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WorkpaperIFRS 17 — Insurance ContractsL2 · L3

Portfolios, profitability groups and annual cohorts: grouping of contracts and loss of an onerous group at initial recognition

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Objective of the workpaper

Record the contracts of the portfolio (risks, management), their issue dates and the profitability expected at initial recognition. Then classify the group, check the rule of a maximum gap of one year between the contracts of a cohort, compute the loss of the onerous group, record it and write the conclusion. The fulfilment cash flows of the group are case data.

10 sections · 17 blocks · 1 calculation · 1 entry

  • IFRS 17 §22

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File and entity
Portfolios, profitability groups, annual cohorts, recognition and contract boundary, and the loss of an onerous group
Case tasks documented here
  • Classify each of the three sets of motor contracts into its profitability group.
  • Compute the loss of the onerous group at initial recognition.
  • Record the loss of the onerous group.
  • Which home contracts may be in the same group? May H1 and H4 be?
1

Facts and data

Inputs

  • Contracts of the portfolio: products, risks covered, common management

    TextRequired

    MOTOR_CONTRACTS_WITH_SIMILAR_RISKS_AND_ONE_TEAM

  • Profitability expected at initial recognition and sensitivity analysis

    Text

    ACTUARIAL_NOTE_NET_OUTFLOW_FOR_THE_YOUNG_DRIVERS_SET

  • Issue dates of the contracts of the group

    Text

  • Floor of the loss (zero)

    Number

    0

  • Fulfilment cash flows of the group (net outflow)

    Number

    36,000

2

Supporting documents

Evidence

  • Documents obtained and referenced (contracts, actuarial profitability note, issue dates)

    EvidenceRequired

3

Analysis of the grouping of contracts

Analysis

IFRS 17 §22

  • Points examined: portfolios, groups, cohorts, recognition and contract boundary

    ChecklistRequired

    • Portfolio: contracts exposed to similar risks and managed together
    • Minimum division into three groups: onerous at inception, no significant possibility of becoming onerous, remaining
    • No contract of a group issued more than one year apart
    • Recognition date of the group: the earliest of three dates
    • Contract boundary set by the substantive rights and obligations
4

Calculations

Calculations

IFRS 17 §22

  • Loss at initial recognition (the higher of zero and the fulfilment cash flows)

    Calculation

    36,000

    Floor of the loss (zero) ; Fulfilment cash flows of the group (net outflow)

5

Illustrative entries

Entries

  • Entry of the loss of the onerous group

    Entry

    AccountDebitCredit
    Loss on onerous group36,000
    Insurance contract liability36,000
6

Judgments: classification of the group and annual cohorts

Judgment

IFRS 17 §22

  • Profitability group

    JudgmentRequired

    Group onerous at initial recognition

    Group onerous at initial recognition / Group with no significant possibility of becoming onerous / Remaining group / Not applicable

    Professional judgment: "significant possibility" is assessed on the profitability data of the case; no numerical threshold is imposed here.

  • Rationale: expected profitability, sensitivity to the assumptions, comparison with the other contracts of the portfolio

    Text

    FULFILMENT_CASH_FLOWS_ARE_A_NET_OUTFLOW_AT_INITIAL_RECOGNITION

  • Annual cohorts

    JudgmentRequired

    Not applicable

    Contracts that may be in the same group: less than one year apart / Separate groups required: more than one year apart / Not applicable

    Professional judgment: the one-year rule comes from IFRS 17; the exemption from annual cohorts is an exception specific to the European Union, never an option of the standards issued by the IASB.

  • Rationale: issue dates compared two by two and any exemption specific to the European Union invoked

    Text

7

Items to document for the notes

Disclosure

IFRS 17 §22

  • Information to prepare on the grouping

    Checklist

    • Composition of the portfolios and of the groups
    • Loss recognised on the onerous groups
    • Any use of the European Union exemption from annual cohorts
8

Effect on the financial statements

FS impact

  • Effect derived from the entries

    Table

9

Conclusion

Conclusion

  • Supported conclusion on the portfolio, the profitability group, the annual cohort and the loss recognised at inception

    ConclusionRequired

10

Normative references

References

  • Normative references cited in this workpaper

    References

11

Checks and financial statement impact

  • Contracts of the portfolio describedPass
  • Profitability group judged and supportedPass
  • Annual cohort judged and supportedPass
  • Loss entry balancedPass
Assets
0
Liabilities
36,000
Profit or loss
-36,000
OCI
0
Equity
-36,000