Insurance Directorate Industry Briefing 24 October 2017
Insurance Industry Briefing 2017 Sylvia Cronin, Director, Insurance Supervision, Central Bank of Ireland 24 October 2017
Introduction Increased Industry and Regulatory Challenges Recent Industry Developments Brexit Solvency II Annual Reporting
Strategic Challenges - Brexit Authorisations Established Insurers Open Central Bank of Ireland Engagement with Industry Complex Industry Interactions with UK Market Alignment to Solvency II Requirements Contingency Planning and Scenario Analysis
Increased Collaboration of EU Supervisors & Industry Enhanced Authorisations Approach Information Sharing Between Home and Host Supervisors Resolution and Recovery Planning
Strategic & Operational Challenges Technology Innovation Consumer Demand Legacy Systems Cyber Risk
Strategic And Operational Challenges Technology Innovation Increasing Product Expectation: Real-time Understandable Easy-to-Access Value for Money Increasing Industry Capabilities: Telematics Geo-Location Technology Fit-Bit Technology Cyber Risk Onus on Data Protection Implementation of GDPR Increased Operational Risk: System Interdependencies with Group and Third- Parties Ransomware and Phishing attacks Area of Recent CBI Focus Legacy Systems Long-Tail Business Stored on Increasingly Obsolete Systems EIOPA Developing InsurTech Task Force Thematic Reviews of Big Data Assessment of Barriers to Financial Innovation and Cyber Risk
Regulatory Challenges Solvency II PRIIPs GDPR Central Bank of Ireland Approach to Solvency II Implementation 2017: IFRS17 Solvency II Annual Reporting Business as Usual
Solvency II Annual Returns Central Bank Role Receipt of Annual Solvency II Returns Transparency Safeguarding Stability & Protecting Consumers QRTs, SFCR, RSR Delivering on Key Solvency II Principles Delivering on our Key Objectives
Solvency II Supervisory Engagements PRISM Supervisory Framework Monitoring of Capital Outsourcing Risk
Looking Forward Evolving Insurance Landscape Supervisory Response Technological Political Societal Risk Based Supervision Proportional Approach Increased Collaboration
The Challenges Ahead for Insurance Supervision 2017 Marie Louise Delahunty, Head of Insurance Supervision, Central Bank of Ireland 24 October 2017
Challenges Ahead Contribute to the EU Supervisory Practice Supervisory Convergence Consistent European Supervisory Culture
Challenges Ahead Communication and Collaboration One Bank Initiatives
2018 Priorities Supervisory Focus Branch Inspections Brexit Preparedness Cross Sectoral Review Outcomes
2018 Priorities Actuarial Areas of Focus Pricing Discipline Reserve Adequacy Monitoring Assessment of Internal Models
2018 Priorities Onsite Inspections Risk Management Framework in Groups Business Model Analysis Cross Border
Note: The data in this presentation are aggregates of data submitted to the Central Bank by regulated firms. These data/charts may be subject to revision, as resubmissions from firms are received. Solvency II Data and Insights Dr Allan Kearns, Insurance Analytics, Central Bank of Ireland 24 October 2017
Part 1: Illustrative Insights from Solvency II Data 19
Figure 1: Geographical Distribution of Business 20
Figure 2: Movement in the Excess Assets over Liabilities 45 Excess of Assets over Liabilities ( Bn) 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Closing Solvency I Day 1 QRT Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Non Life Life Reinsurance VA 21
Figure 3: Evolution of the Solvency Coverage Ratios <Median 22
SCR Q2 2017 Figure 4: A Firm-Level View of Evolution of SCRs 600% 500% Higher 400% 300% 200% 100% Lower 0% 0% 100% 200% 300% 400% 500% 600% SCR Q1 2016 Reinsurance Non-Life Life 23
Figure 5: Monitoring of Claims and Reserve Developments of High Impact Non-life Companies using NST data Long-tailed (liability) lines of business Short-tailed (property) lines of business Data shown relates to Irish claims only. 24
Figure 6: Mapping the Insurance Sectors Linkages to Other Sectors Insurance Investment Assets 70% Other Sectors 30% Unit and Index Linked Business 70% Investment Funds (64%) Financial (15%) Non-Financial Sector (21%) Look through to instrument category and country Solvency I View Solvency II Look-Through Source: Central Bank of Ireland Reference Date: Q2 2017
Figure 7: Mapping Liquidity of Fixed Income Investments 100% Insurer fixed Income portfolio Markit Liquidity Score* 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 1 - Highest 2 3 4 5 - Lowest Not Available 20% 10% 0% Life Non-Life Reinsurance *Source: Markit liquidity Score Reference Date: Q2 2017 26
Figure 8: EIOPA Risk Dashboards 27
Figure 9: EIOPA Cross-Country Comparisons of SCR/MCR 28
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Insurance Directorate Industry Briefing 24 October 2017