北美精算师SOA真题November2003Course8M(下)
9. (5 points) You are the pricing actuary for the division of LTDC Life Insurance selling
group long term disability and group long term care products. Given the recent
fluctuations in the experience, you are considering implementing a reinsurance agreement
but must convince your Vice-President that it is needed.
(a) Explain the different approaches LTDC Life can use to reinsure its Group LTD
and LTC products.
(b) Explain risk characteristics of each product line that make the use of reinsurance
attractive.
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MORNING SESSION
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Managed Care Segment
Afternoon Session
**BEGINNING OF EXAMINATION**
MANAGED CARE SEGMENT
AFTERNOON SESSION
Beginning With Question 10
10. (3 points) You have been asked to summarize the report of the SOA Medical
Effectiveness Task Force.
(a) Explain the importance of measuring medical effectiveness.
(b) Explain the main health plan performance evaluation categories.
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Managed Care Segment
Afternoon Session
11. (4 points) Your company offers an insurance product with the following equally likely
events.
Severity of Claim Given Event Occurs
Event
Frequency of Claim
Given Event Occurs Probability Claim Size
1 25% 75%
25%
1,000
500
2 50% 50%
50%
1,000
500
3 75% 10%
90%
1,000
500
You are also given the following additional information:
•7 years of claims history for one individual
Year Claims
1 -
2 500
3 -
4 -
5 1,000
6 1,000
7 -
•Expected Value of the Process Variance = 133,581
•Target Loss Ratio = 80%
•Ignore the impact of trend
(a) Calculate the expected gross premium for this product. Show your work.
(b) Calculate the credibility. Show your work.
(c) Calculate the credibility weighted total premium for this individual. Show
your work.
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Managed Care Segment
Afternoon Session
12. (4 points) ABC Company is considering acquiring ITSA, a managed care organization
that services a number of major cities. You are the head of the claims department in the
Major Medical division and you’ve been asked to evaluate claims operations at ITSA,
including systems used to process the claims.
(a) Describe measures of claims quality.
(b) Outline basic steps you would expect to find in the ITSA claims adjudication
process.
(c) Describe specific internal data sources you should include as part of your claims
review.
(d) Describe issues that should be considered in performing an audit.
13. (4 points) You have been asked by your client at BEST HMO to create a presentation that
will enable her to convince management to establish new methods for physician
compensation.
(a) Describe traditiona l and new, alternative forms of capitation and their suitability
for specific types of physicians.
(b) Describe traditional and new, alternative forms of incentive plans.
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Managed Care Segment
Afternoon Session
14. (5 points) You are a consultant hired by TeethFerry.com, a company hoping to use the
Internet to market dental plans. They have created a marketing communication to be sent
to companies that do not currently have a benefits program.
From: TeethFerry
.com
Subject: Quality Dental Coverage with 3 Months at No Charge
Affordable Dental Coverage
•save up to 60% on all your dental needs
•choose from 15 of the finest nationwide and regional plans
•pay premiums, submit claims, get the latest information, all on your desktop!
(a) List the general types of delivery systems for dental plans and their major
features.
(b) Outline plan provisions and claim practices that dental insurers can use to
limit cost and anti-selection.
(c) Describe challenges that e-commerce companies must overcome to be世纪考试网版权所有
successful.
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