MILLIRE_2019_Annual Report

Milli Re Annual Report 2019 123 Activities and Major Developments Related to Activities Financial Status Risks and Assessment of the Governing Body Unconsolidated Financial Statements Together with Independent Auditors’ Report Thereon Consolidated Financial Statements Together with Independent Auditors’ Report Thereon General Information Financial Rights Provided to the Members of the Governing Body and Senior Executives Research & Development Activities Millî Reasürans Türk Anonim Şirketi NOTES TO THE UNCONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2019 (Convenience Translation of Financial Statements and Related Disclosures and Footnotes Originally Issued in Turkish, See Note 2.1.1) (Currency: Turkish Lira (TL)) 2.27 Unexpired risk reserves In accordance with the Communiqué on Technical Reserves, while providing unearned premiums reserve, in each accounting period, the companies should perform adequacy test covering the preceding 12 months due to the probability that future claims and compensations of the outstanding policies may be in excess of the unearned premiums reserve already provided. In performing this test, it is required to multiply the unearned premiums reserve, net with the expected claim/premium ratio. Expected claim/premium ratio is calculated by dividing incurred losses (outstanding claims reserve, net at the end of the period + claims paid, net -outstanding claims reserve, net at the beginning of the period) to earned premiums (written premiums, net + unearned premiums reserve, net at the beginning of the period -unearned premiums reserve, net at the end of the period). According to the “Communiqué on Amendments to Communiqué on Technical Reserves for Insurance, Reinsurance and Pension Companies and the Related Assets That Should Be Invested Against Those Technical Reserves” published in Official Gazette no 28356 dated July 17, 2012; besides the net unexpired risk reserve detailed in the above, gross unexpired risk reserve is also calculated. The test is performed on main branch basis and in case where the net and gross expected claim/premium ratio is higher than 95%, reserve calculated by multiplying the exceeding portion of the expected claim/premium ratio with the unearned premiums reserve of that main branch is added to the reserves of that branch. Difference between the gross and net amount is represents reinsurer’s share. Premiums paid for non- proportional reinsurance agreements are considered as premiums ceded to the reinsurance firms. With the Circular 2017/7 announced by Republic of Turkey Ministry of Treasury 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. In accordance with general communique on provision for on going risks (2019/5), reinsurance companies can make the calculation on the basis of working year. In this case, calculation is made through proportioning total gross actual final damage amount of at least last three working years to total gross premium earnings (written premiums less unearned premiums). It is possible to use the calculation made for the last year-end for the current year interim period if it is clearly determined that repetition of calculation in quarterly periods shall not produce meaningful results due to reasons sourcing from structure of related contracts or conciliation processes of respective parties although it is principal to repeat such calculation on the basis of quarterly periods. The company has made provision for ongoing risks amounting to TL 23.524.292 (December 31, 2018: TL 3.303.005) in its financial statements dated December 31, 2019 as of reporting period based on results of test in question. If the above calculation has not been made, the company would make a provision for ongoing risks amounting to TL 23.701.849 in its financial statements as of December 31, 2019. In order to ensure the elimination of misleading impact, caused by the amended outstanding claims reserve calculation method, on unexpired risk reserve, outstanding claims reserve of previous period is also calculated by the new method and amount, calculated based on aforementioned new method, is used in unexpired risk reserves account as the provision for carry-over outstanding claims reserve. 2.28 Equalization reserves In accordance with the Communiqué on Technical Reserves put into effect starting from January 1, 2008, the companies should provide equalization reserve in credit insurance and earthquake branches to equalize the fluctuations in future possible claims and for catastrophic risks. Equalization reserve, started to be provided in 2008, is calculated as 12% of net premiums written in credit insurance and earthquake branches. In the calculation of net premiums, fees paid for non-proportional reinsurance agreements are considered as premiums ceded to the reinsurance firms. The companies should provide equalization reserve up to reaching 150% of the highest premium amount written in a year within the last five years. In case where claims incurred, the amounts below exemption limits as stated in the contracts and the share of the reinsurance firms cannot be deducted from equalization reserves. Claims payments are deducted from first year’s equalization reserves by first in first out method.