This document provides an overview of a predictive model developed by Transparent Solutions to forecast surety claims in the construction industry. The model was able to accurately predict 78% of claims on a back-tested basis by analyzing operational, financial, and macroeconomic risk factors for over 18,000 contractors. The ratings assigned by the model can help insurers and banks better price bonds and loans based on contractor risk levels. Implementing this predictive solution could help reduce losses from project failures in the construction industry.
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MMO Discovery Project
Findings and Recommendations
Transparent Solutions
July 2014
The Prediction of Contractor Claims
An Overview of Our Solution
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2Pain Points in Construction Risk
Poor Metrics
Current credit metrics are not
tailored to construction risk.
Surety Confusion
Which contractors do I worry
about? Project owners & GCs
can’t police everyone.
Boom-Bust Cycle
Bad times often wipe out results from
good times. Let’s break the cycle.
High Cost of Failure
Project failure is a major expense.
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3The Big Idea
Construction surety losses
approached $1 billion for the
insurance sector in 2011. Chief Risk
Officers need to leverage
sophisticated capital markets
techniques to predict losses better.
Transparent Solutions has built a
beta predictive model based on real
world data that accurately forecasts
material surety claims 12 months
out.
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4Understanding the True Risks
Surety involves a complex data set, since it lies between both corporate
and consumer credit models, across operational and credit risks.
Corporate
Income/Demographics Driven
(small companies)
Financial Statement Driven
(large and medium firms)
Consumer
Ideal Surety Solution
“Contractor Rating”
Components of Surety Defaults
Credit Risk
Operational
Risk
Systemic Risk
Financial Performance
Probability that contractor has
enough financial strength to meet
performance
Operational Performance
Performance and execution
record of contractor. Five
categories of performance
Macroeconomic Events
Effect of business cycle on proper
contract performance
Large, Medium
& Small Firms
Strategic Solution = (1) Contractor Score + (2) Active Portfolio Management
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5Alpha Rating Model Results
Recap: large P&C company provided 18K financial years of data.
Model identified 78% of claims on a back-tested basis.
50%
Contractor Risk Buckets
PercentofClaimsCaptured
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28%
14%
6%
2%
Low
Risk
High
Risk
Majority of claims captured in risk
buckets “5” + “4”
Claims Prediction Model Results
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6Value of Ratings to Insurers & Banks
Bond Price Per $1,000 Rating
Bond #1 $6.00 3
Bond #2 $8.00 7
Bond #3 $12.00 9
Bond #4 $6.50 4
Bond #5 $7.00 6 Underwriting
Committee
Who should we bond?
And at what price?
Ratings enhance bond and loan underwriting and…
It better predicts the risk of a claim or default
It creates an optimal price for each bucket of risk
It returns reason codes for the assigned score
It improves market pricing discipline and credit insight
Contractor Rating (1=Best Risk, 10=Worst Risk)