MILLIRE_2019_Annual Report

197 Milli Re Annual Report 2019 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 CONSOLIDATED 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)) 2.3 Segment reporting An operating segment is a component of the Company that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, including revenues and expenses that relate to transactions with any of the Company’s other components, whose operating results are reviewed regularly by the Board of Directors (being chief operating decision maker) to make decisions about resources allocated to each segment and assess its performance, and for which discrete financial information is available. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Companys operates in life and non-life branches and is not required to present segment reporting since its debt or equity instruments are not traded in a public market. 2.4 Foreign currency transactions Transactions are recorded in TL, which is the Group’s valid currency. Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the rates ruling at the dates of the transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rate of exchange ruling at the reporting date and all exchange differences, except for those arising on the translation of the fair value change of available-for-sale financial assets, are offset and are recognized as foreign exchange gains or losses. Changes in the fair value of financial assets denominated in foreign currency classified as available-for-sale are analysed between translation differences resulting from changes in the amortised cost of the asset and other changes in the carrying amount of the asset. Translation differences related to changes in amortised cost are recognized in profit or loss, and other changes in carrying amount are recognized in “valuation of financial assets” in equity. 2.5 Tangible assets Except buildings for own use, tangible assets are recorded at their historical costs that have been adjusted according to the inflation rates until the end of December 31, 2004. There have been no other inflationary adjustments for these tangible assets for the following years and therefore they have been recorded at their costs indexed to the inflation rates for December 31, 2004. Tangible assets that have been purchased after January 1, 2005 have been recorded at their costs excluding their exchange rate differences and finance expenses less impairment losses if any. The Group has started to show based on the revaluation model by measuring over fair value as of the third quarter of the 2015 year by making changes in the use of the property which is measuring the cost model in the financial statements before. Buildings for own use are recognized by fair value that are determined in valuations made by independent valuation experts who have professional competency by reducing their values accumulated depreciation. Accumulated depreciation at the date of revaluation is deducted from gross book value and net amount is brought to values after revaluation. Increase arising from the revaluation of lands and buildings for own use are presented under the other capital reserves in the equity excluding tax. As a result of property based evaluation, value decreases that correspond the previous period value increases are deducted from related fund; other decreases are recognized in income statement. Gains/losses arising from the disposal of the tangible assets are calculated as the difference between the net carrying value and the proceeds from the disposal of related tangible assets and reflected to the statement of income of the related period. Lands are not amortised due to their unlimited useful life. Tangible assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives (3-15 years) over the cost of the asset or revaluated amounts. Maintenance and repair costs incurred in the ordinary course of the business are recorded as expense. There are no pledges, mortgages and other encumbrances on tangible fixed assets. There are no changes in accounting estimates that have significant effect on the current period or that are expected to have significant effect on the following periods.