IFRS 17 Update
2nd Indonesian Actuaries Summit
21 April 2017
Kelvin Yap
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The objectives of today
To outline particular issues
the Indonesian industry may be
face
To understand what other insurers are
doing To outline the
impact to the insurance industry
under IFRS17 To provide an
overview of main changes and rationale for
IFRS17
To discuss operational challenges to
1. Introduction
2. Key features of IFRS 17
3. Challenges of IFRS 17
4. Numerical Example
5.
Implementation implications
Introduction
It is believed that the existing insurance contracts accounting does not provide investors, lenders and other creditors
with the information they need to understand the financial statements of entities that issue insurance contracts or
make meaningful comparisons between such entities.
Why are changes needed to Insurance Accounting?
IFRS17 brings insurance more in line with other accounting standards
Does not always reflect the economic and risks in a timely manner
• Long duration contracts measured using outdated information (eg NPV) • Economic risks such as options and guarantees embedded in insurance
contract are not reflected (eg Minimum Surrender Guarantees)
• Time value of money is not reflected (eg GI Chain Ladder)
• Little information is given about the sources of profit reported in current period or expected in future periods (Analysis of Surplus)
Little or no Comparability between entities
• IFRS 4 allows entities to maintain their existing accounting practices • Current FS not comparable (1) across insurers due to different reserving
practices (NPV, GPV wo PAD, GPV w PAD); or (2) across industries, eg Banking and Wealth Management even for similar products
Accrual accounting basis
• Information about underwriting activity is often reported on cash / cash-like
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Simplified Example: Insurance vs Asset Management accounting
IFRS17 results in a more comparable P&L vs other financial institutions
Insurance Company
IFRS 4 Phase 1 Year 1
Premium Income 10,000,000
Commissions (100,000)
Increase in Reserves (1,000,000)
Investment income on underlying items 250,000
Comprehensive Income 150,000
IFRS 17 Year 1
Insurance Contract Revenue 50,000
• Fulfilment cashflows 0
• Change in RA 0
• CSM amortization 30,000
• Acquisition cost 20,000
Amortisation of Deferred Acquisition Cost (20,000)
Incurred losses 0
Underwriting result 30,000
Investment income on underlying items 250,000
Interest expense on insurance obligations (250,000)
Net investment income 0
Other Comprehensive Income
-Comprehensive Income 30,000
Asset Management Company
IFRS 15 (Revenue Recognition) Year 1
Revenue (from initial charge) 250,000
Distribution Costs (100,000)
Comprehensive Income 150,000
Simplified Example
• 5 Year Single Premium Unit Link, $10,000,000
• Mutual Fund
• SPUL Initial Allocation of 97.5% OR
• Initial Charges of 2.5% (Asset Manager)
• Acquisition Cost of 1% ($100,000) which is DAC over 5 years
• Yr 1 UL Returns of 2.56% ($250,000)
• Ignore mortality, lapse
The new standard is expected to improve financial reporting by providing more transparent and comparable information. The new standard is also seen as more in line with other IFRS standards for other industries.
