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Finance
Professional
01/10/2012

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Term
Portfolio Equity
Definition
Net Value of Business already written including current assets and liabilities
Term
3 ways to value Portfolio Equity
Definition

1) Book Value/Stat Surplus - Bonds discounted according to yields at purchase, Stocks at Market and Liabilities not at all

 2) Current Value Surplus - Value all assets at current market values and liabilities on an undiscounted basis

3) Market Value Surplus - Value assets at Market values and Discounts liabilites to present value

Term
Franchise Equity
Definition
Represents to the value of business not yet booked, difficult to measure
Term
Market Value Surplus
Definition
Dmvs = [Dmva*MVA - Dmvl*MVL]/MVS
Term
Duration Gap of MVS
Definition
Defined as the amount which the duration of MVS exceed zero
Term
Stock Duration
Definition
1/(dividend yield)
Term
3 Duration Gap Targets
Definition

1) Duration Gap of Surplus

 2) Duration Gap of Total Return

3) Duration Gap of Leverage

Term
Unexpected Loss Development 3 strategies
Definition

1) Invest more heavily in Common Stocks/Real estate

2) Roll over assets frequently

 3)Simply overstate liabilities (i.e.contigency reserves)

Term
Duration Gap of Leverage
Definition

leverage = MVS/MVA

If both move the same amount when interest rates change, then immunized.

DGEL = DMVS - DMVA

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