Insurance Company - Technical Provisions Assets of a Value Sufficient to Cover Technical Provisions and Other Liabilities

Application provision

1.1 Unless otherwise stated, this Part applies to:

  1. (1) a non-directive insurer, other than a non-directive friendly society; and
  2. (2) subject to 1.2, a Swiss general insurer.

4.1

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Subject to 4.3, a firm (other than a composite firm) must hold admissible assets of a value at least equal to the amount of:

    1. (1) the technical provisions that it is required to establish under:
      1. (a) 2.1; or
      2. (b) 2.2; and
    2. (2) its other:
      1. (a) general insurance liabilities; or
      2. (b) long-term insurance liabilities.

4.2

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Subject to 4.3, a composite firm must ensure that it holds;

  1. (1) admissible assets separately identified in accordance with Insurance Company – Internal Contagion Risk 4.1 of a value at least equal to 4.1(1)(a) and 4.1(2)(a); and
  2. (2) other admissible assets (other than those excluded under 4.3) of a value at least equal to 4.1(1)(b) and 4.1(2)(b).

4.3

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For the purposes of 4.1 and 4.2, a firm (other than a pure reinsurer) must exclude property-linked liabilities and index-linked liabilities and the assets held to cover them under Insurance Company – Risk Management 4.

4.4

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For the purpose of determining the value of assets available to meet technical provisions and other long-term insurance liabilities in accordance with 4.1, 4.2 and Non-Solvency II Firms - With-Profits 2.1, to the extent already offset in the calculation of technical provisions, no value is to be attributed to:

  1. (1) debts owed by reinsurers;
  2. (2) a claim under a contract of insurance;
  3. (3) tax recoveries; or
  4. (4) claims against compensation funds.