? What is Reinsurance?

"Reinsurance an insurance for insurance companies" .

? What are the major classifications into types of Reinsurance ?

Inward/Outward
Treaty/Facultative
Proportional / Non-Proportional

? Definition of Reinsurance?

More precisely, "Reinsurance is the transfer of part of the hazards of risks that a direct insurer assumes by way of insurance contract or legal provision on behalf of an insured, to a second insurance carrier, the reinsurer, who has no direct contractual relationship with the insured."

? Why Reinsure?

• Insuring insurers retain some risks,
• Transfer the rest to reinsurers,
• Achieving a global spread of risks,
• The loss of one is shared by many,
• All survive the loss, It breaks not any.

? Functions of Reinsurance

• Capacity through proportional treaties
• Protective underwriting against accumulative liability
• Conservation of foreign exchange
• Professional expertise and co-operation
• Making uninsurable natural perils insurable
• Maintains solvency of the insurer after a catastrophic loss
• Provides stability to results by balancing good years with bad years • Is a means of communication between markets and frequently acts as a catalyst.

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