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Financial services P&L: banks and insurers

Reading bank and insurer profit: net interest income and margin, fees, cost/income ratio, and credit losses for banks; loss, expense, and combined ratios for insurers.

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Key takeaways

  • Build a bank's profit from net interest income, fees, costs, and credit losses.
  • A bank earns the difference between the interest it receives and pays, plus fees, minus costs and credit losses; an insurer earns if premiums exceed claims and expenses, plus investment income.
  • Use net interest margin, cost/income ratio, and cost of risk.
  • Build an insurer's underwriting result with loss, expense, and combined ratios.
  • Find the driver of a change and the levers to fix it.
By the end you will be able to
  • Build a bank's profit from net interest income, fees, costs, and credit losses
  • Use net interest margin, cost/income ratio, and cost of risk
  • Build an insurer's underwriting result with loss, expense, and combined ratios
  • Find the driver of a change and the levers to fix it