TransRe is a global reinsurer headquartered in New York that is a subsidiary of Alleghany Corporation. It provides property and casualty reinsurance and has operations worldwide with key offices in several regions. TransRe is seeking to improve its financial reporting and automation processes by implementing an integrated Hyperion solution to replace its use of manual and Excel-based processes, which will help it meet tight reporting deadlines.

1. Company Overview
• TransRe is a subsidiary of Alleghany Corporation (NYSE: Y), an owner of subsidiaries and investments anchored by core
holdings in property and casualty reinsurance and insurance.
• Transatlantic Reinsurance Company (“TransRe”) is Global Reinsurer headquartered in New York
• 4 US Corporations and worldwide operations with key offices in Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, South America, &
Middle East;
• Operate a branch and legal entity structure for reporting needs.
• Insure direct writer insurance companies as well as other reinsurers in two major product lines:
• Property which includes fire, auto physical damage, and homeowner’s multi peril i.e. property catastrophe risks.;
• Casualty & Other Liability including D&O, errors and omissions, and general liability, medical malpractice, ocean
marine and aviation, auto liability A&H, surety and credit.
• Key financial highlights 2015
• Total Assets $15.2 Billion
• Stockholder’s Equity $ 5.2 Billion
• Net Premium Written $ 3.4 Billion
• Underwriting profit $327.0 Million
• Total employees worldwide 627
TransRe – Overview

2. TransRe – Business Challenges
• Reporting deadlines
• US GAAP & US Statutory
• Reliance on manual data entry, manual interfaces & Excel
• Multi-functional currency environment
• Lack of standardization
• Reporting packages, review & deadlines
• Automation
• Multiple versions of the truth

3. Integrated Approach
• One source
• Self administered
• Automation
• Leverage existing knowledge
TransRe – Approach
Non-Integrated Approach
• Multiple tools require multiple support organizations
• Numerous integration points
• Application to application reconciliations
• Not cost efficient
vs
Applications
• HFM
• HTP
• ARM
• FCM
• Essbase

4. TransRe – Current Environment
Manual entries
Cash processing
PAM - Investments
TIRS - Reinsurance
Manual
Processes
SUN GL
FDM / Flat Files
Elimination Entries
Hyperion Tax
Provision
Hyperion Financial
Management
Account
Reconciliation
Manager
• Alleghany reporting
package
• External reporting
Reporting deadlines:
• President’s Letter – 7 days from quarter end
• US GAAP to Alleghany - 18 days from quarter end
• Audit & Finance Committee – 14 days from quarter end
• US Statutory – 45 days from quarter end & 60 from year end
Essbase

5. • Small, phased approach
• One change at a time
• Organizational readiness
• From US to global rollout
• Define & confirm requirements
• Leverage the knowledge of the implementation partner
• Ensure goals are understood
TransRe – Implementation methodology

6. TransRe – Business Benefits
Reinforced Metadata
Governance
Alignment
Reporting consistency
Finance Process
Improvements
Ownership
Eliminates redundant, manual
worksheets
Ability to achieve efficiencies
IT Process
Improvements
Improved audit controls
Reduces IT projects
Dynamic reporting
Reduced waiting
Analytics, less “doing”
Reporting
Enhancements

7. • Application enhancements
• Adjustments to HTP for automation & reporting
• Global rollout for US GAAP
– Miami & Canada
• Identification of local needs
– Reporting
• IFRS
• OSFI
• Solvency II
– Local provisions
– Local currency reporting needs
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TransRe – Next Steps

8. TransRe – Features Leveraged
• HFM
• Tiered Entity translation
• Multiple exchange rates
• HTP
• Customizable forms & reports
• Tax Automation flexibility
• ARM
• Multi-currency support
• Reconciliation types
• Reconciliations for multiple sources
• Custom attributes
• FDMEE
• Support for HFM/HTP, ARM, and Essbase

9. TransRe – HFM Features
• Entity translation
• Entities are remeasured to functional currency in G/L for certain
combinations
• Entities are loaded in multiple functional currencies to HFM and then
translated to reporting currency (USD)

10. TransRe – HFM & HTP Features
• HFM - Multiple exchange rates
• Rates are different for investment accounts
• Custom translation rules use investment rates as an override; the other
accounts use the default rates
• HTP - Customizable forms & reports
• OOB FR reports tailored to produce full reporting package
• Forms tailored to TransRe usage to simplify presentation
• HTP - Tax Automation
• Automate as much as possible from account detail
• Leverage accumulate mode to layer multiple components instead of custom
rules

11. TransRe – ARM Features
• Multicurrency
• Able to track and reconcile transactional data by currency
(subledgers/3rd party to ledger)
• Able to track and reconcile functional data by currency (ledger to HFM)
• Custom attributes
• Used to classify and filter reconciliations
• Multiple reconciliations for same Account / Entity pairs
• Used 2 character abbreviation as part of Account Key to delineate
reconciliations

12. TransRe – ARM Features
• Types of reconciliations
• Bank accounts (Transactional)
• Balance comparison from third party to ledger
• Investments (Transactional / Functional)
• Activity (rollforward) from third party custodian
• Balance comparison from third party to ledger
• Balance comparison from ledger to HFM
• Underwriting (Functional)
• Balance comparison from ledger to HFM
• Other Balance Sheet (Functional)
• Balance comparison from ledger to HFM
• Account analysis of payroll accounts from ledger to be added in future

13. TransRe – FDMEE Features
• HFM/HTP
• G/L
• ARM
• Bank data (3rd party)
• Investment data (3rd party)
• Underwriting data (subledger)
• G/L data – Transactional and Functional
• HFM data
• Leveraged Logic Groups to load once to populate multiple reconciliation types
• Essbase for underwriting and investment cubes

14. Q&A