A Standard that better meets the needs of financial statements users
Reflects the characteristics of the insurance contract rather than the risk
related to asset/investment activity
Single
accounting
approach
Provides up-to-date market consistent information of obligation including value of options & guarantees
Treats services provided by
underwriting activity as revenue and expenses in comparable way to other non insurance business
Provides separate information about the investment and underwriting performance Reflects time value
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IFRS 9 (Financial Instruments) and 17 (Insurance Contracts) are
highly interdependent for insurers, hence timing of the standards is
aligned by the IASB
Ongoing IASB deliberations Implementation period Reporting
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Potential IFRS 17 Final standard
Potential IFRS 17 effective date 1 Jan 2021 (**) Potential IFRS 17 start
of comparative period (**) IFRS 9 and IFRS 15 Effective
date 1 Jan 2018 (*) Possible IFRS 9 deferred
implementation date
First IFRS 9 annual financial statements (*)
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Country IFRS 17 IFRS 9 Not adopting
aligned with IFRS delay in adoption aligned with IFRS delay in adoption
Indonesia Note 1 1 January 2019
Taiwan Note 1 Note 1
Thailand 1 year later than
effective date of IFRS
1 January 2019
China Note 2
Malaysia
Sri Lanka
Laos Note 2 Note 2
Korea
Philippines
Japan Note 3
Adoption in Asia
Note 1 –Local GAAP has not decided the date of adoption, but we are expecting the date to be later than the effective date of IFRS. Note 2 –possible adoption but effective date of local GAAP is not known as of now
Key Features of
IFRS 17
IFRS 17 ED
Key areas of the proposed model will require Actuarial involvement
Separation Definition and
scope
Disclosure
Financial Instruments and other accounting changes
Reinsurance Presentation / disaggregation
Transition Expected value of future
cash flows Discount rate Risk adjustment Contractual service margin
B u ild in g b lo c k a p p ro a c h / va ria b le fe e a p p ro a c h P rem iu m a llo c a tio n a p p ro a c h Liability for remaining coverage Risk adjustment Discount rate
Cash flows of claim liability
Regulatory capital standards
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Sample P&L presentation: Term Insurance
Insurance Contract Revenue replaces Premium approach
Current IFRS 4
Year 1 Year 2
Premium Income 178,486 169,688
Claims & Expenses 252,685 105,090
Increase in Reserves - 44
Investment income on underlying items (156) 354
Comprehensive Income (74,355) 64,909
Future IFRS 17
Year 1 Year 2
Insurance contract revenue 308,183 183,461
• Fulfilment cashflows 223,437 105,090
• Change in RA 4,324 3,048
• CSM amortization 49,358 46,228
• Acquisition cost 31,064 29,094
Amortisation of acquistion cost (31,064) (29,094)
Incurred losses (223,437) (105,090)
Underwriting result 53,682 49,277
Investment income on underlying items 7,139 14,213
Interest expense on insurance obligations (12,852) (10,669)
Net investment income (5,713) 3,544
Other Comprehensive Income -
-Comprehensive Income 47,969 52,820
• Reserves are zeroised at the end of year 1
• Initial strain on surplus due to high acquisition expenses
• No initial strain, less volatile
• Underwriting results reflect changes in RA and CSM amortization when actual experience does not deviate from assumptions
• Drop in CSM amortization due to change in mortality assumptions
Contracts with no participation features
General model
—
overview
A component of the measurement of the insurance contract representing the unearned profit that the entity recognizes as it provides services
The compensation that an entity requires for bearing the uncertainty about the amount and timing of the cash flows
An adjustment that converts future cash flows into current amount
Expected cash flows from future premiums, expenses, claims and benefit payments
PV of expected
future cash inflows
Fulfilment cash
flows
An explicit, unbiased and probability-weighted estimate (ie expected value) of the
present value of the future cash outflows less the present value
of the future cash inflows that will arise as the entity fulfils the
insurance contract, including a risk
adjustment
Risk adjustment
Time value of
money
Future cash flows
Contractual
service margin
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Contracts with no participation features
General model
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Future Cash Flows
• The estimates of CFs used to determine the fulfilment CFs shall include all cash inflows and outflows that relate directly to the fulfilment of the portfolio of contracts:
• Current and explicit (separate from discount rate and risk adjustment)
• Market variables as consistent as possible with observable market prices
• Incorporate all available information in an unbiased manner (including trends), eg Best Estimate
• Possibly use stochastic models if cashflows are asymmetric
• Include all CFs within contract boundary
Coverage period
