EIOPA · 2015

Reporting Templates

Regulation
(EU) No 2009/138 - Solvency II Directive (Insurance and Reinsurance)
Article
35
Topic
Reporting Templates
Submitted
2019-08-27
Answered
2020-02-12

Question

Can you kindly explain why the NET SCR for diversification risk has to be reported as a negative value please in template S.25.01.01.01?   Furthermore, if the life undertakings report a net SCR of -15% vs non-life undertakings -17%, what does this entail? I am mainly refering to the BSCR COMPOSITION – STANDARD FORMULA USERS Page 18 Figure 27 of the European Insurance Overview 2018.

Answer

According to Article 13 (37) of the Solvency II Directive on “Definitions", 'diversification effects' means the reduction in the risk exposure of insurance and reinsurance undertakings and groups related to the diversification of their business, resulting from the fact that the adverse outcome from one risk can be offset by a more favourable outcome from another risk, where those risks are not fully correlated. To be consistent with the definition of reduction in the risk exposure, it has to be reported as a negative value in the SCR calculation." Please note that figure 27 of page 18 of the European Insurance Overview 2018 does not report any data regarding life vs. non-life insurers's diversification effects.

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