MILLIRE_2019_Annual Report

221 Milli Re Annual Report 2019 Activities and Major Developments Related to Activities Financial Status Risks and Assessment of the Governing Body Unconsolidated Financial Statements Together with Independent Auditors’ Report Thereon Consolidated Financial Statements Together with Independent Auditors’ Report Thereon General Information Financial Rights Provided to the Members of the Governing Body and Senior Executives Research & Development Activities Millî Reasürans Türk Anonim Şirketi NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2019 (Convenience Translation of Financial Statements and Related Disclosures and Footnotes Originally Issued in Turkish, See Note 2.1.1) (Currency: Turkish Lira (TL)) 4 Management of insurance and financial risk 4.1 Management of insurance risk Objective of managing risks arising from insurance (reinsurance) contracts and policies used to minimize such risks Reinsurance risk is defined as a possibility of financial loss due to inappropriate and insufficient application of reinsurance techniques in the activities of taking insurance contract responsibility partially or completely. Potential risks that may be exposed in transactions are described, classified and managed based on the requirements set out in the Company’s “Regulative Framework on the Risk Management Activities, Risk Management Policies and Implementation Procedures and Principles of the Risk Management” issued by the approval of the Board of Directors. The main objective of the “Regulative Framework on the Risk Management Activities, Risk Management Policies and Implementation Procedures and Principles of the Risk Management” is to determine the risk measurement, assessment, and control procedures and maintain consistency between the Company’s asset quality and limitations allowed by the insurance standards together with the Company’s risk tolerance of the accepted risk level assumed in return for a specific consideration. In this respect, instruments that are related to risk transfer, such as; insurance risk selection, risk quality follow-up by providing accurate and complete information, effective monitoring of level of claims by using risk portfolio claim frequency, treaties, facultative reinsurance contracts and coinsurance agreements, and risk management instruments, such as; risk limitations, are used in achieving the related objective. Reinsurance risk is measured by quantitative methods and kept under pre-specified limits based on the “Limit over Acceptable Reinsurance Risk and Maximum Custody Share Limit” updated and approved annually by the Board of Directors. Reinsurance risk is monitored regularly according to criteria described in the “Limit over Acceptable Reinsurance Risk and Maximum Custody Share Limit” policy and results are analysed by the Risk Committee and reported to the Board of Directors. Action plan is determined by the Board of Directors in the case of having exposure higher than acceptable level of risk and probability Objective of managing risks arising from insurance contracts and policies used to minimize such risk Insurance risk is defined as coverage for exposures that exhibit a possibility of financial loss due to applying inappropriate and insufficient insurance techniques. Main reasons of insurance risk exposure result from the risk selection and inaccurate calculation of insurance coverage, policy terms and fee or inaccurate calculation of coverage portion kept within the Group and coverage portion transfers to policyholders and transfer conditions. Instruments that are related to risk transfer, such as; insurance risk selection, risk quality follow-up by providing accurate and complete information, effective monitoring of level of claims by using risk portfolio claim frequency, treaties, facultative reinsurance contracts and coinsurance agreements, and risk management instruments, such as; risk limitations, are used in achieving the related objective. Risk tolerance is determined by Board of Directors by considering the Groups long-term strategies, equity resources, potential returns and economical expectations, and it is presented by risk limitations. Authorization limitations during policy issuing include authorizations for risk acceptances granted based on geographical regions in relation to unacceptable special risks or pre-approved acceptable special risks, insurance coverage to agencies, district offices, technical offices, assistant general managers and top management in the policy issuance period and authorizations for claim payment granted to district offices, claim management administration, automobile claims administration and Claim Committee established by the managing director and assistant managing director in the claim payment period. Whatsoever, risk acceptance is based on technical income expectations under the precautionary principle. In determining insurance coverage, policy terms and fee, these expectations are based accordingly.