Limited Liability
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Definitions
Steps For Starting A Limited Liability Plan
Limited Liability Procedures
Bank Account Reconciliation Spreadsheet Explanation
Sample: Bank Account Reconciliation Spreadsheet
Sample: Statement of Experience
Sample: Reserve Analysis
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Definitions
This is a list of terms common to your Limited Liability Plan. In all instances, please refer to our Benefits
Document for terms specific to your Plan.
Annual Liability Limit
Sum of all Monthly Liability Limits for each Policy Year.
Company
Mutual of Omaha, United of Omaha or Exclusive Healthcare, Inc.
Deposit Account
Account set up for Employer at Employer’s Bank to which Monthly Liability
Limit Deposits are made. If a segregated account is not used for Monthly
Liability Limit Deposits, the Deposit Account is the account designated, by the
Employer at the Employer’s Bank, for periodic transfer to the Plan Benefit
Account, up to the Liability Limit.
Employer
Policyholder.
Employer’s Bank
Bank selected by Employer and approved by the Company from which Liability
Limit Deposits will be transferred.
First National Bank of Omaha
First National Bank of Omaha, Nebraska, where the Plan Benefit Account is
maintained.
Plan Benefit Account
First National Bank of Omaha account on which Plan benefit payment drafts are
issued by the Company.
Self-Funded Monthly
Liability Limit
Determined each month by multiplying the number of covered employee in
each class by the rates specified in the Liability Limit Agreement plus any
portions of any previous month’s Monthly Liability Limit that have not been
transferred to the Plan Benefit Account since the most recent renewal of the
policy (policies) (excludes transfers made in current year for prior year
adjustments).
Surplus
Balance of Self-funded Liability Limit that has not been transferred to the Plan
Benefit Account or released to the Employer.
Transfer Amount
Any periodic transfer of Employer’s funds (up to the Liability Limit) from the
Deposit Account to the Plan Benefit Account.
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Steps for Starting a Limited Liability Plan
You (Policyholder):
•
Establish a bank account to cover self-funded claims.
•
Authorize ACH fund transfers to the Plan Benefit Account.
•
Make self-funded liability limit funds available for transfer to the Plan Benefit Account.
•
Pay monthly premiums to cover retention expenses, pooling charges and premium taxes.
•
If you hold reserves, you should establish and maintain a terminal reserve account.
We (Company):
•
Set up a Plan Benefit Account in your name at First National Bank of Omaha.
•
Monitor your monthly self-funded liability limit.
•
We request ACH fund transfer as claim drafts are issued.
•
Deposit funds in your Plan Benefit Account for claims exceeding your self-funded liability limit.
•
Provide monthly account reconciliation reports.
•
Provide an annual Statement of Experience and renewal report, plus your self-funded accounting reports.
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Limited Liability Procedures
This section explains the monthly processing of your Limited Liability program. The initial installation steps are as
follows:
•
Establish a Deposit Account at your bank or designate an account for ACH (Automatic Clearing House)
transfers to the Plan Benefit Account. The Company will establish a Plan Benefit Account in your name at
First National Bank of Omaha.
•
Authorize your bank to honor periodic ACH transfers to the Plan Benefit Account. We will initiate the first
transfer when the first claim draft is issued. Amounts of transfers will vary, depending issued claim volume.
The Company's only requirement is that adequate funds, up to the Self-funded Liability Limit, are in the
Plan Benefit Account to cover issued drafts. The Company will fund claims in excess of the Self-funded
Liability Limit and medical pooled claims.
•
If the Company does not receive timely notice of the deposit amount, the Company will use the previous
month's deposit in estimating the Liability Limit for transfer of funds from the Deposit Account. Any
required adjustments will be made the following month.
•
We will initiate periodic ACH transfers from your Deposit Account up to the Self-funded Liability Limit.
The transfer amount will be determined by the issued claim volume. You and your bank may also monitor
your Self-funded Liability Limit, which is the cumulative monthly deposits less amounts already transferred
to the Plan Benefit Account for the current policy year.
