2017-06-06
Insurance Undertakings Reporting Regulation (VU-MV) Annex to § 1: Complementary Identification Codes (CIC)
The Austrian financial supervisory authority mandates a standardized four-character Complementary Identification Code (CIC) system for regulatory reporting by insurance undertakings. This coding framework classifies assets and liabilities by assigning country or listing status codes to the first two positions, broad asset categories to the third, and specific sub-categories or primary risk exposures to the fourth. Implementing this structured classification ensures consistent data aggregation and precise risk monitoring across government bonds, equities, derivatives, and other investment vehicles under the Austrian Insurance Undertakings Act.

VU-MV Annex to § 1 Complementary Identification Codes (CIC)
All English translation of the authentic German text is unofficial and serves merely information purposes. The official wording in German can be found in the Austrian Federal Law Gazette (Bundesgesetzblatt; BGBl.). All translations have been prepared with great care, but linguistic compromises may have had to be
made. The reader should also bear in mind that some provisions of these laws will remain unclear without certain background knowledge of the Austrian legal and political system. Please note that these laws may be amended in the future and check occasionally for updates.
- First two positions: country code in accordance with
CIC : 1st Position 2nd Position 3rd Position 4th Position
a) ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 of the relevant trading venue of the issue pursuant to the valuation
principles as defined in Article 1 no. 8 or no. 9 WAG 2007 or
b) "XV" in the case of valuation principles deviating from lit. a despite being listed or
Asset, listed
in ... 1. … Country code 2. … Category 3. … Sub-category or
main risk
c) "XL" where not listed at a trading venue as defined in Article 1 no. 8 or no. 9 WAG 2007
despite being tradable at these trading venues or
d) "XT" in the case of not being tradable based on the nautre of the assets
- Third
Item:
Category
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C D E F
Government
bonds Corporate bonds Equities Investment funds Structured notes Collateralised
securities Cash and deposits Mortgages and
loans Property Other investments Futures Call options Put options Swaps Forwards Credit Derivatives
- Fourth
Position:
Sub-category
or main risk
1 Cash
equivalents
2 Covered
bonds
1
Central
government
bonds
Corporate bonds
(debt securities) Common equity Equity funds Equity risk Equity risk Cash Uncollateralised
loans
Property (office
and commercial)
Equity and index
futures
Equity and index
options
Equity and index
options
Interest rate
swaps
Forward interest
rate agreements
Credit default
swaps
2
Supra-national
bonds Convertible bonds
Equity of real
estate related
corporations
Debt funds Interest rate risk Interest rate risk Deposits at sight 1 Loans backed by
securities
Property
(residential)
Interest rate
futures Bond options Bond options Currency swaps
Forward
exchange rate
agreements
Credit spread
options
3
Regional
government
bonds
Commercial
paper
Equity rights Money market
funds Currency risk Currency risk Other short-term
deposits ≤ 1y
Property (for own
use) Currency futures Currency options Currency options Interest rate and
currency swaps
Credit spread
swaps
4
Municipal
government
bonds
Money-market
instruments Preferred equity Thematic funds Credit risk Credit risk Other deposits
with term > 1y Mortgages Property (under
construction) Equity rights Equity rights
Total return
swaps
5
Treasury bonds Hybrid bonds Real estate fund Real estate risk Real estate risk Deposits to
cedants
Other
collateralised
loans made
Plant and
equipment (for
own use)
Commodity
futures
Commodity
options
Commodity
options Security swaps
6
Covered bonds2 Common covered
bonds
Alternative
investment funds Commodity risk Commodity risk Loans on policies
Property under
construction (for
own use)
Swaptions Swaptions
7
Covered bonds
subject to specific
law
Private equity
funds
Catastrophe and
weather risk
Catastrophe and
weather risk
Catastrophe and
weather risk
Catastrophe and
weather risk
Catastrophe and
weather risk
Catastrophe and
weather risk
Catastrophe and
weather risk
8
Subordinated
bonds
Infrastructure
funds Mortality risk Mortality risk Mortality risk Mortality risk Mortality risk Mortality risk Mortality risk
9
Other