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ACE Group

välkomnar
FEI´s Försäkringsstudenter !
Erik Westin

2013-11-28
ACE - Who We Are
 The world’s sixth-largest multiline property and casualty insurer, based on
market capitalization of $30.4 billion.*

 A truly global company, with local operations in 53 countries.

 Insurance is our only business – commercial and personal P&C, personal


accident, supplemental health, reinsurance and life.

 ACE Limited, the parent company of the ACE Group, is listed on the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE:ACE) and is a component of the S&P 500 index.

 Exceptional financial strength, managing risk conservatively in both


underwriting and investing.

 Core operating insurance companies are rated “AA-” (Very Strong) for
financial strength by S&P and “A+” (Superior) by A.M. Best.

* As of June 30, 2013

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WORLD`S LARGEST INSURANCE COMPANIES

• NAME MARKET CAPITALIZATION IN USD BILLION

• 1) Berkshire Hathaway 253

• 2) China Life 69

• 3) Allianz 66

• 4) AIG 57

• 5) Ping An 57

• 6) AIA (Hong Kong) 53

• 7) Axa 45

• 8) MetLife 44

• 9) Zurich 42

• 10) ING 35

• X) ACE 30

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Global Reach
 ACE has an established local presence globally, with insurance professionals and
operating subsidiaries in major markets around the world.
 Approximately half of the company’s business is transacted outside the United States.

Argentina Czech Republic Indonesia Pakistan Spain Geographic Sources of Premium


Australia Denmark Ireland Panama Sweden
2012 Gross Premiums Written
Austria Ecuador Italy Peru Switzerland
Bahrain Egypt Japan Philippines Taiwan
Belgium Finland Korea Poland Thailand United States 51%
Bermuda France Macao Portugal Turkey Europe 19%
Brazil Germany Malaysia Puerto Rico United Arab Asia 12%
Emirates
Canada Gibraltar Mexico Russia
United Kingdom Bermuda/Canada 10%
Chile Hong Kong Netherlands Saudi Arabia
United States Latin America 8%
China Hungary New Zealand Singapore
Vietnam
Colombia Norway South Africa

North America Europe/Middle East/Africa Asia Latin America


 Premiums* $12.9 billion  Premiums* $4.3 billion  Premiums* $2.7 billion  Premiums* $2.2 billion
 Employees 8,400  Employees 2,600  Employees 4,800  Employees 3,000
 Offices 160  Offices 65  Offices 130  Offices 100
* 2012 Gross Premiums Written

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Product Breadth
 ACE has one of the largest product portfolios in the global insurance industry.
 More than 200 distinct insurance and reinsurance products and services
 Specialty coverages for clients ranging from multinational corporations to consumers

Products and Services Premium Distribution by Product*


Property & Casualty Personal Lines
Aviation/Aerospace Automobile
Agricultural/Crop Homeowners/Renters
Captives Recreational Marine/Aviation
Casualty Valuables/Mobile Technology
Environmental Risk Umbrella Liability Casualty – $7.7 B 35%
Energy
Financial/Professional Risk Life Property/Other – $4.9 B 22%
Marine Term/Whole/Credit Life
Multinational Programs Universal/Variable/Unit-Linked A&H – $4.0 B 18%
Political Risk/Trade Credit Endowments
Property Annuities Agriculture – $2.6 B 12%
Risk/Claims Management Reinsurance
Specialty/Technical Risks Personal Lines – $1.9 B 8%
Property Catastrophe
Accident & Health Professional Liability
Life – $1.0 B 5%
Personal Accident/Disease P&C (marine, aviation, etc.)
Supplemental Medical Life
Business/Personal Travel Medical Malpractice
Credit Life and Disability Environmental/Energy

* 2012 Gross Premiums Written, pro forma with 2013 Mexico acquisitions

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Commercial Property & Casualty
 For large, global companies, ACE’s international network
of underwriting, claims and risk control professionals tailor
insurance coverage and services to help clients reduce
risk and mitigate loss.
 For small and mid-sized businesses, we offer coverage
solutions that can be customized to meet specific needs.

