Capital Requirement | Making the standard view useful Capital requirement views are often treated as a compliance summary. They show how the SCR is split between insurance risk, market risk, counterparty risk, operational risk, and diversification. That is useful context. But it is rarely enough to support a decision. The question is usually not only what the SCR is made of. It is whether the capital profile is changing, why it is changing, and whether the business is still c

In the previous edition, we looked at how a portfolio appears from a capital perspective - combining performance, scale, and volatility into a single view. It still assumes the portfolio risk sits with us. Reinsurance reshapes the loss distribution, often in ways that are not visible in standard performance views. Two portfolios with identical net loss ratios can carry very different retained risk. Without understanding that structure, we are not seeing the risk we ultimately

In the last two editions, we improved how loss ratios are understood - first by testing whether they are credible, and then by identifying what is driving them. It provided a clearer view of internal performance. But capital is not assessing internal performance. Capital providers are asking what risk they are backing - and whether it justifies the capital. The way most portfolios are presented does not answer that question. The Decision Question Is the portfolio attractive

The Decision Question Week 1 answered: Are we performing above or below expectation? The next natural question is: What is driving the change in loss ratios? Loss ratios can move because of: claim frequency claim severity large losses Without separating these drivers, pricing decisions risk targeting the wrong lever . A loss ratio of 75% can mean very different things: Stable, credible portfolio Large exposure base, predictable development, stable frequency → 75% is informa