The flowchart on the following page shows the processing steps for billing and the flow of funds.
Month-end Reporting
The Company will forward a Bank Account Reconciliation Spreadsheet to the Employer by approximately the 15th business day
of the following month. This shows overall cash surplus or deficit and available funds in the Deposit Account and the First
National Bank of Omaha Plan Benefit Account. A sample of the Bank Account Reconciliation Spreadsheet is included in this
section.
Direct Bank Account Reconciliation questions to Group Financial Claim Data Management (402) 351-6194.
Policy Year-end
Sixty to ninety days before the policy anniversary date, the Employer will receive change requirements or
adjustments for Premium, Liability Limit and/or Terminal Reserve.
Within 120 days after the policy anniversary date, the Employer will receive:
•
•
•
a Statement of Experience,
a Release of Surplus Funds Letter (if applicable),
a Self-funded Accounting, and
At the end of the policy year we may initiate an ACH transfer of surplus funds from the Deposit Account under the
following situations:
•
•
Cancellation (all surplus funds) or
Prior year's deficits funded by the Company (surplus to cover all deficits).
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Policy Year end Reporting (cont’d)
In all other situations, transactions (releases or recoveries) will occur within 120 days after the policy anniversary
date when the Statement of Experience and the Release of Surplus Funds Letter are sent to the Employer.
Note:
At policy year-end, surplus funds must remain available for ACH transfer by Us until the statement
of experience is complete and the Company releases the funds.
Sample Flow of Funds Chart
Flow Of Funds
Monthly Premium
Employer
Company
Drafts
Issued
Monthly
Deposit
Company
Account Used If
Claims Exceed
Liability Limit
Claimant
Drafts
Cleared
Employer’s Bank
Deposit Account
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ACH Transfer to Account up to
Policy Year Self-funded Liability Limit
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First National Bank
of Omaha Benefit
Account
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Bank Account Reconciliation Spread Sheet Explanation
Limited Liability
Bank Account Reconciliation
Column Title
Column Explanations
Policyholder Transfer Account
Deposits (Liability Limit)
Policyholder’s monthly liability limit. (Rate X exposures) The monthly
liability limit is accumulative for the policy year
Transfer out
Monthly fund transfers from Policyholder’s bank account to our First
National Bank of Omaha account (refer to “Transfer In From Bank
Account” column). Amount will not exceed current month’s liability limit
plus any surplus amounts from previous months’ within the current policy
year.
Prior year Transfers Out
Fund transfers resulting from prior year annual accounting statements
(Statement of Experience).
Prior Year Releases
Release of prior year’s unused deposit liability resulting from annual
accounting statements (statement of Experience).
Balance
Beginning Funds carried forward from prior year – plus deposits – less
fund transfers, prior year transfers and prior year releases.
First National Bank of Omaha Plan Benefit Account
Transfer In From Bank Account
Monthly fund transfers from Policyholder’s bank account to our First
National Bank of Omaha account (refer to “Transfer Out” column).
Total Cashed Claims
Total monthly claims cashed through First National Bank of Omaha
account.
Companies Funded or (Recovered)
Deposits funded by United for cashed claims that are in excess of the
Policyholder’s accumulative liability limit amount; or (withdrawals) made
by us from the Policyholder’s bank account to recover claims funded by us
during prior months of the current policy year. Recoveries are only made
on Policyholder’s surplus funds.
Pooled Claims
Deposits funded by us for issued claims exceeding the pooling limit for an
individual. Deposits for pooled claims reflected in the first month of a
policy year are actually for pooled claims issued during the last month of
the prior policy year.
Other Deposits or (Withdrawals)
Transactions resulting from prior year annual accounting statements (refer
to “Prior Year Transfers Out” column). Also may include adjustments for
bank and coding errors within tolerance.
