Risk Based Capital Solvency Levels Of Insurance Companies
In the insurance industry, knowledge about the financial condition of an insurer to be something important. This is because, the insurance company who sell their insurance products which are in the form of a guarantee for any damage incurred due to the occurrence of the risk-the risk of danger that is guaranteed in a policy
Reliance on an insurance company from its customers, be grounded by the insurance company’s financial health in particular is to be able to provide indemnification for losses suffered by its customers, and in General, an insurance company is believed to be able to meet all obligations through evidence that the insurer’s financial condition healthy enough to run his business by having the assets and capital strength in excess of total liabilities assets.
Departing from the background, the Government through the Ministry of finance, establish regulations, namely the Finance Minister’s Decision No. 481/KMK/017/1999 about health insurance companies and reinsurance dated 7 October 1999.
In Act No. 2/1992 declared ahwa brokerage firm insurance and reinsurance brokerage firm have duties and function to represent the interests of the customer in terms of the occurrence of the insurance contract transactions. The implications of the task and function of this made the insurance and reinsurance brokerage companies have a responsibility to the Security Fund provided by the client as well as being able to fulfill a promise by the person or company responsible.
A. DEFINITION OF RISK BASED CAPITAL
Risk Based Capital is one of the methods of measurement Limit the level of Solvency required in legislation in measuring the level of the financial health of an insurance company to ensure fulfillment of obligations of the insurance and Reinsurance by knowing the size of the capital needs of the company in accordance with the level of risk faced by companies in managing their wealth and their obligations.
B. PURPOSE OF RISK BASED CAPITAL
The purpose of the Risk Based Capital is to:
1. know the magnitude of the needs of the company’s capital in accordance with the level of risk faced by companies in managing their wealth and their obligations.
2. measuring the rate of financial health.
3. reducing the cost of insolvency
4. Determine the risk factor proportional to the risk of insolvency.
5. Help regulators (Government) in measuring the actual value of the equities.
6. Anticipate the issues that will come up.