Premium Acquisition costs Other expenses/taxes Claims payments C a sh o u tf lo w s C a sh i n fl o w sCash flows within contract boundary
Contracts with no participation features
General model - time value of money
• Adjust the estimates of future cash flows for the time value of money using discount rates that:
• Reflects characteristics of fulfilment cash flows
• Consistent with observable market prices for instruments with cash flows that have consistent characteristics with insurance contract, e.g., with respect to timing, currency and liquidity
• Adjust observed market prices to reflect the characteristics of the liability/the factors that are relevant for the contracts, e.g., exclude irrelevant risks, estimate the rate beyond the period of observable data
• Consistent with other estimates used to measure the insurance contract (e.g., inflation, discount rate for participating contracts)
• Top-down approach or bottom-up approach
• Bottom Up approach possibly: Risk Free Rate + Illiquidity Premium
• No need to discount cash flows which are expected to be paid or received in one year or less (UPR)
• Together with the Future Cash Flow, this is commonly referred to as the BEL
Risk adjustment
Time value of money
Future cash flows Contractual
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• Compensation that an entity requires for bearing the uncertainty about the amount and timing of the cash flows that arise as the entity fulfils the insurance contract
• RA shall be included in the measurement in an explicit way (i.e., uncertainty/PfAD should not be included in the Future Cash Flows)
• No prescribed technique so different companies may use different techniques
• Disclosure on the confidence-level is required if the entity uses a technique other than the confidence level
Contracts with no participation features
General model - risk adjustment
Risk adjustment Time value of money Future cash flows Contractual service margin Knowledge about current estimate and trend Duration of contract Width of probability distribution Uncertainty
due to lack of experience
Low frequency but high risk
severity Knowledge about current estimate and trend Duration of contract Width of probability distribution Uncertainty
due to lack of experience
Low frequency but high risk
severity
Risk
• At initial recognition, the CSM is defined as the negative of fulfilment cash flow, floored by zero.
• Purpose of recognizing a positive initial CSM:
• To eliminate any day 1 gains (if initial Fulfilment Cash Flow is negative / CSM is positive)
• Represents the unearned profit that the entity will recognize in future, as it provides services under the insurance contract.
• If CSM is floored by zero at inception, the insurance contract is onerous. All loss should be recognized in P&L at inception
• Subsequently after day 1, future changes in assumptions and experience adjustments will affect the level of CSM, instead of flowing thru P&L
• The level of aggregation for determining CSM is therefore a key topic as it determines the cross-subsidy between different policies.
• Each cohort consists of:
• Similar product lines with similar risks (Whole Life, Annuities, …)
• Contracts issued within the same year
• Divided into the following groups at sale: Onerous (Loss Making), Profitable and no significant risk of being Onerous, Other Profitable Contracts
• This could have implications on:
• Cross-subsidy, for eg charging a single male / female premium rate • Many separate CSM cohorts to track
Contracts with no participation features
General model - contractual service margin
Risk adjustment
Time value of money
Future cash flows Contractual
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• Subsequently, the roll-forward calculation of CSM is summarized as follows:
• Locked-in interest rate at the inception of contract is used for accreting interest.
• An entity should recognise the remaining contractual service margin in profit or loss over the coverage period in a systematic way that best reflects the remaining transfer of the services. For contracts with no participating features, the service represented by the
contractual service margin is insurance coverage that:
• Is provided on the basis of the passage of time; and
• Reflects the expected number of contracts in force
Contracts with no participation features
General model
—
contractual service margin
Risk adjustment
Time value of money
Future cash flows Contractual
service margin
CSM at the beginning of the reporting period
+ Accreted interest
— Amount recognised for services provided in the period
CSM at the beginning of the reporting period
+ Accreted interest
— Amount recognised for services provided in the period +/— Changes in the estimates of future cash flows (eg changes in mortality assumptions)
= CSM at the end of the reporting period
A simplified statement of comprehensive income is presented below (when experience is similar to assumptions):
Sample P&L presentation: Term Insurance
Insurance Contract Revenue replaces Premium approach
IFRS 17
Year 1 Year 2
Insurance contract revenue 308,183 183,461
