MILLIRE_2019_Annual Report

Milli Re Annual Report 2019 124 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) With the Communiqué released on July 28, 2010 and numbered 27655 “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”, ceded premiums of earthquake and credit for non-proportional reinsurance contracts covered multiple branches should be calculated according to percentage of premiums of those branches within the total premiums unless the Company is determined any other methods. Share of earthquake and credit premium of written premiums for non-proportional reinsurance contracts is based on share of earthquake and credit premiums of proportional reinsurance contracts. In accordance with the Communiqué on Technical Reserves, the Company considers 11% of net death premium (including damage payments) as earthquake premium and 12% of that amount is calculated as equalization provision since the Company not having sufficient data for calculation. After five financial years, in case that provision amount is less than previous year amount depending on written premiums, the difference is recognized in other profit reserves under equity. This amount recorded in equity can either be kept under reserves or can also be used in capital increase or paying claims. Equalization reserves are presented under “other technical reserves” within long term liabilities in the accompanying unconsolidated financial statements. As of the reporting date, the Company has recognized equalization reserves amounting to TL 139.752.880 (December 31, 2018: TL 100.987.550). As of December 31, 2019, the Company has deducted TL 9.650.545 (December 31, 2018: TL 5.834.920) from equalization provision in consequence of realized earthquake losses. 2.29 Related parties Parties are considered related to the Company if: (a) directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, the party: - controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company (this includes parent, subsidiaries and fellow subsidiaries); - has an interest in the Company that gives it significant influence over the Company; or - has joint control over the Company; (b) the party is an associate of the Company; (c) the party is a joint venture in which the Company is a venturer; (d) the party is member of the key management personnel of the Company and its parent; (e) the party is a close member of the family of any individual referred to in (a) or (d); (f) the party is an entity that is controlled or significantly influenced by, or for which significant voting power in such entity resides with directly or indirectly, any individual referred to in (d) or (g) the party is a post-employment benefit plan for the benefit of employees of the Company, or of any entity that is a related party of the Company. A related party transaction is a transfer of resources, services or obligations between related parties, regardless of whether a price is charged. A number of transactions are entered into with related parties in the normal course of business. 2.30 Earning per share Earnings per share are determined by dividing the net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year attributable to the shareholders of the Company. In Turkey, companies can increase their share capital by making a pro-rata distribution of shares (“Bonus Shares”) to existing shareholders from retained earnings. For the purpose of earnings per share computations, such bonus shares issued are regarded as issued shares. 2.31 Subsequent events Subsequent events that provide additional information about the Company’s position at the reporting dates (adjusting events) are reflected in the financial statements. Events after the reporting date that are not adjusting events are disclosed in the notes when material.