Question ID: 95
Regulation Reference: Guidelines on submission of information to NCAs (Preparatory phase)
Article: 35
Status: Final
Date of submission: 12 Aug 2014
Question
Can you explain to me the order of priority with regard to LoBs, please?
For example, should unit-linked health business that is not directly written be reported as
- Health insurance
- Index-linked and unit-linked insurance
- Health reinsurance
My judgement is that 'Reinsurance' takes priority followed by 'Health', followed equally by 'With-profits' and 'Index-linked and unit-linked'.
EIOPA answer
If a unit-linked policy provides health insurance benefits funded by cancellation of units the policy should be reported primarily as unit-linked or unit-linked reinsurance. The best estimate liabilities reported as health insurance or health reinsurance should purely be those arising from notional premiums paid to fund the health benefits, e.g. reserves for claims in payment on income protection, claims incurred but not reported.
As for the accepted reinsurance, the template allows the reporting of direct business and accepted reinsurance for both unit linked and health insurance.