Business and performance

1. The solvency and condition report shall include all of the following information regarding the business of the insurance or reinsurance undertaking:

(a) the name and legal form of the undertaking;

(b) the name and contact details of the supervisory authority responsible for financial supervision of the undertaking and, where applicable, the name and contact details of the group supervisor of the group to which the undertaking belongs;

(c) the name and contact details of the external auditor of the undertaking;

(d) a description of the holders of qualifying holdings in the undertaking;

(e) where the undertaking belongs to a group, details of the undertaking's position within the legal structure of the group;

(f) the undertaking's material lines of business and material geographical areas where it carries out business;

(g) any significant business or other events that have occurred over the reporting period that have had a material impact on the undertaking.

2. The solvency and financial condition report shall include qualitative and quantitative information on the insurance or reinsurance undertaking's underwriting performance, at an aggregate level and by material line of business and material geographical areas where it carries out business over the reporting period, together with a comparison of the information with that reported on the previous reporting period, as shown in the undertaking's financial statements.

3. The solvency and financial condition report shall include all of the following qualitative and quantitative information regarding the performance of the investments of the insurance or reinsurance undertaking over the reporting period together with a comparison of the information with that reported on the previous reporting period, as shown in that undertaking's financial statements:

(a) information on income and expenses arising from investments by asset class and, where necessary for a proper understanding of the income and expenses, the components of such income and expenses;

(b) information about any gains and losses recognised directly in equity;

(c) information about any investments in securitisation.

4. The solvency and financial condition report shall describe the other material income and expenses of the insurance or reinsurance undertaking incurred over the reporting period together with a comparison of the information with that reported on the previous reporting period, as shown in that undertaking's financial statements.

5. The solvency and financial condition report shall include in a separate section any other material information regarding their business and performance of the insurance or reinsurance undertaking.