Regulations amending non-life insurance undertakings' calculation of contingency reserves

Finansinspektionen’s Regulatory Code
Publisher: Finansinspektionen, Sweden, www.fi.se ISSN 1102-7460 This translation is furnished for information purposes only and is not itself a legal document. 1 Regulations amending Finansinspektionen’s regulations and general guidelines (FFFS 2013:8) regarding standard regulations for non-life insurance undertakings’ calculation of contingency reserves; decided 14/12/2015. Finansinspektionen prescribes pursuant to the Authorisation for Issuance of Contingency Reserves in Non-life Insurance Undertakings by Finansinspektionen Ordinance (2000:1127) in respect of Finansinspektionen’s regulations and general guidelines (FFFS 2013:8) regarding standard regulations for non-life insurance undertakings’ calculation of contingency reserves in part that Chapter 2, sections 6 and 7 and Chapter 3, section 2 shall be repealed, in part that the general guidelines for Chapter 2, section 2 shall be repealed, and in part that Chapter 2, section 2 shall have the following wording.
Chapter 2
Section 21
A non-life insurance undertaking’s maximum contingency reserve is the highest of
1. the total of the maximum amounts per class of insurance set forth in sections 4
and 5, or
2. 100 basic amounts in accordance with Chapter 2, section 7 of the Social
Insurance Code (2010:110).
The undertaking may only make a provision to contingency reserves for such insurance that falls under the classes of insurance set out in section 4. _______________
1. These regulations shall enter into force on 01/01/2016 and apply to financial
years commencing on 1 January 2016 or later.
2. A non-life insurance company which at the entry into force of these regulations
applies the provision set out in Chapter 2, section 2, first paragraph, point 3 of the older wording may make write-downs to the contingency reserve such that the reserve no later than 31 December 2019 amounts to an amount pursuant to Chapter 2, section 2, first paragraph, points 1 and 2 in accordance with the following. The contingency reserve as per 31 December 2017 may correspond to a maximum of twice the highest actual retention for an individual risk and as per 31 December 2018 to a maximum of the highest actual retention for an individual risk.

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The amendment entails in part that the first paragraph, point 3 has been removed. FFFS 2015:23 Published 18/12/2015

FFFS 2015:23
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3. A non-life insurance undertaking that has made provisions to the contingency
reserve pursuant to Chapter 2, section 6 of the older wording may reduce the contingency reserve through annual write-downs so that no later than 31 December 2019 it amounts to an amount pursuant to Chapter 2, section 2, first paragraph, points 1 and 2. ERIK THEDÉEN Maria Westerberg