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European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority

1998

Q&A

Question ID: 1998

Regulation Reference: (EU) No 2015/35 - supplementing Dir 2009/138/EC - taking up & pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (SII)

Topic: Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR)

Article: Recital 31 of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/981; Articles 182; 183; 184; 185; 186 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35

Status: Final

Date of submission: 31 Jul 2019

Question

In light of the recital 31 of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/981, which is about the procedure for calculating the Market Risk Concentration, can you explain what the correct sequence for the calculation of the Market risk concentration sub-module of the standard formula is?

EIOPA answer

The answer to this question is provided by the European Commission.

The correct sequence for the calculation of the Market risk concentration sub-module of the standard formula is the following:
(1) As a principle, all individual exposures to counterparties that belong to the same corporate group are treated as a single name exposure and are assigned a credit quality step in accordance with Article 182 of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35.
(2) The weighted average credit quality on the single name exposure is calculated in accordance with Article 182(4) of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 and the exposure at default on the single name exposure (Ei) is calculated in accordance with Article 182(3) of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35.
(3) The relative excess exposure threshold (CTi) pursuant to Article 185 of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 and the risk factor (gi) pursuant to Article 186 of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 are calculated on the basis of the weighted average credit quality on the single name exposure as calculated under step (2).

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