ICP 20 Public Disclosure

The supervisor requires insurers to disclose relevant and comprehensive information on a timely basis in order to give policyholders and market participants a clear view of their business activities, risks, performance and financial position.


20.1

Subject to their nature, scale and complexity, insurers make audited financial statements available at least annually.


20.2

Insurers disclose, at least annually and in a way that is publicly accessible, appropriately detailed information on their:
  • company profile;
  • corporate governance framework;
  • technical provisions;
  • insurance risk exposure;
  • financial instruments and other investments;
  • investment risk exposure;
  • asset-liability management;
  • capital adequacy;
  • liquidity risk; and
  • financial performance.


Company Profile


20.3

Disclosures include information about the insurer’s company profile such as:
  • the nature of its business;
  • its corporate structure;
  • key business segments;
  • the external environment in which it operates; and
  • its objectives and the strategies for achieving those objectives.


Corporate Governance Framework


20.4

The supervisor requires that disclosures about the insurer’s corporate governance framework provide information on the key features of the framework, including its internal controls and risk management, and how they are implemented.


Technical Provisions


20.5

The supervisor requires that disclosures about the insurer’s technical provisions are presented by material insurance business segment and include, where relevant, information on:
  • the future cash flow assumptions;
  • the rationale for the choice of discount rates;
  • the risk adjustment methodology where used; and
  • other information as appropriate to provide a description of the method used.


Insurance Risk Exposures


20.6

The supervisor requires that disclosures about the insurer’s reasonably foreseeable and material insurance risk exposures, and their management, include information on:
  • the nature, scale and complexity of risks arising from its insurance contracts;
  • the insurer’s risk management objectives and policies;
  • models and techniques for managing insurance risks (including underwriting processes);
  • its use of reinsurance or other forms of risk transfer; and
  • its insurance risk concentrations.


Financial Instruments and Other Investments


20.7

The supervisor requires that disclosures about the insurer’s financial instruments and other investments include information on:
  • instruments and investments by class;
  • investment management objectives, policies and processes; and
  • values, assumptions and methods used for general purpose financial reporting and solvency purposes, as well as an explanation of any differences, where applicable.


Investment Risk Exposures


20.8

The supervisor requires disclosures about the insurer’s material investment risk exposures, and their management.


Asset-Liability Management


20.9

Disclosures about the insurer’s asset-liability management (ALM) include information on:
  • ALM in total and, where appropriate, at a segmented level;
  • the methodology used and the key assumptions employed in measuring assets and liabilities for ALM purposes; and
  • any capital and/or provisions held as a consequence of a mismatch between assets and liabilities.


Capital Adequacy


20.10

Disclosures about the insurer’s capital adequacy include information on:
  • its objectives, policies and processes for managing capital and assessing capital adequacy;
  • the solvency requirements of the jurisdiction(s) in which the insurer operates; and
  • the capital available to cover regulatory capital requirements. If the insurer uses an internal model to determine capital resources and requirements, information about the model is disclosed.


​Liquidity Risk


20.11

The supervisor requires that disclosures about the insurer’s liquidity risk include sufficient quantitative and qualitative information to allow a meaningful assessment by market participants of the insurer’s material liquidity risk exposures.


Financial Performance


20.12

Disclosures about the insurer’s financial performance, in total and at a segmented level include information on:
  • earnings analysis;
  • claims statistics including claims development;
  • pricing adequacy; and
  • investment performance.


​Non-GAAP Financial Measures


20.13

Insurers that publicly disclose non-GAAP financial measures are required to adhere to the specified practices regarding those measures, where applicable.