Products and Specialty Areas

Commercial Coverages Industry Practices


 Agriculture  Environmental Risks  Product Liability  Construction
 Aviation/Aerospace  Errors and Omissions  Property  Educational Institutions
 Casualty (foreign, excess,  Events Liability  Risk/Claims
 Energy
general, umbrella)  Manufacturing Risks Management
 Contract Liability  Surety  Financial Institutions
 Marine – Inland/Ocean
 Construction/Wrap-Ups  Privacy/Network Security  Healthcare
 Medical Risk
 Crime and Fidelity  Mergers and  Workers’ Compensation  Multinational
 Directors and Officers/ Acquisitions (Excess)  Public Entities
Professional Lines
 Political Risk/Trade
 Energy and Power Credit
Generation

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Accident & Health
 ACE works with employers and other sponsoring
organizations worldwide to deliver A&H insurance
products to employees, members and customers.
 Products include employee benefits, special insurance
offered through companies, affinity groups and other
organizations, and cost-effective coverage sold by
agents and on websites.

Products and Partners

Products Sponsoring partners


 Personal accident  Student accident (inter-  Employers  Cruise lines, travel
(individual and group) national travel, study  Financial institutions agencies and tour
 Supplemental health and abroad) operators
 Colleges, universities
disability (hospital  Global medical and other learning  Industries (retailers,
income, critical illness,  Employee benefits institutions utilities, telecommuni-
cancer, disability) cations companies, etc.)
 Payment protection (life,  Affinity groups
 Travel insurance disability, unemployment) (associations, labor
(business and leisure)
unions, etc.)

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Personal Lines Insurance
 ACE helps high net worth clients in the U.S. and select
international markets manage their risks through a
comprehensive, flexible program offering high-value
home, auto, valuables and liability protection.
 In both developing and developed international markets,
ACE offers a range of consumer insurance, including
basic property, contents, motor and specialty coverages,
such as mobile phone and identity theft protection.

Products

 Homeowners  Automobile  Recreational Marine


 Fire/water damage  Collision/damage  Medical expenses  Personal Aviation
 Contents  Vandalism  Tourist policies
 Valuables
 Theft  Trip interruption  Towing expenses
 Liability Property damage  Umbrella Liability
 Debris removal 
 Storm damage  Military personnel  Mobile Technology
 Personal accident  Theft

 Living expenses

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Reinsurance
 ACE Tempest Re provides a broad range of
reinsurance products to a diverse array of primary
insurance companies worldwide.
 Our deep underwriting, actuarial and claims
expertise in property catastrophe reinsurance and
other diversified lines enables us to tailor solutions to
meet the unique, complex needs of each client.

Products

 Property Catastrophe  Accident & Health  Life


 Occurrence excess  Second- and third-  Agriculture  Marine
of loss event coverages  Automobile  Surety and Fidelity
 Aggregate excess  Catastrophe bonds  Captive Programs  Workers’ Compensation
of loss  Industry loss warranty  Casualty/Liability
 Proportional treaties coverages  Professional
 Reinstatement Risk/Directors and
premium protection Officers Liability

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Life Insurance
 ACE provides protection and savings-oriented life
insurance products to individuals and groups in Asia,
Latin America and the Middle East.
 ACE serves the needs of consumers through a
variety of distribution channels including agents,
banks, retailers, brokers, worksite marketing and
telemarketing.

Products

 Protection products  Savings-oriented  Riders  Group life


 Term life products  Personal accident  Group medical
 Whole life  Universal life  Disability
 Credit/mortgage life  Variable/unit-linked  In-hospital and
 Endowments surgical cash
 Annuities  Critical illness/cancer
 Waiver of premium

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Underwriting Expertise
 ACE is an underwriting company – underwriting is embedded in our ethos.
 Our underwriters have deep expertise in a broad range of industries and specialty
coverage areas – risks where an underwriter makes a difference.
 Discipline defines our underwriting approach – we embrace risk as long as we fully
understand it and can earn an acceptable return.

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Financial Strength Ratings
 ACE is highly rated by the rating agencies for financial strength.
 A primary component of Standard & Poor’s (S&P) rating is its evaluation of ACE’s
enterprise risk management (ERM) process.
 The company manages risk on both sides of its balance sheet by maintaining
underwriting discipline, managing exposure accumulations and investing
assets conservatively.

