Liability Risk and Insurance
Liability Market
PRA writes to financial lines insurers over claims reserving
The UK’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has written to the chief risk officer (CRO) of financial lines insurers over
reserving and claims experience. It said two of the areas of concern highlighted in a previous letter last year persist: bias
in reserve estimates (over-focus on favourable claims development potential, despite evidence of worsening incurred claims
experience), and possible weakening in case reserve estimates. It said its analysis indicates that reserving assumptions may
have weakened over time, while data shows that the claims experience continues to deteriorate.