• Fulfilment cashflows 223,437 105,090
• Change in RA 4,324 3,048
• CSM amortization 49,358 46,228
• Acquisition cost 31,064 29,094
Amortization of acquisition cost (31,064) (29,094)
Incurred losses (223,437) (105,090)
Underwriting result 53,682 49,277
Investment income on underlying items 7,139 14,213
Interest expense on insurance obligations (12,852) (10,669)
Net investment income (5,713) 3,544
Other Comprehensive Income -
-Comprehensive Income 47,969 52,820
• Underwriting results reflect changes in RA and CSM
amortization when actual experience does not deviate from assumptions
• Changes in assumptions does NOT affect UW result, as it is absorbed into CSM
BEL Expected Claims
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From Non-participating to Participating contracts
IFRS 17 proposed simplified accounting model overview
(Applicable for policies with contract boundary <= 12 months)
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Expected future cash flows Expected future cash flows
Time value of money Time value of money
Risk adjustment Risk adjustment
Expected future cash flows
Time value of money
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Impact of IFRS 9
Aside from IFRS17, IFRS9 (Financial Contracts) will simultaneously come in force
•
Fair value through other
comprehensive income (FVOCI)
no longer an election but the
result of two tests (Single
Project Professional Indemnity
and business model)
•
No available-for-sale (AFS) for
equity securities; only
irrevocable election (FVOCI with
no recycling)
•
Accounting mismatches
•
Insurance liabilities often
still locked-in under current
IFRS 4
Classification
•
All debt securities held at FVOCI
or amortised cost in scope of
new expected credit loss (ECL)
model
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Significant impact on large
portfolio of commercial loans
(banks)
•
A number of systems, processes,
governance changes required
•
Significant reliance on the
existing credit risk modelling
capabilities
Impairment
•
Less rules based
•
More economic hedging
strategies qualifying for hedge
accounting (e.g., aggregated
exposures, risk components)
•
Accounting for costs of hedging
•
Significant disclosures to ‘tell the
story’
Hedge accounting (micro)
Challenges
for insurers
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Main impact on life insurers
Performance
reporting
• New concept of “Insurance Contract Revenue” very different from “Premium”
• P&L similar to an “Analysis of Surplus”, more complex than current accounting
• More stable P&L –changes to assumptions no longer affect CY P&L result but absorbed in CSM
Accounting for
CSM
• Additional work to calculate CSM, including managing multiple groups (level of aggregation) and storage of initial interest rate
• CSM roll forward will need to be understood and explained,
Disclosures
• Significantly more information needs to be provided compared to current IFRS
• Additional processes and data are required to gather the disclosure information
Internal accounting
systems
• New IFRS9 and IFRS17 processes and information to be recorded will involve substantial accounting and actuarial system updates
• For multinational groups may help with consistency —
Main impact on Non-life insurers
Reserving
• Policies w. Term > 1 year will require using Building Block Approach (Similar to Life)
• Remove PAD - Moving to best estimates may make results more volatile
Discounting
• CF > 1 year will be required to be discounted
• Additional process work to determine time value of money (More significant for long-tailed liability insurers)
• Need to explain to stakeholders
Disclosures
• Additional process/effort • More explicit margin
information available for market for comparison across companies
Internal accounting
systems
• Changes, in particular for longer duration liabilities
• New processes and
information to be recorded will involve substantial system updates
• For multinational groups may help with consistency —
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Some additional areas of challenges for Indonesian (life) insurers
Revenue recognition
•
Many contracts are Unit Link with contain a
large investment component (RPUL, SPUL)
•
Investment components will be stripped out, which
will have a material impact on
“revenue”
Measurement model
•
Insurers will have to use a VFA model for Unit
Link contracts. This is different from the current
Unit Reserve / UPR Non Unit Reserve approach
and require enhancement
•
Determination of
“current
discount
rate”
might
be challenging due to lack of market data, and
may result in multiple approaches
•
This is different from the current GPV discount
approach
Regulatory changes
•
The IFRS 17 model is different compared to
Tax, OJK regulations
•
Parts of current Indonesian GPV / RBC models
can be used for the new IFRS-17, such as BEL,
RA, DAC, experience studies
•
Some components are new, such as CSM and
Insurance Contract Revenue
•
OJK / Tax / PSAK regulations may differ
significantly from IFRS 17, forcing insurers
to report on multiple bases
•
Actuaries will be in high demand.
