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Old 09-25-2008, 05:47 PM   #1
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Default Actuaries Scrambling to Respond to Sub-Prime Crisis

Here is a snippet from an email I just got

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The Society of Actuaries' Committee on Finance Research and Risk Management Research Team are seeking researchers to evaluate and gauge the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis on insurers and what can be learned from it for future financial and risk management. Among the topics of interest include the extent of the exposure, how it can be measured, and the expected duration.

To view a complete description of the request for proposals, please click on the link below:

http://www.soa.org/research/other-re...ime-mortg.aspx
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Old 09-25-2008, 05:53 PM   #2
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Here is a SWAG, without consulting any actuaries:

In the future, banks should not lend money to people who do not have the income to support the payments.

Hey, that's just me, though. I'm no professional. It will be really interesting to see what the actuaries come up with after months of analysis.
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Here is a SWAG, without consulting any actuaries:

In the future, banks should not lend money to people who do not have the income to support the payments.

Hey, that's just me, though. I'm no professional. It will be really interesting to see what the actuaries come up with after months of analysis.
That's not the source of their concern. What is of interest is when insurance companies buy mortgage-backed securities are they able to properly assess the quality of the asset and appropriately model and manage its associated risk.

Insurance companies don't hold much in the way of equities; their portfolios are pretty conservative. Mortgage-backed securities are an attractive investment option for insurance companies given their alleged low risk, rate of return and relative predictibility of the timing of the cashflows.

Since MBS represent a sizeable portion of an insurance company's portfolio, it leaves them very exposed if they end up being significantly less secure an investment than originally believed. This going to cause a significant shakeup in the industry in terms of investment strategy, ERM and cashflow testing.
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That's not the source of their concern. What is of interest is when insurance companies buy mortgage-backed securities are they able to properly assess the quality of the asset and appropriately model and manage its associated risk.

Insurance companies don't hold much in the way of equities; their portfolios are pretty conservative. Mortgage-backed securities are an attractive investment option for insurance companies given their alleged low risk, rate of return and relative predictibility of the timing of the cashflows.

Since MBS represent a sizeable portion of an insurance company's portfolio, it leaves them very exposed if they end up being significantly less secure an investment than originally believed. This going to cause a significant shakeup in the industry in terms of investment strategy, ERM and cashflow testing.
on a serious note, i assumed that most purchasers of mortgage-backed securities were hedge and mutual funds, as opposed to insurance companies.
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