liability
must be satisfied for claim to be valid
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warranty
something the insured will (not) do or fact that is/isnt true
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typical types of warranties
reduce risk of - particular type of loss - loss in a location - loss at a particular time
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available wording conventions
london standard wordings international standards organizations london market associations non-marine association aviation market
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wording added to overseas wordings to include
- english law and practice - insurable interest clause - sue and labour clause - war and nuclear exclusion
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service company
- operate in the lloyds market - set up by managing agents in various locations - write on behalf of the syndicate - rules of lloyds still apply
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branch offices
set up by member of the company market to let them write business in a new country
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lloyds insurance company sa
lloyds brussels, wholly owned subsidiary for EEA and Monaco
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contract certainty - how?
by the complete and final agreement of all terms between the insurer and insured at the time that they enter into the contract with contract documentation provided promptly after
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"contract documentation provided promptly after"?
30 days commercial 7 days consumer
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