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ORSA means the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment insurers are required to perform in their respective jurisdictions. An ORSA concept is described in Insurance Core Principle 16 of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors.
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ORSA Regulatory Requirements Description Australia Bermuda Canada China EEA Japan Mexico Singapore South Africa Switzerland United States
SARMRA (Solvency
Aligned Risk ARSI (Autoevaluación de
Common name for the
1 Reporting requirement ICAAP CISSA ORSA Management ORSA ORSA Riesgos y Solvencia ORSA ORSA ORSA ORSA
requirement.
Requirement and Institucionales)
Assessment)
Solvency II Directive
(2009/138/EC),
COMMISSION
DELEGATED REGULATION
Life Insurance Act: (EU) 2015/35 General Law of Insurance
http://www.comlaw.gov. Both can be found @ and Bonds Institutions,
au/Series/C2004A04860 CISSA 2011 http://ec.europa.eu/fina article 69, section I a
Life Insurance Instructions nce/insurance/solvency/s through e
Regulations: olvency2/index_en.htm http://www.cnsf.gob.mx/
Handbook
http://www.comlaw.gov. (together with their CUSFELECTRONICA/LISF/L
Insurance Act 2015,
au/Series/F1996B00625Li amendments) ISF_3_1_S3. Single Notice Individual state laws
Relevant law or regulation that fe Insurance Act: http://www.bma.bm Guideline E-19 ORSA Law of insurance of Insurance and Bonds,
MAS Notice 126 in expected to be enacted
(NAIC model law "Risk
(http://www.osfi- conjunction with section in H2 2015, along with Swiss federal insurance
3 Basis for requirement provides the regulatory authority http://www.comlaw.gov. /document- (Edited version 3rd EIPOA Guideline can be Insurance Business Act chapter 3.2, rule 3.2.6 Management and Own
bsif.gc.ca/Eng/Docs/e19. 64(2) of the Insurance supporting subordinate law ("AVO")
for requiring regulatory compliance. au/Series/C2004A04860 centre/reporting- March 2009) found @ thru 3.2.9 Risk and Solvency
pdf) Act (Cap. 142) legislation (currently
General Insurance Act: https://eiopa.europa.eu/ http://www.cnsf.gob.mx/ Assessment Model Act")
forms-and- under development)
http://www.comlaw.gov. GuidelinesSII/EIOPA_Gui CUSFELECTRONICA/CUSF
au/Details/C2014C00564 guidelines/Insurance delines_on_ORSA_EN.pdf /CUSF3_2 and 7.4.2. for
General Insurance /Forms/DispForm.as Dynamic Solvency test
Regulations: px?ID=17 Small insurers not http://www.cnsf.gob.mx/
http://www.comlaw.gov. covering risky business CUSFELECTRONICA/CUSF
au/Details/F2011C00193 are excluded from the /CUSF7_4
scope of the Solvency II
Directive and hence they
are not required to do
ORSA
1. the insurance
companies and branches
of foreign insurance
All federally regulated companies legally
insurers including incorporated under the
All Insurers and Insurance
Canadian operations of approval of CIRC
Groups subject to the
foreign life and property 2. CIRC will categorise Insurers with gross
Solvency II directive
Class E, 3A, Class 3B, and and casualty companies companies into Class I premium over US$500
(individual Member State Insurance Groups and
Class 4 insurers operating in Canada on a insurance companies and Applies to any licensed Every insurer (solo million (excluding
implementations may solo insurers category 1,
Size or type of insurer to which the branch basis, as well as Class II insurance All Insurers and Insurance All Insurance and Bond insurer (except a captive requirement) and affiliate reinsurance
4 Applicability threshold All insurers vary in respect of entities 2 and 3. Insurers
regulatory requirement applies. http://www.bma.bm/ins fraternal benefit societies companies according to Groups companies. insurer or a marine insurance group (group assumed) or Insurance
not falling under the categories 4 and 5 are
urance/licensing/SitePag operating in Canada, the years of mutual insurer). requirement). Groups with gross
scope of the Solvency II exempt
es/Home.aspx except for regulated establishment, business premium over US$1
directive still applying
insurance holding size (premium and/or billion
some or all of those
companies and non- total assets) and risk
rules)
operating insurance features, different
companies solvency risk
management
requirements are
proposed respectively.
Domestic Regulator, so
Whether domestic regulators would No, unless based on an Yes, with some
far, DOES NOT allow the Yes, if it covers
Sufficiency of filing another allow the submission of a foreign established equivalence conditions (It covers
5 No Yes No No submission of a foreign No No No requirements in US ORSA
country's ORSA report ORSA report to comply with the decision that applies to ORSA on Japanese
ORSA report to comply Guidance Manual
requirement. ORSA as well subsidiary/branch, etc.)
with the requirement.
