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CAS Exam 6C Spring 2014, Question 21

Study guide: Exam 6C

The Property and Casualty Minimum Capital Test Advisory Committee (P&C MAC) has outlined a vision for new principles-based solvency financial requirements. Insurers that choose to develop models will calculate their regulatory asset requirement on two bases: at a target level (i.e., regulatory target asset requirement or TAR) and at a minimum level (i.e., regulatory minimum asset requirement or MAR).

Part a (0.5 points)

Briefly describe the purpose of MAR and TAR.

Part b (1 point)

Briefly describe the risk measures that underlie:

  • i. MAR
  • ii. TAR
  • iii. The BCAR model
  • iv. Solvency II

Part c (1 point)

The P&C MAC describes the core concepts that the future P&C insurer's solvency framework should cover. Briefly describe four of these concepts.

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