EIOPA · 818

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Regulation
Guidelines on application of outwards reinsurance
Submitted
2016-10-26
Answered
2019-10-16

Question

•    Is it correct that we (Belgium) have to apply the method of applying reinsurance after diversification for Pillar 1 calculations ? •    What about the other countries : Bulgaria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Luxemburg ? Can you confirm that they all have to work with the method after diversification for Pillar 1 calculations? •    What do we do on group level if there is a difference in method between Belgium and the other countries ?

Answer

Guidelines on application of outwards reinsurance’s Introduction 1.15 clarify among others the definitions of the “Gross loss” (=> indication/hint of the treatment of inuring diversifications): i.    “For risk mitigation being applied in a sub-module which has no dependency on other sub-modules, the loss calculated according to the formula in this sub-module;ii.    For risk mitigation being applied in a sub-module which does have a dependency on other sub-module(s), the loss calculated according to the formula in this sub-module but using, as inputs to the formula, the results from each sub-module net of risk mitigation applied (if any) in the sub-modules on which this sub-module depends.”(Source: https://eiopa.europa.eu/Publications/Guidelines/Outwards_Re_GLs_EN.pdf) Identifying the “inuring” diversifications is complex. Nevertheless the materiality of these “inuring” diversifications has to be identified. If material, the undertaken has to model after diversification; If non-material, the undertaken doesn’t have to model the diversification and it has to document this simplification accordingly.

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