- Before
- “I don’t want the market to ask us the same question twice.” Finds out at roadshow week which figures do not tie.
- Now
- Sees every chapter’s state, every gap with its owner and last year’s questions answered before she signs and releases.
One renewal pack, from source files to the broker
Harborline Mutual’s 2027 Property Catastrophe Program — $550M excess of $50M in four layers, seven reinsurers on the panel — is due to Callister Re Brokers in 11 days. Here is what happens next, screen by screen, in the working solution.
- 0111 days out
Every source file in, the pack not yet built
Renata Solís · Head of ceded reinsuranceThe pack opens on the program: expiring premium $43.2M, seven reinsurers, broker Callister Re Brokers, due Fri 30 Oct. All 31 source files are in — the policy extract at 30 Sep, the claims listings, the cat model output and own-view note, 14 rate filings and 22 underwriting notes, and last year’s pack with the 18 questions the panel asked. Every chapter reads “Not built · sources in”.
“Nothing is sent to anyone until you release it.”
- 02One click
“Assemble the pack” — and each chapter builds in view
The six agentsThe run log shows every step as it happens. The exposure profile builder reads the policy extract — 412,860 locations in force at 30 Sep, the Saltmarsh bordereau joined — and builds chapter 2. The loss history builder reads the claims listings, trends them to 2027 on Megan Tsai’s on-level factors, sees Ida develop from $138.9M to $142.6M and finds two large losses that are not on the list.
- 03Assembled
Last year’s questions, answered before anyone asks again
Question answererChapter 1 fills in question by question. Halvard Re’s Q1 on TIV growth gets its answer — $86.4B against $78.9B, +4.1 points from indexation, +5.4 points from more policies — and a flag to § 2.3 Exposure profile, where a margin note marks it. Fifteen are answered, two partly, one waiting on another chapter.
“Pack assembled · 15 of 18 questions answered up front · 7 gaps with owners”
- 04Checked
Seven gaps, each with an owner and a date
Consistency and lineage checkerEvery figure is tied across the five chapters, the cover letter and the finance plan at a 0.5% tolerance. Seven gaps come back, one blocking release: the Saltmarsh program is not in the modelled exposure. Subject premium differs between the cover letter ($1.14B) and the finance plan ($1.12B); two large fires are missing from the list; roof age is unknown for 31% of North Carolina homeowners.
“Nothing is fixed by picking a number.”
- 05Next
The modelled exposure is $2.3B short
Cat model reconcilerChapter 4 draws the occurrence exceedance curve with the four layers on it: 1-in-100 at $512M, program top reached at 1-in-169. But the model input holds $84.1B against an exposure profile of $86.4B. The 6,214 locations written through Saltmarsh Coastal Underwriters since 1 Apr were loaded after the model input was built on 22 Sep — and Corvane Re asked about exactly this last year.
The reconciler never runs or alters the cat model. It shows the gap and asks the cat modelling lead to re-run.
- 06Re-run
Hugo re-runs with the Saltmarsh locations, and signs chapter 4
Dr. Hugo Lindqvist · Catastrophe modelling leadThe re-run puts the 1-in-100 at $531M, the 1-in-250 at $711M and the average annual loss at $64.0M; the program now exhausts at 1-in-148, against 1-in-226 in last year’s pack. The bridge shows why the 1-in-100 moved from $468M: exposure growth +$39M, Cape Cod non-renewals −$8M, vendor model update +$6M, own view of risk +$7M, Saltmarsh locations +$19M.
“Re-run back from Hugo · 1-in-100 $531M · Q3 answered · chapter 4 signed”
- 07Same afternoon
The two missing fires go on the large-loss list
Renata Solís · Head of ceded reinsuranceRenata asks the assistant to add the two missing large losses and tell Corvane Re where — or presses “Add both to the list” on the gap. The warehouse fire in Linden, NJ ($7.8M, claim CL-24-031877) and the marina plaza fire in Bayport, NY ($5.6M, claim CL-25-047209) join the list: 12 losses of $5M or more, and Q10 is answered in § 3.4.
- 08Any figure
Where every figure comes from
Owen Pritchard · Ceded reinsurance analystEvery number in the pack has a trail. Total insured value, 2027: $86.4B, § 2.1, from the policy administration system, inforce_20260930.csv, 412,860 rows, extracted Tue 13 Oct 06:10, produced by the exposure profile builder. The 1-in-100 traces to Hugo’s own-view EP curves; the 2027 subject premium to the underwriting projection of 9 Oct.
“A figure without a trail cannot be released.”
- 09Released · 11 days early
Six checks passed, signed and released to Callister Re Brokers
Renata Solís · Head of ceded reinsuranceBefore it goes: five chapters and the cover letter built, chapter 4 signed by Dr. Hugo Lindqvist, 1,284 of 1,284 figures with a source trail, last year’s questions answered, no gap blocking release, no policyholder names or street addresses. Renata signs, and version 1.0 goes to Callum Reyes for the panel of seven: a 64-page PDF, exposure data by ZIP and grid, cat events and large losses, the EP curves and own-view note, and the answers letter — 17 of 18 answered, the 18th (roof age for 31% of North Carolina homeowners) declared with its capture plan, complete by 31 Mar 2027.
“Released to Callister Re Brokers today, 11 days before the deadline. Version 1.0 is frozen; changes after this are a new version, sent with a change note.”