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AASB 17 Insurance Contracts - July 2017
50After an entity has recognised a loss on an onerous group of insurance contracts, it shall allocate:
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50 After an entity has recognised a loss on an onerous group of insurance contracts, it shall allocate:
(a) the subsequent changes in fulfilment cash flows of the liability for remaining coverage specified in paragraph 51 on a systematic basis between:
(i) the loss component of the liability for remaining coverage; and
(ii) the liability for remaining coverage, excluding the loss component.
(b) solely to the loss component until that component is reduced to zero:
(i) any subsequent decrease relating to future service in fulfilment cash flows allocated to the group arising from changes in estimates of future cash flows and the risk adjustment for non-financial risk; and
(ii) any subsequent increases in the amount of the entity’s share of the fair value of the underlying items.
Applying paragraphs 44(c)(ii), 45(b)(iii) and 45(c)(iii), an entity shall adjust the contractual service margin only for the excess of the decrease over the amount allocated to the loss component.
51 The subsequent changes in the fulfilment cash flows of the liability for remaining coverage to be allocated applying paragraph 50(a) are:
(a) estimates of the present value of future cash flows for claims and expenses released from the liability for remaining coverage because of incurred insurance service expenses;
(b) changes in the risk adjustment for non-financial risk recognised in profit or loss because of the release from risk; and
(c) insurance finance income or expenses.
52 The systematic allocation required by paragraph 50(a) shall result in the total amounts allocated to the loss component in accordance with paragraphs 48–50 being equal to zero by the end of the coverage period of a group of contracts.
Premium allocation approach
53 An entity may simplify the measurement of a group of insurance contracts using the premium allocation approach set out in paragraphs 55–59 if, and only if, at the inception of the group:
(a) the entity reasonably expects that such simplification would produce a measurement of the liability for remaining coverage for the group that would not differ materially from the one that would be produced applying the requirements in paragraphs 32–52; or
(b) the coverage period of each contract in the group (including insurance contract services arising from all premiums within the contract boundary determined at that date applying paragraph 34) is one year or less.
54 The criterion in paragraph 53(a) is not met if at the inception of the group an entity expects significant variability in the fulfilment cash flows that would affect the measurement of the liability for remaining coverage during the period before a claim is incurred. Variability in the fulfilment cash flows increases with, for example:
(a) the extent of future cash flows relating to any derivatives embedded in the contracts; and
(b) the length of the coverage period of the group of contracts.