ORSA Regulatory Requirements Description Australia Bermuda Canada China EEA Japan Mexico Singapore South Africa Switzerland United States
Comprehensive
Guidelines for
Supervision of Insurance
Two separate documents Companies : "Does an
Both. A process and
are produced (1) a Primary focus: helping insurance company make
When undertaking its corresponding process
Summary Statement, decision making by the ORSA periodically and The guidelines focus on
ORSA Summary Report ORSA, the insurer shall description must be in
Basis of regulatory guidance: ORSA which summaries the OSFI expects an insurer CIRC assesses the AMSB maintain risk and capital CNSF expects an insurer what is to be achieved by
needs to be filed (some document the rationale, place (focused on the
8 process or regulatory reporting of capital assessment and to have processes in insurers and issues control process, to to have processes in the ORSA rather than on Report
specific (minimal) calculations and action reporting process). Also a
ORSA management processes, place to conduct an ORSA SARMRA report The ORSA also should be monitor whether itself place to conduct an ORSA how it is to be
content is prescribed) plans arising from this report must be produced
and (2) an annual report reported to the satisfies both the performed.
assessment. and signed off at
on the implementation of supervisor requirement on
executive level.
the ICAAP economic capital and the
capital requirement
based on solvency margin
regulation? "
Annual;
Insurers should produce
In the case of any
the full assessment at
significant changes to the Annual report, although
Tier 1 insurer: annually least annually and when
solvency risk Annual or upon update of group capital
Requirement for the frequency of (at least) there is a significant Annual or upon request
11 Frequency of the ORSA report Annual Annual Annual management capability significant change in risk Annual Annual assessment can be
ORSA reporting. Tier 2 insurer: every third change in the insurer‘s by FINMA
of an insurance company profile requested in the interim
year risk profile due to
within the year, CIRC may if material changes occur.
internal or external
conduct the assessment
conditions changing.
again.
3-year capital
projections:
Stress test(under Pillar I):
annual basis, including
The undertaking should
base scenario and stress
ensure that its
scenario. Under base
assessment of the overall
scenario, insurance
solvency needs is forward- "long enough to capture
company needs to
looking, including a the adverse effects
project the solvency
medium term or long thereof, so as to capture
ratios for the next two
term perspective as the responsiveness of the Time horizon should
Time period over which the accounting years. Under
Horizon for forward looking Three year capital appropriate (EIOPA 1.21). administration to these Has to be consistent with correspond with the Planning horizon, at least Business planning
16 assessment is required to be Planning horizon Planning horizon stress scenario, insurance 3 to 5 years as example
assessment projections As the ORSA should pass effects. The projection the business planning. business planning cycle. three years horizon
conducted. company needs to
the use test, i.e. it should period for life insurance, (typically 3 – 5 years)
project solvency ratio for
also be used by the will be at least five years,
the next accounting year.
company in its planning, and for the non life, at
Pillar II: Life & Health
the horizon probably least two years
insurance companies
usually is consistent with
should run regular cash
the business planning
flow stress test, which
period
includes base scenario
and stress scenario. Cash
flow stress test is part of
liquidity risk
management tools.
Where an
insurer/insurance group
uses a valuation basis
different from the SAM
basis for assessment of
its overall solvency
needs, it has to explain
how the chosen basis
ensures better
consideration of its risk
profile, approved risk
C-ROSS basis: GAAP appetite (and related
based assets and tolerances) and business
liabilities valuation strategy.
Solvency II basis can be
approach, excluding a Mexican Statutory The chosen basis should
IFRS (same basis of used, or any basis that Japanese Statutory (and IFRS (same basis of
few adjustments to the Accounting, similar to comply at all times with Insurer's choice, but must Insurer's choice, but must
17 Valuation basis Australian Economic Balance Sheet reporting for public and the AMSB considers more Economic reporting for public and
asset and liability Solvency II (economic the overarching disclose disclose
statutory purposes) appropriate than the (recommended)) statutory purposes)
measurement standards basis) governance principle of
Solvency II basis
made by the CIRC for the sound and prudent
purpose of regulation on management of the
solvency business.
The chosen basis should
be used consistently
throughout the
insurer/insurance group’s
own assessment of
overall solvency needs.
The insurer/insurance
group should provide an
assessment of the
material differences
between its chosen basis
LPS 110:
http://www.apra.gov.au/
lifs/PrudentialFramework
/Documents/LPS-110-
Capital-Adequacy-January-
2013.pdf
http://www.naic.org
GPS 110:
http://www.bma.bm/doc http://www.osfi- https://eiopa.europa http://www.mas.gov.sg/ http://www.fsb.co.za/De /documents/commit
http://www.apra.gov.au/ http://www.fsa.go.jp http://www.cnsf.gob.mx/ ~/media/resource/legisla partments/insurance/Pag
ument-centre/reporting- bsif.gc.ca/Eng/Docs/e19. http://www.circ.gov.cn/ Currently in
Regulatory website with guidance Link guidance most relevant for GI/PrudentialFramework/ .eu/GuidelinesSII/EI tees_e_isftf_group_s
21 forms-and- pdf, http://www.osfi- web/site0/tab5225/info3 /common/law/guide CUSFELECTRONICA/CUSF tion_guidelines/insuranc es/assesManage1.aspx development. To be
links users. Documents/GPS-110- OPA_Guidelines_on_ olvency_related_ors
guidelines/Insurance/For bsif.gc.ca/Eng/Docs/13- 951923.htm /ins/02c.html /CUSF3_2 e/notices/MAS%20126_A released by Q3 2015
Capital-Adequacy-January-
ms/DispForm.aspx?ID=17 1663_ORSA_ins.pdf ORSA_EN.pdf pr%202013.pdf a_feedback_pilot_pr
2013.pdf
CPG110:
oject.pdf
http://www.apra.gov.au/
CrossIndustry/Pages/CPG-
110-Internal-Capital-
Adequacy-
Assessment.aspx
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