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PROCEEDINGS May 15, 16, 17, 18, 2005 - Casualty Actuarial Society

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THE APPLICATION OF FUNDAMENTAL VALUATION PRINCIPLES 309APPENDIX ASAMPLE COMPANY VALUATIONThis section presents a detailed example of valuing a property/casualtyinsurance company. The modeled valuation will focuson² Modeling aspects of a property/casualty insurer given currentfinancial statements, investment assumptions, underwriting assumptionsfor current and future business, and loss and expensepayment assumptions;² Determination of future earnings from projected financialstatements based on selected surplus and business volume constraints;² Application of DCF and EVA valuation approaches usingan existing balance sheet and projected financial statementamounts (balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow exhibits);² Testing the sensitivity of indicated value to changes in key assumptions(risk-based capital-to-surplus requirement, loss ratios,investment yield, hurdle rate, and growth rate).Our objective is to provide a thorough and functional discussionof the valuation of a property/casualty insurance companyand a basic discussion of the development of earnings projections.The actuary or other professional preparing the valuationwill, of course, undertake extensive analysis to develop premium,loss, and expense assumptions, investment yields, and other factorsto project earnings. We present many assumptions “as given”without further explanation.A.1.Valuation Estimates Based on Financial Model ResultsThe valuation results for the sample company, Primary StockInsurance Company (PSIC), rely on two basic assumption sets:

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