CIA.IFRS17-2 Flashcards
briefly describe the concept of “risk adjustment” under IFRS 17
RA adjusts PV(future cash flows) to reflect the compensation
the entity requires
for bearing
uncertainty about the amount and timing
of cash flows
identify 5 principles/consideration for estimating the non-financial risk adjustment in IFRS 17
Should be higher when less information is known
Should be higher for low frequency, high severity risks
Should be higher for longer term contracts
Should be higher for risks with higher volatility
Are IFRS 17 measurement requirements based on the ‘unit of account’ or the ‘aggregate’ level?
Unit of account level
Are IFRS 17 presentation requirements based on the ‘unit of account’ or the ‘aggregate’ level?
Aggregate level
Are IFRS 17 disclosure requirements based on the ‘unit of account’ or the ‘aggregate’ level?
Aggregate level
How is reinsurance credit risk reflected under IFRS17?
Through a reduction in expected cash flows (not through the RA)
Identify 4 methods for calculating RA under IFRS17.
- Quantile methods
- Cost-of-Capital method
- Margin method
- Combination of methods
Briefly describe the quantile method
for calculating the RA under IFRS17.
- quantile methods assess the probability of the adequacy of the FCFs (Fulfilment Cash Flow)
- these probabilities are used to quantify the RA
- specific methods include VaR (Value at Risk) and CTE (Conditional Tail Expectation)
Identify 1 advantage and 1 disadvantage of quantile methods.
advantage: satisfies the disclosure requirements regarding confidence level corresponding to the RA
disadvantage: if misrepresented, it may introduce spurious accuracy. Data Dependency
Briefly describe the Cost-of-Capital method for calculating the RA under IFRS17.
RA is based on the compensation an entity requires to meet a target return on capital and has 3 components:
[1] projected capital amounts (Ct
)
→ for the level of non-financial risk during the duration of the contract
[2] cost of capital rate(s) (Rt
)
→ for the relative compensation required by the entity for holding this capital’
[3] discount rates (Rt
)
→ for the present value calculation
Formula: `RA = PV(Capital amount held * %cost-of-capital rate)`
Identify 1 advantage and 1 disadvantage of the cost-of-capital method.
advantage: allows allocation of the RA at a more granular level
disadvantage: method is more complex (projection of capital reqs is an input to the liability calculation)
Briefly describe the margin method for calculating the RA under IFRS17.
Select margins that reflect the compensation the entity requires for uncertainty related to non-financial risk
Identify 4 methods for calculating the risk adjustment for reinsurance held.
- Quantile methods
- Catastrophe models
- Proportional scaling
- Cost of capital
Identify the 2 risk adjustment calculation methods that are specific to reinsurance held.
- Catastrophe models
- Proportional scaling
Briefly describe the catastrophe
models method for calculating RA for reinsurance held.
→ use output from a cat model tailored to an entity’s book of business
→ select a percentile directly from the given distribution