MILLIRE_2019_Annual Report

Milli Re Annual Report 2019 122 Millî Reasürans Türk Anonim Şirketi NOTES TO THE UNCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2019 (Currency: Turkish Lira (TL)) (Convenience Translation of Financial Statements and Related Disclosures and Footnotes Originally Issued in Turkish, See Note 2.1.1) According to the letter dated January 12, 2012 and numbered B.02.1.HZN.0.10.03.01/854 sent by Republic of Turkey Ministry of Treasury and Finance to the Company, determination of final claims for the last business year used in IBNR calculation has been changed as at December 31, 2011. Accordingly, the final premium amount earned for the last business year is determined by considering premium development factors since premiums may be accrued in the following years under the terms of the agreements. Based on the calculated final premium amount of the last business year, unearned premium reserves and earned premiums are determined. Aforementioned earned premium amount is multiplied by the average of claim/premium ratio of the previous years to determine final claims amount of the last business year. IBNR is calculated by subtracting the paid and reported claims of the last business year from the final claims amount determined by the aforementioned method. In addition, IBNR amounts reported by sedan companies are taken into consideration and in order to prevent duplicate provision; paid claims, outstanding claims reserve and premiums of reported claims are excluded from the data set used in the calculation of IBNR. The Company determined final IBNR amount by adding reported IBNR amounts to IBNR amounts calculated from the data prepared in accordance with the principals mentioned above. In accordance with December 5, 2014 dated and 2014/16 numbered “Circular for Outstanding Claims Reserve” of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Treasury and Finance, ACML calculation should be on main branch. However, as at December 31, 2012, the Company has calculated ACML reserve for General Damages main branch as two separate sub branches namely agriculture and non agriculture branches. Because, Agriculture and Engineering sub branches under General Damages main branch have different characteristics in conversion process of outstanding losses to paid losses, IBNR calculation of General Damages branch produces unreliable and improper results. The Company applied to Republic of Turkey Ministry of Treasury and Finance on January 17, 2013 with letter numbered 300, so as to receive permission to calculate IBNR reserve for General Damages branch as agriculture and non agriculture sub branches separately. Republic of Turkey Ministry of Treasury and Finance has given permission the Company in order to calculate IBNR reserve for General Damages within two sub branches with the letter dated January 28, 2013 and numbered 24179134. As of December 31, 2019, the Company recognised the amount that arose due to change in calculation method for IBNR on General Damages branch. With the Circular 2017/7 announced by Republic of Turkey Ministry of Tresuary and Finance regarding “the discount of net cash flow from outstanding claim files”. Since the discount of “Land Vehicle Liability” and “General Liability” branches has become compulsory, according to the Article 1 of the circular, this is considered as a change of accounting policies and financial statements have been retrospectively restated. Companies are able to discount net cash flow from outstanding claim files according to the methods outlined by the circular. As of the reporting date, as a result of actuarial chain ladder method; the Company except Singapore branch recorded 100% of additional negative IBNR amounting to TL 196.418.267 (December 31, 2018: TL 207.059.238 negative IBNR) as outstanding claims reserve. As of the reporting date, TL 27.469.420 TL (December 31, 2018: TL 32.558.565) of IBNR provision is recorded for Singapore branch. 2.26 Mathematical reserves In accordance with the Communiqué on Technical Reserves, companies operating in life and non-life insurance branches are obliged to allocate adequate mathematical reserves based on actuarial basis to meet liabilities against policyholders and beneficiaries for long-term life, health and personal Casualty insurance contracts. Actuarial mathematical reserves, according to formulas and basis in approved technical basis of tariffs for over one year-length life insurance, are calculated by determining the difference between present value of liabilities that the Company meets in future and current value of premiums paid by policyholder in future (prospective method). Mathematical reserves are recorded based on the data sent by ceding companies.