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<p>Bot: Creating new article from JSON</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>💵 &#039;&#039;&#039;Net retained premium&#039;&#039;&#039; is the portion of [[Definition:Written premium | written premium]] an [[Definition:Insurance carrier | insurance carrier]] keeps after ceding shares to [[Definition:Reinsurer | reinsurers]] under its various [[Definition:Reinsurance | reinsurance]] agreements. It is the revenue base that ultimately supports the insurer&#039;s own [[Definition:Claims | claims]] obligations, [[Definition:Operating expense | operating expenses]], and profit — making it one of the most telling figures on the insurer&#039;s financial statements. While [[Definition:Gross written premium | gross written premium]] captures the total volume of business produced, net retained premium reveals the economic scale of risk the company has elected to bear.<br /> <br /> 🔄 The mechanics are straightforward in principle: the insurer writes a [[Definition:Policy | policy]] and records the full [[Definition:Premium | premium]], then subtracts any amounts transferred to reinsurers through [[Definition:Quota share reinsurance | quota share]], [[Definition:Surplus share reinsurance | surplus share]], or other [[Definition:Proportional reinsurance | proportional]] cessions. [[Definition:Non-proportional reinsurance | Non-proportional]] arrangements like [[Definition:Excess of loss reinsurance | excess of loss]] treaties also reduce the insurer&#039;s effective exposure, though their premium cost is recorded as [[Definition:Ceded premium | ceded premium]] rather than a proportional share. The resulting net retained premium figure then flows into [[Definition:Earned premium | earned premium]] calculations as the coverage period elapses, feeding directly into [[Definition:Underwriting | underwriting]] income and [[Definition:Loss ratio (L/R) | loss ratio]] computations.<br /> <br /> 📉 Monitoring net retained premium gives executives, analysts, and [[Definition:Insurance regulator | regulators]] a direct window into an insurer&#039;s risk appetite and how that appetite has shifted over time. A sharp decline in net retained premium relative to gross may indicate that the company is increasing its reinsurance purchases — perhaps in response to [[Definition:Catastrophe | catastrophe]] losses, tightening [[Definition:Capital adequacy | capital constraints]], or a strategic pivot to a fee-based [[Definition:Managing general agent (MGA) | MGA]] model. Conversely, growth in net retained premium without a proportional increase in [[Definition:Policyholder surplus | surplus]] warrants scrutiny, as it suggests the insurer is taking on more risk per dollar of capital. This interplay makes net retained premium essential for assessing both [[Definition:Underwriting leverage | leverage]] and long-term financial sustainability.<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Related concepts:&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=20em}}<br /> * [[Definition:Gross written premium]]<br /> * [[Definition:Ceded premium]]<br /> * [[Definition:Net written premium]]<br /> * [[Definition:Retention]]<br /> * [[Definition:Earned premium]]<br /> * [[Definition:Net premium to surplus ratio]]<br /> {{Div col end}}</div>

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