HomeMy WebLinkAbout20241017PAC to Staff 97-2 Attachment - MMC 2024 Social-Inflation.pdf Inflation terminology in insurance
Social inflation is a subset of excess inflation
Claims inflation Claims .1p Excess inflation
Is the change in the claims cost level of a like for like policy in an over
time. Like for like means having consistent policy wording, exposure and Inflation
level of coverage.
Economic inflation -
Changes in claims costs as captured through published economic —
indices relevant to a (re)insurer's mix of business. Typically, this is LL Social inflation
inflation in the cost of a basket of selected goods and services or ,
average wage costs, which are captured in price and wage indices.
Excess inflation
Changes in claims costs beyond what is captured in economic
indices, including factors which are specific to a (re)insurers'
business and including social inflation. E.g. emerging risk from new Economic inflation
materials, medicines and technologies; changes in the legal
environment; evolving social attitudes towards claiming; and political
developments.
Social inflation
A subset of excess inflation, which more narrowly pertains to claims inflation
as a result of societal trends.
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Some articles on some of the nuclear verdicts
we have seen in the recent past (including the Ford case)
• Ford to appeal $1 .7bn verdict against it in Georgia truck crash case I Ford I The Guardian
• Punitive Damages: The Impact of the Ford Nuclear Verdict - Setliff Law, P.C.
• Securitas to Pay $517M in Surfside Condo Collapse Settlement - Security Sales & Integration
• Fed Ex Loses Bid to Undo $366M Racial Bias Verdict, Files Appeal (insurancejournal.com)
• Charter Spectrum Hit With $7.3B Verdict in Texas over Murder of 83-Year-Old (insurancejournal.com)
• Miami Jury Orders Bar That Served Drunken Driver to Pay $96M in Damages (insurancejournal.com�
• Could your business survive a nuclear verdict? I Marsh
• Impact of social inflation on business I Marsh
• "Swiss Re Webinar: Social Inflation in Europe" (simplex.ty)
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