•
In addition to Liabilities, actuaries will also be
involved in Revenue Recognition
•
We need to work together with accountants to
implement the necessary changes.
•
Actuarial Systems (Prophet/MoSes) and Finance
Systems (SUN/Oracle) will both have to be
Numerical
Example
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Case study: background
Presentation title
Term product sold in Singapore, pure protection with death and TPD coverage
Total 132 policies incepted since January 2016
No future new business
First valuation at the end of 2016
Approach
All policies are considered homogeneous, hence CSM is aggregated at product level
Amortization of CSMis performed at product level by remaining coverage and number of policies in force Risk adjustment is set similarly as PAD under current Singapore RBC framework
Economic assumptions remain unchanged for same calendar year
At inception
Insurance contract liabilities are equal to zero at inception
Contractual
Service Margin
Expected contract profit
Best estimate liability
Risk adjustment
=
-
+
BEL = - 713
RA = 250
CSM = 463
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Inception Projected end Year
1
Experience adjustment
Change in non-economic assumptions
BEL (713) (769) (799) (757)
RA 250 246 255 289
CSM 463 415 435 359
ICL - (109) (109) (109)
463
415 435
359
-(109) (109)
(109)
Term product (Year 1)
Inception Projected end Year 1
Change in non-economic assumption
Experience adjustment
Analysis:
►
CSM is expected to reduce to 415 at
the end of 2016 due to amortization
►
More contracts remaining in-force at
the end of 2016 have resulted in higher
CSM than expected (i.e. 435 vs 415)
►
Heavier mortality assumption has
resulted in lower CSM in order to
maintain the level of ICL
►
Overall insurance contract liabilities
remain unchanged
Scenario 1: changes related to future estimates
Changes related to future estimates are absorbed by CSM
►
At the end of year 1 (31 Dec 2016)
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The company expected 126 policies to remain in force mainly due to lapse
►
In fact, 130 contracts remain in force at the end of 2016.
►
This is due to good lapse experience but worsening mortality experience.
A simplified statement of comprehensive income is presented below (when experience is similar to assumptions):
Sample P&L presentation
Insurance contract revenue replaces premium approach
Current
Year 1 Year 2
Premium Income 178,486 169,688
Claims & Expenses 252,685 105,090
Increase in Reserves - 44
Investment income on underlying items (156) 354
Comprehensive Income (74,355) 64,909
IFRS 4 Phase 2
Year 1 Year 2
Insurance contract revenue 308,183 183,461
• Fulfilment cashflows 223,437 105,090
• Change in RA 4,324 3,048
• CSM amortization 49,358 46,228
• Acquisition cost 31,064 29,094
Amortisation of acquistion cost (31,064) (29,094)
Incurred losses (223,437) (105,090)
Underwriting result 53,682 49,277
Investment income on underlying items 7,139 14,213
Interest expense on insurance obligations (12,852) (10,669)
Net investment income (5,713) 3,544
Other Comprehensive Income -
-Comprehensive Income 47,969 52,820
• Reserves are zeroised at the end of year 1
• Initial strain on surplus due to high acquisition expenses
• No initial strain, less volatile
• Underwriting results reflect changes in RA and CSM amortization when actual experience does not deviate from assumptions
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Sample profit signature
Smoother profit signature under IFRS 4 phase 2
(100) (80) (60) (40) (20) 20 40 60 80 100 120
Y1 Y6 Y11 Y16 Y21 Y26 Y31 Y36 Y41 Y46 Y51 Y56 Y61 Y66 Y71 Y76 Y81
Comparison of profit signature
Some practical challenges we encountered
► Availability / granularity of historical data
► Defining homogeneity and grouping of policies (“Level of Aggregation”)
► Ability to capture historical data for all periods in storage element
Data
Assumptions
► Setting of assumptions which are not required under the current RBC framework, e.g. split acquisition expense by directly attributable vs non-directly attributable, liquidity premium, risk adjustment, etc
► Storage of locked-in economic assumptions for all historical years (for CSM)
► Storage of non-economic assumptions for previous period
► Interest accreting rate basis –forward rate?