End Balance per Book
Beginning bank balance carried forward from prior year – plus fund
transfers in – less cashed claims—plus deposits made by us for Company
funded claims and Pooled claims—plus/minus other transactions for prior
year annual accounting and bank and coding errors within tolerance.
Issued Claims
Total monthly issued claims
Outstanding Claims
Prior year’s outstanding claims carried forward, plus current month’s
issued claims, less current month’s cashed claims.
Current Year Surplus or (Deficit)
Current policy year’s Deposits (liability limit), less total issued claims,
plus pooled claims.
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Bank Account Reconciliation Spreadsheet Sample
MUTUAL OF OMAHA
LIMITED LIABILITY SPREADSHEET
November 9, 2004
Please direct inquiries to: (###)###-####
Policyholder Name:
ABC Corporation
Group ID:
FF0ABC1
Bank Account:
##########
Policyholder Transfer Account
(1)
Deposits
(Liability
Limit)
Transfer
Out
Prior Year
Transfers
Out
Plan Benefit Account
Prior Year
Releases
Prior Year Carry Forward Balance
Balance
Transfer
In
From
PH
Account
Total
Cashed
Claims
Company
Funded
Claims
56,624.58
(2)
Pooled
Claims
Other
Deposits or
Withdrawals
Prior Year Carry Forward Balance
Ending
Bank
Balance
(3)
Issued
Outstanding
Claims
Claims
539.90
(1)+(2)-(3)
Current
Year
Surplus
/Deficit
19,128.33
05/04
48.574.74
45,000.00
0.00
0.00
60,199.32
45,000.00
54,879.42
(2,229.42)
11,569.42
0.00
.48
57,272.95
18.521.86
5,871.21
06/04
48.327.31
52,000.00
0.00
0.00
56,526.63
52.000.00
67.135.58
12,573.00
0.00
0.00
(2562.10)
73,586.76
24,973.04
(19,388.24)
07/04
80.637.42
48,000.00
0.00
0.00
89.164.05
48,000.00
59.183.99
10,922.52
2,824.48
0.00
0.91
47,109.52
12,898.57
16,964.14
08/04
71.752.73
92,000.00
0.00
0.00
68,916.78
92,000.00
68.605.26
(257.67)
257.67
0.00
23,395.65
64,505.47
8,798.78
24,469.07
09/04
69.807.52
77,000.00
57.165.00
(0.52)
4,559.82 134,165.00
71,490.51
(21,008.43)
21,105.10
0.00
86,166.81
76,691.85
14,000.12
38,689.84
10/04
70,093.93
12,000.00
0.00
0.00
62.653.75
12,000.00
78.222.55
20,119.00
17,102.02
(57,165.00)
0.28
77,729.78
13,507.35
48,156.01
11/04
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
62.653.75
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.28
0.00
13,507.35
48,156.01
00/00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
62.653.75
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.28
0.00
13,507.35
48,156.01
00/00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
62.653.75
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.28
0.00
13,507.35
48,156.01
00/00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
62.653.75
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.28
0.00
13,507.35
48,156.01
00/00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
62.653.75
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.28
0.00
13,507.35
48,156.01
00/00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
62.653.75
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.28
0.00
13,507.35
48,156.01
389.193.65 326,000.00
57,165.00
(0.52)
383.165.00
399,517.31
20,119.00
52,858.69
(57,165.00)
TOTAL
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Statement of Experience Statement Sample – The Company Holds Reserves
STATEMENT OF EXPERIENCE
POLICYHOLDER NAME
LOCATION
01-01-06 TO 01-01-07
POLICY NUMBER
MEDICAL
960,000
0
117,000
843,000
A.
PREMIUM
LESS POOLED AD&D
LESS POOLED PREMIUM
NET PREMIUM
B. .
CLAIMS PAID BY INSURANCE COMPANY
LESS POOLED AD&D
LESS POOLED CLAIMS
NET PAID CLAIMS
LESS BEGINNING OUTSTANDING
ENDING OUTSTANDING
LESS BEGINNING RESERVE
ENDING RESERVE
INCURRED CLAIMS
C.