Rating Financial Outlook ACE’s “Strong” ERM rating from S&P places it in
Agency Strength
top 15% of N. America and Bermuda companies
Rating

S&P AA- Stable


Excellent – 3%
A.M. Best A+ Stable Strong – 11%

Adequate – 80%
Fitch AA- Positive
Weak – 6%
Aa3 (Bermuda)
Moody’s Stable
A1 (U.S.)
Source: S&P ERM rating report
Ratings apply to ACE’s core operating insurance companies (May 2011)

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Underwriting Expertise
 ACE is an underwriting company – underwriting is embedded in our ethos.
 Our underwriters have deep expertise in a broad range of industries and specialty
coverage areas – risks where an underwriter makes a difference.
 Discipline defines our underwriting approach – we embrace risk as long as we fully
understand it and can earn an acceptable return.

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Philanthropic and Environmental Commitment
 Through its charitable foundation and employee
volunteer efforts, ACE makes a positive impact on
communities around the world in the areas of
education, poverty and health and the environment.
 The company also has made a commitment to reduce
the environmental impact of its global operations.

Charitable/Volunteer Highlights Environmental Highlights

 The ACE Foundations made grants and  ACE has reduced carbon emissions 18% per
matching gifts of more than $5 million in 2011 employee from 2006 to 2010
to support innovative initiatives around the
 The company’s carbon emissions reporting to
globe, such as:
the Carbon Disclosure Project in 2011 resulted
 The International Rescue Committee’s in a disclosure score of 82, up from 75 in 2010,
programs for refugee youth in New York City and a performance score of B.
and malaria prevention and safe water
 ACE’s Philadelphia and Bermuda offices have
projects on the Thailand-Myanmar borders
achieved LEED “green building” certification.
 The Conservation Fund’s Land Legacy and
 Employees in nearly 200 offices around the
ShadeFund programs, which protect U.S.
world are reducing environmental impact
land and water resources and provide
through energy saving and recycling programs.
financing for green business entrepreneurs

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Exceptional Financial Strength (as of June 30, 2013)
 ACE’s total capital position is over $33 billion.
 Net loss reserves, which back our policyholder commitments, are nearly $26 billion.
 ACE has one of the lowest debt-to-capital ratios among its major peers – 18.1%.

Balance Sheet Highlights Debt Leverage


Metric ($ in billions) 6/30/13 ($ in billions)

Total Investments $ 59.7

Total Assets 93.7

Net Loss Reserves 25.9

Total Debt (incl. hybrids) 6.0 Total Capital

Shareholders’ Equity 27.3


18.1% of
Total Capital 33.3 Total Debt Capital

Tangible Capital 27.9

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“ ACE has a unique combination of
people, products and places that
position us well to meet the needs of
clients no matter where they
are in the world.”

– Evan Greenberg, Chairman & CEO, ACE Limited

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Welcome to the world of
liability insurance....

Stockholm November 28th, 2013


ANSVAR
• Allmänt Ansvar - bananskal
• Produktansvar – hiss som rasar ner
• Miljöansvar – förstört grundvatten
• Product Tampering – livsmedel
ANSVAR

Skadeståndslag (1972:207)

• 2 kap. Skadeståndsansvar på grund av eget vållande


• 1 § Den som uppsåtligen eller av vårdslöshet vållar personskada
eller sakskada skall ersätta skadan. Lag (2001:732).

• Uppsåt täcks inte i normalfallet av ansvarsförsäkringen (TV)


ACE Sweden - Casualty

– Small number of declines


• Pharma
• Undergroud mining
• Aviation products
• Auto recall – some interest
– Preferred sectors
• Electrical machinery
• Industrial machinery
• Printing industries
• Medical Equipments (not
permanent implants)
• Plastic manufacturer
• Pulp & Paper
• US Exposure
• Hotel/Real Estate
KRITERIER

• Omsättning
• Typ av produkter
• Skadehistorik
• Frekvens eller enstaka händelse
• Självrisk alt SIR
• Försäkringsbelopp
• USA – exponering
• Villkor
ANSVAR

• Försäkringsbelopp: SEK 10 M för småföretag upp till 100-tals


miljoner USD
• Självrisk: 0,2 – ½ basbelopp Småföretag
och miljonbelopp för stora företag
PRODUKTANSVAR / ALLMÄNT ANSVAR

• Three major types of product liability claims:

• Manufacturing defect - poor-quality materials, bad workmanship

• Design defect - ,
inherently dangerous oskyddad sågklinga
• A failure to warn/instructions - inherent non obvious dangers which could be mitigated through adequate
warnings
ANSVAR

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