Calculation
Mechanism
► Asymmetrical treatment of CSM due to experience change
► Aggregate level calculation complexity –CSM amortization, accreting interest, etc
► Onerous contract treatment and its subsequent measurement
Implementation
implications
IFRS 17/IFRS 9 High Level Roadmap
Involve both Actuaries and Accountants
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Potential IFRS 4 Phase II final standard
Jan 2018
IFRS 9 effective date*
Jan 2020
Potential IFRS 4 Phase II start of comparative period
Q1 2021
Potential IFRS 4 Phase II first
reporting
• Central and local team structure
• Program governance: decision making and technical support
• Work streams and overall plan
• Budget assessment
• Business case
• Impacts on statements and accounting policies, reporting and other processes of Risk and Finance, data and technology
• 2ndanalysis when final ED
available
1
2
• Big bang, incremental or minimum efforts
• Accounting & reporting choices
3
• Deep dive analysis in key areas
• Unit of account
• Participating contracts
• Enrichment policy data
• Central vs. local approach
• Adjustment cash flow models
• Implementation strategy
• Impact on processes
• Assessment of data gaps and system changes
4
• Depends on general implementation vision and deep dive analysis
5
• New data gathered, validated and stored
• System changes built (reports & engines)
• Training of Finance, Risk and other personnel
6
• Preparation of opening equity adjustments and comparative information (IFRS 4 Phase II and IFRS 9 elements)
7
• Dry run of IFRS 4 Phase II and IFRS 9 reporting elements on 30 June 2019 numbers 8 High level impact analysis General imple-mentation vision Design smart tailored solution
Solution implementation Dry run Restatements and
comparatives
Program set up
1 2 3 5 6 7 8
Selected deep dive analysis 2nd impact analysis 4 2
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we observe ..
… to ensure an optimal implementation strategy Potential bottlenecks
1. Starting question to be analyzed is the unit of account at which reporting will take place
What is the unit of account:
• Loss recognition
• CSM allocation
Given the unit of account, which historically information will be available:
• Transition: Fully retrospectively, Moderate
retrospectively, Fair Value, participating contracts
• Current design for IFRS/EEV/RBC is not appropriate for the level of granularity required for IFRS 4 (unit of account) —data —models —reporting.
• Additional storage and enhancements to actuarial systems will be required
• At transition date a number of legacy source systems will exist, which could impact the unit level of account.
2. Analyze how to treat participation and unit link contracts
• Which contracts fit within the variable fee model?
• How to apply BBA for indirect participating contract?
• How to treat company profit sharing?
Within some insurers different types and variations in profit sharing exist for and within different products. All these types of profit sharing (and their variations) should be analyzed.
3. Analyze different ways to enrich (policy) data (depending on unit of account)
Enrichment of data could take place at different places:
• Source systems
• Data warehouse
• Companies should determine first whether the ‘optimal’ solution is to enrich data and results in the source systems or within data warehouses.
• Although the optimal solution could be source systems, probably some legacy systems can’t adjusted in an appropriate way.
• A hybrid approach could affect auditability.
4. Analyze the pros and cons of centrally (finance) or locally (actuarial) driven solutions
• The pros and cons should be analyzed in different areas: data, models, output, tools (e.g., reporting tools (CSM), general ledger.
• It should also be analyzed whether a hybrid approach is feasible (including pros and cons).
In the centrally finance driven solution, more functionality is necessary with the General Ledger. This functionality is currently not available.
The themes of analysis
we observe … … to ensure an optimal implementation strategy Potential bottlenecks
5. In which way should the cash flow models (eg Prophet) and reporting (output) be adjusted?
• Requirement regarding cash flow models and reporting tools
• How could (source) systems, models and reporting tools be adjusted to required output?
• What are the criteria regarding target architecture (how much manual effort is acceptable)?
