Q. What does the ceding insurer do in relation to the reinsurer assuming liability for risks current at the commencement of the reinsurance agreement?

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Q. How are the reinsurer's liabilities for outstanding losses determined in relation to the commencement date of reinsurance?

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Q. What happens if the actual payments for outstanding losses differ from the amount credited to the reinsurer at the commencement of reinsurance?

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Q. What is the alternative method to allowing the cessions to run to their natural expiry in the event of treaty cancellation?

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Q. Why is the portfolio transfer or clean cut method preferred over the natural expiry method?

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Q. What is the portfolio transfer method used for in reinsurance?

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Q. Why is the portfolio transfer method not always used for valuing portfolios?

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Q. What percentage of the premiums of the previous year is typically used for portfolio transfer in surplus and quota share treaties?

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Q. How is the portfolio transfer percentage of 35% to 40% determined using the "50% Method"?

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Q. What are the "eighth," "twelfth," and "twenty-fourth" systems used for in the calculation of portfolio premium?

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Q. What is the purpose of the portfolio withdrawal calculation?

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Q. How is the unexpired exposure of each month's premium calculated?

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Q. Which method provides a more accurate calculation of the net portfolio premium?

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Q. What is the approximate percentage of the premium ceded to the treaty that works out as portfolio withdrawal?

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Q. How does the calculation for unexpired risks in financial accounting differ from the portfolio withdrawal calculation?

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Q. What is the purpose of the clean-cut method in reinsurance?

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Q. What is portfolio loss withdrawal?

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Q. What is portfolio loss entry?

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Q. When is the clean-cut method typically followed?

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Q. What happens to premium reserves in the clean-cut method?

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