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1 Chesnara Solvency and Financial Condition Report 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chesnara | SOLVENCY AND FINANCIAL CONDITION REPORT 2016 SUMMARY 1 AUDITOR S REPORT AND OPINION 3 DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF THE SOLVENCY AND FINANCIAL CONDITION REPORT ( SFCR ) 5 A. BUSINESS AND PERFORMANCE 6 Business 6 Underwriting performance 12 Investment performance 13 Performance of other activities 14 Any other information 14 B. SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE 15 General information on the system of governance 15 Fit and proper requirements 23 Risk management system including the own risk and solvency assessment 24 Internal control system 30 Internal audit function 33 Actuarial function 34 Outsourcing 34 Any other information 35 C.
2 RISK PROFILE 36 Underwriting risk 36 Market risk 37 Credit risk 37 Liquidity risk 37 Operational risk 37 Other material risks 38 Any other information 38 D. VALUATION FOR SOLVENCY PURPOSES 42 Assets 42 Technical provisions 49 Other liabilities 54 Alternative methods for valuation 57 Any other information 57 E. capital MANAGEMENT 58 Own funds 58 Solvency capital Requirement and Minimum capital Requirement 63 Use of the duration-based equity risk sub-module in the calculation of the Solvency capital Requirement 64 Differences between the standard formula and any internal models used 64 Non-compliance with the MCR and significant non-compliance with the SCR 64 Any other information 64 F.
3 GLOSSARY OF TERMS 65 G. ANNEX QUANTITATIVE REPORTING TEMPLATES 66 - Balance Sheet 66 - Premiums, claims and expenses by line of business 68 - Premiums, claims and expenses by country 69 - Own funds 70 - Solvency capital Requirement for undertakings on Standard Formula 72 - Undertakings in the scope of the group 73 Information subject to audit: The information in the above contents page that has been shaded is subject to external audit. SUMMARY Chesnara | SOLVENCY AND FINANCIAL CONDITION REPORT 2016 1 Background This is the first Solvency and Financial Condition Report ( SFCR ) that has been prepared for the Chesnara plc group ( Chesnara , the group ), and is for the year ended 31 December 2016.
4 The report has been prepared to comply with the reporting requirements of the new EU-wide regulatory framework for insurance companies, known as Solvency II, which came into force on 1 January 2016. This report has been prepared for the benefit of policyholders and other parties who have an interest in the solvency and financial condition of the group. In accordance with the Solvency II framework this report follows a standardised structure and includes specific content to meet the detailed reporting requirements of the framework. A summary of this report has been provided below. It focuses on key messages and highlights key changes during 2016 that have been reported in the main body of this report.
5 To aid the reader of this report the summary has been prepared to follow the structure of the main body of this report. A. Business and performance This section of the report provides background information on the company and its performance. Chesnara plc is a listed life insurance holding company and has its shares admitted for trading on the London Stock Exchange. The Chesnara group has life insurance and pensions operations in the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands. Both the UK and Dutch businesses are substantially closed to new business, whereas the Swedish division continues to sell new policies to customers.
6 The overall business of Chesnara has not changed substantially over the reporting period. Highlights from the business and performance section of this report include: The announcement on 24 November 2016 of the acquisition of Legal & General Nederland (subsequently renamed Scildon ) which was completed on 5 April 2017. To part fund the acquisition, new equity capital of (net of issue costs) was raised in December 2016. The impact of the acquisition will be reflected in the 2017 Chesnara group SFCR. The group has reported an underwriting performance, taken as being the profit before tax as included in the group s financial statements, of (2015: ).
7 Regarding the UK business, during March 2016 the Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA ) announced an investigation into how the company disclosed exit fees to customers when they surrendered, transferred or made the policy paid up. Discussions are continuing with the FCA to progress the investigation following recent requests for further information. During November 2016, as part of the UK Government s pensions freedoms agenda it was announced that a 1% exit fee cap would be introduced on all pension products where the policyholder is over 55 years old, effective from 1 March 2017. The group s results provide for the impact of this change.
8 A number of new board appointments across the group have been made during the year to strengthen the group s governance. This includes the appointment of a new UK CEO and two new non-executive directors in the UK (one of which has also been appointed to the Chesnara board). In addition, the board was advised of the intention of the Swedish CEO to step down during 2017 and a well qualified replacement has been appointed. B. Systems of governance This section of the report provides further information on the overall governance structure of the group and its risk management and internal control system.
9 It details the Chesnara board s overall responsibilities and how it delivers these through the use of its sub-committees and interaction with the boards operating in each of its three divisions. The Chesnara board sets the culture and values of how the group operates, and it is the Chesnara board s responsibility to ensure that this is implemented across the group. It manages this through the utilisation of group and divisional corporate governance maps. This section of the report also provides some insight into the remuneration practices and policies of the group and how these promote management behaviours that are aligned with its strategic aims.
10 There have been no significant changes in the group s overall system of governance over the year although the group continues to invest time and resources into ensuring that the governance structures in place remain fit for purpose for the ever evolving landscape in which the group operates. C. Risk profile Further qualitative and quantitative information on the risk profile of the group can be found in this section of the report. Quantitative risk profile information in this section has been provided using the results of the group s solvency capital requirement calculations. The group is required to hold capital to help it deal with the financial impact should any of the risks materialise.
