andreas rauter, uniqa reparis workshop, vienna march 15, 2006
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Adoption of IFRS in the Insurance Sector. Andreas Rauter, UNIQA REPARIS Workshop, Vienna March 15, 2006. AGENDA. Starting Point – Local GAAP Current IFRS Practice IFRS 4 (Phase I) Agreed Consensus on Accounting Principles Open Issues / Hot Topics IFRS & Solvency II. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Andreas Rauter, UNIQA
REPARIS Workshop, Vienna March 15, 2006
Adoption of IFRS Adoption of IFRS in the in the
Insurance SectorInsurance Sector
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AGENDA
Starting Point – Local GAAP
Current IFRS Practice IFRS 4 (Phase I)
Agreed Consensus on Accounting Principles
Open Issues / Hot Topics
IFRS & Solvency II
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Starting Point – Local GAAP
25 different EU-Countries / 25 different valuation techniques for insurance liabilities
different models and calibration for valuation
different portion of prudence included in valuation
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statutory books & local filings
Single accounts still “exclusively” local GAAP regulators customers (as contracting legal entity) tax authorities & the public
Filings with regulators are based on single accounts following statutory/local GAAP
Solvency Regime based on book values
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Burdens in existing reporting
to much focus on prudence
Focus still on book values for Solvency Ie.g. Securities at book valueReal Estate at book value
Solvency on Group Level can be IFRS based but less guidancedifferent treatment of IFRS positions for Solvency across Europe
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Current IFRS Practise IFRS 4 (Phase I)
Different local techniques for valuation of insurance liabilities during Phase I will:
produce uncomparable IFRS-Financial Statements for first time preparers
postpone the conversion projects on a harmonized valuation
force existing IFRS-preparers to follow US-GAAP
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Agreed Consensus on Accounting Principles
CFO Forum published Principles for an IFRS Phase II Insurance Model
Insurance Industry broadly agrees on these Principles
Principles are addressed to the IASB-Insurance Working Group
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Agreed Consensus on Accounting Principles
Model for Insurance Measurement
no gain at inception / periodical review of underlying assumptions and unlocking if appropriate
profit realization according to release from risk
initial investment in contracts as intangible assets
best estimate on present value of future cash flows (? level of prudence/risk margin for uncertainty)
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Agreed Consensus on Accounting Principles
Unit of Account – measurement on a portfolio basis
Reflection of expected policyholder behavior in measurement techniques
Valuation of options and guarantees as part of the insurance liability
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Agreed Consensus on Accounting Principles
asset/liability measurement reflecting product mechanics (e.g. discretionary participation features) and management rules
Value-based reporting only as supplementary information in the notes to financial statements
Determination of risk margins not guided in detail, management has to meet the principles outlined.
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Agreed Consensus on Accounting Principles
Issues not fully resolved so far:
Fair value measurement for participating contracts
Accounting principles foe participating principles
How to quantify the release from risk?
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Status IASB so far
tentative Board Decisions:
Principles, not detailed guidance
Non-life claims liabilities to be approached with Discounting & Risk adjustments
two approaches for non-life ‘pre-claims’ period:
Unearned premium approach (Deferral of acquisition costs, Liability adequacy test with discounting and risk adjustment) or
Future cash flows approach (with discounting and risk margins)
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Status IASB so far
ad Life Insurance:
Board has started to discuss in early 2006
Working group – most favour either: Current entry value, or Current exit value
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Open Issues / Hot Topics
unlocking of assumptions when to unlock entity-specific or consistent interpretation
risk adjustment based on valuation for a concideration for bearing risk
or risk margin as “shock absorber” for unexpected changes
in assumptions
measurement of participation features P/L based performance based
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Open Issues / Hot Topics
if no profit at inception how to justify embedded value
how binding are management rules (investments held to maturity)
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Solvency II Project will not “wait” for IFRS 4 valuation input on fair value of insurance contracts
Independent guidance on valuation techniques
Quantitative Impact Studies
Calls for Advice
IFRS & Solvency II
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Basic principles:
Economic value based approach
Capital requirement over a 1-year time horizon, however includes impact on all future liabilities and therefore represents “fair value”
Capital calculated to a confidence interval of 99.5% (i.e. 1 in 200 year event)*
Accounts for diversification effects across risks and risk mitigation
Basic Principles for Solvency II
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Overview of the Economic Balance Sheet
Valuation of MVL - focus of this paper
Available for
Solvency Capital Requirement
/Minimum Capital Requirement
Market value of total assets (MVA)
Best estimate
Market value margin (MVM)
Min. Capital Requirement(MCR)
Solvency CapitalRequirement (SCR)
Excess capital
Market- consistent value of liabilities(MVL)
ASSETS LIABILITIES
Source: Comité Européen des Assurances (CEA)
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Thank you for listening!