CONVERSION CHARGES
0
D. .
RETENTION
INTEREST ADJUSTMENT
NET RETENTION
344,000
(9,600)
334,400
E.
BALANCE (A-B-C-D)
PRIOR DEFICIT
CONTRACT PREMIUM DUE
STABILIZATION RESERVE TRANSFER
NET BALANCE
0
0
0
0
0
F.
TRANSFER DUE FROM SELF FUNDS
0
G.
CUMULATIVE BALANCE
0
SELF-FUNDED ACCOUNTING:
BEGINNING SELF FUNDED BALANCE
SELF-FUNDED DEPOSIT
SELF-FUNDED CLAIMS
SELF-FUNDED BALANCE
TRANSFER TO PREMIUM DEFICIT
TRANSFER TO STABILIZATION RESERVE
NET SELF FUNDED BALANCE
50,000
0
50,000
0
0
28,600
0
480,000
508,600
0
2,040,000
(1,800,000)
240,000
0
0
240,000
* BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD TO POLICY PERIOD 01-01-07 TO 01-01-08
TOTAL NET FUNDS
GROUP OFFICE
01/01/2006
2,883,000
(GROUP OFFICE NAME)
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Statement of Experience Statement Sample - The Employer Holds Reserves
STATEMENT OF EXPERIENCE
POLICYHOLDER NAME
LOCATION
01-01-06 TO 01-01-07
POLICY NUMBER
MEDICAL
480,000
0
107,400
372,600
A.
PREMIUM
LESS POOLED AD&D
LESS POOLED PREMIUM
NET PREMIUM
B. .
CLAIMS PAID BY INSURANCE COMPANY
LESS POOLED AD&D
LESS POOLED CLAIMS
NET PAID CLAIMS
LESS BEGINNING OUTSTANDING
ENDING OUTSTANDING
LESS BEGINNING RESERVE
ENDING RESERVE
INCURRED CLAIMS
C.
CONVERSION CHARGES
0
D. .
RETENTION
INTEREST ADJUSTMENT
NET RETENTION
344,000
0
344,000
E.
BALANCE (A-B-C-D)
PRIOR DEFICIT
CONTRACT PREMIUM DUE
STABILIZATION RESERVE TRANSFER
NET BALANCE
0
0
0
0
0
F.
TRANSFER DUE FROM SELF FUNDS
0
G.
CUMULATIVE BALANCE
0
SELF-FUNDED ACCOUNTING:
BEGINNING SELF FUNDED BALANCE
SELF-FUNDED DEPOSIT
SELF-FUNDED CLAIMS
SELF-FUNDED BALANCE
TRANSFER TO PREMIUM DEFICIT
TRANSFER TO STABILIZATION RESERVE
NET SELF FUNDED BALANCE
50,000
0
50,000
0
0
28,600
0
0
28,600
0
2,040,000
(1,800,000)
240,000
0
0
240,000
* BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD TO POLICY PERIOD 01-01-07 TO 01-01-08
TOTAL NET FUNDS
GROUP OFFICE
01/01/2006
2,412,600
(GROUP OFFICE NAME)
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Reserve Analysis - Sample
RESERVE ANALYSIS
GROUP NAME:
LOCATION:
GROUP I.D.:
POLICY PERIOD:
ABC CORPORATION
OMAHA, NEBRASKA
G000ABC1
08-01-03 TO 08-01-04
Claims Incurred Prior to, Paid After 04-01-04:
April , 2004
May
June
July
49,263
_________
$492,626
Estimated Remaining Runout
Total
Claims Incurred Prior to, Paid After 07-01-04:
July, 2004
August
$279,652
141,177
147,856
_________
$568,688
Estimated Remaining Runout
$492,626
568,688
_________
$1,061,314
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$247,584
92,392
50,279
35,819
17,289
Divided by 2 =
Reserve Adjustment Factor x
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530,657
1,100
_________
$583,723
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