Current IFRS/EV/RBC models are not sufficient to meet the requirements for IFRS4 (speed —interaction —level of output necessary).
6. Which implementation strategies can be identified?
Based on the outcome of the previous steps, the following questions should be answered:
• Is the implementation strategy dependent on the unit of account
• Which implementation steps should be performed sequentially or in parallel
• In which way can be leveraged on previous projects optimization?
The number of products, source systems, models complicate the choice (s) regarding the implementation strategy.
7. What is the impact on the processes (including controls) under the different implementation strategies?
• What is the optimal process (depending on the implementation strategy)?
• Which (new) risks and controls should be defined. Which current risks and related controls could be removed?
• Which part of the process could be outsourced?
Including extra risks and controls in the closing path because of IFRS17 reporting without reducing the current risks and controls, will severely impact the manageability of the process.
8. What accounting changes need to be considered? •
Accounting choices will need to be made and updated policies will need to be formalised.
• Examples include whether to accrete interest on liabilities through OCI or P&L, when to apply BBA, PAA,
Prophet models to be updated to allow for changes to liability valuation methods and accounting policy decisions.
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Incremental
approach
Big Bang
approach
Potential approaches for implementing IFRS 4 Phase II
Minimum efforts
approach
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02
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• Only implement those changes that are
unavoidable •
All lines of businesses and processes are migrated to new system in a single operation
• Redesign the existing modelling infrastructure and process
• Focus on the changes that benefit the existing process
• Step by step process by which the existing infrastructure is amended towards the desired infrastructure
• Easiest to implement
• Built primarily on SII/RBC approach
• Minimal investment required
• Opportunity to implement the most efficient system setup
• Benefits of migration are realized immediately
• Build upon SII/RBC efforts
• Higher flexibility of the implementation process (easier to prioritize key
bottlenecks)
• Can be broken down in subprojects to make it more manageable
• Lower critical path risk
• Potentially does not fit the current reporting timelines
• Inefficient system setup
• Likely to have considerable manual steps, resulting in higher cost and higher risk of errors
• More complex setup leads to complex audit trail
• Complexity of the process leads to major implementation risks
• Huge upfront cost
• Critical path risk
• Takes longer to realize benefits from migration
For more information, please contact:
Thank You!
Kelvin Yap, FIA Associate Director Actuarial Services
Ponno Jonatan, FSAI Senior Manager
Performance Improvement Sumit Narayanan, FIA
Partner
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We have the largest insurance advisory team in ASEAN and Asia Pacific:
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► EY’s Actuarial Advisory team in ASEAN has around 30 actuaries, the largest actuarial team in the ASEAN region, serving many life and non-life insurers in all ASEAN markets. We are part of a wider Asia Pacific Actuarial Advisory team which has 300+ actuaries, and we work closely with our actuarial teams in Hong Kong, China, Korea, Australia etc. to assist project delivery in the rest of Asia
► Our team has worked on a variety of projects including appointed actuary work, Prophet and MoSes development, product development and regulatory approval, actuarial transformation, fund management, asset liability management, actuarial reviews, transition support, customer analytics and distribution, and model reviews
► We have a very strong presence in the insurance industry in Asia Pacific with over 2,000 insurance professionals working in over 70 offices.
► Our Asia Pacific team advises our clients on a wide range of advisory services, ranging from M&A transactions to operational performance improvement.
We have the largest actuarial team in ASEAN and Asia Pacific:
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We have the most globally connected insurance advisory team:
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► We have a global insurance sector dedicated to offering industry insight and coordinating a network of more than 9,500
insurance professionals
► Our areas of expertise include accounting compliance and reporting, financial accounting advisory services to work with regulators and private sectors on the introduction of new and revised requirements
► Our teams are able to connect globally and access any relevant expertise from around the globe
EMEIA 3,900 insurance professionals 238 offices Americas 3,500 insurance professionals Actuaries 300 in Asia Pacific Over 1,200 globally
Asia Pacific
2,000 insurance professionals
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