Reporting Standard GRS 150.0 (2005)
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This standard requires licensed general insurers (including foreign branches and consolidated insurance groups) to regularly report large asset exposures—on- and off‑balance sheet and related‑party items—generally those exceeding 10% of an insurer’s capital (or net assets for branches). Reports, submitted electronically or on signed paper, include credit grading and a calculated risk charge for concentration risk. APRA uses the data for prudential supervision to detect dangerous concentrations and ensure adequate capital buffers.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Financial Sector (Collection of Data) determination No. 12 of 2005.
This reporting standard is made under section 13 of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 (the Collection of Data Act). It requires general insurers (insurers), including foreign general insurers (foreign insurers) operating in Australia through branch operations, to report to APRA, generally on a quarterly and annual basis, any asset concentrations.
This reporting standard outlines the overall requirements for the provision of this information to APRA. It should be read in conjunction with:
An insurer must provide APRA with the information required by the version of Form GRF 150.0 designated for a ‘Licensed Insurer’ for each reporting period.
An insurer that is a highest parent entity in relation to a consolidated insurance group must also provide APRA with the information required by the version of Form GRF 150.0 designated for a ‘Consolidated Insurance Group’ for each reporting period.
(a) in electronic form, using one of the electronic submission mechanisms provided by the ‘Direct to APRA’ (also known as ‘D2A’) application; or
(b) manually completed on paper, which must be faxed or mailed to APRA’s head office.
Note: the Direct to APRA application software and paper forms may be obtained from APRA.
(a) in respect of each quarter based on the financial year (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) of the insurer; and
(b) in respect of each financial year (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) of the insurer.
Note: The annual information required by paragraph 3 read with subparagraph 6(b), together with certain annual information required by other reporting standards, will form part of the insurer’s yearly statutory accounts within the meaning of section 3 of the Insurance Act 1973 (the Insurance Act). This means that the information must be audited in accordance with paragraph 49J(1)(a) of the Insurance Act. Under subsection 49J(3), the auditor must give the insurer a certificate relating to the yearly statutory accounts, and that certificate must specify the matters provided for in the prudential standards. (The annual information required from a highest parent entity under paragraph 4 read with subparagraph 6(b) is not required to be audited. APRA proposes to determine an exemption, under section 7 of the Insurance Act, in relation to the obligations under Part IV Division 4 of the Act in respect of the auditing of this information.)
(a) more frequently (if, having regard to the particular circumstances of the insurer, APRA considers it necessary or desirable to obtain information more frequently for the purposes of the prudential supervision of the insurer); or
(b) less frequently (if, having regard to the particular circumstances of the insurer and the extent to which it requires prudential supervision, APRA considers it unnecessary to require the insurer to provide the information as frequently as provided by subparagraph 6(a) or (b)).
(a) in the case of the quarterly information required by subparagraph 6(a) – 20 business days after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates; and
(b) in the case of the annual information required by subparagraph 6(b) – 4 months after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates.
Note: Paragraph 49L(1)(a) of the Insurance Act provides that the auditor’s certificate required under subsection 49J(3) of that Act must be lodged with APRA in accordance with the prudential standards. The prudential standards provide that the certificate must be submitted to APRA together with the yearly statutory accounts. Accordingly, the auditor’s certificate relating to the information provided under paragraph 3 read with subparagraph 6(b) must be provided to APRA by the time specified in subparagraph 8(b) of this reporting standard (unless an extension is granted under paragraph 10).
(a) in the case of the quarterly information required by subparagraph 6(a) – 30 business days after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates; and
(b) in the case of the annual information required by subparagraph 6(b) – 4 months after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates.
The information provided by an insurer under this reporting standard (other than the information required from a highest parent entity under paragraph 4) must be the product of processes and controls that have been reviewed and tested by the approved auditor of the insurer. This will require the auditor to review and test the systems, processes and controls supporting the reporting of the information to ensure that they produce accurate data and are otherwise reliable. This review and testing must be done on an annual basis or more frequently if necessary to enable the approved auditor to form an opinion on the accuracy and reliability of the data.
The information provided by an insurer under this reporting standard must be subject to processes and controls developed by the insurer for the internal review and authorisation of that information. It is the responsibility of the board and senior management of the insurer to ensure that an appropriate set of policies and procedures for the authorisation of data submitted to APRA is in place.
If an insurer submits information under this reporting standard using the ‘Direct to APRA’ software, it will be necessary for an officer of the insurer to digitally sign, authorise and encrypt the relevant data. For this purpose, APRA’s certificate authority will issue ‘digital certificates’, for use with the software, to officers of the insurer who have authority from the insurer to transmit the data to APRA.
If information under this reporting standard is provided in paper form, it must be signed on the front page of the relevant completed form by either:
(a) the Principal Executive Officer of the insurer; or
(b) the Chief Financial Officer of the insurer (whatever his or her official title may be).
(a) a form that is part of this reporting standard, and the instructions to such a form, to correct technical, programming or logical errors, inconsistencies or anomalies; or
(b) the instructions to a form, to clarify their application to the form
without changing any substantive requirement in the form or instructions.
- If APRA makes such a variation it must notify insurers in writing.
Transitional
Interpretation
Accounting Standard AASB 1024 means the accounting standard so designated made by the Australian Accounting Standards Board, being the accounting standard that applied in respect of reporting periods (within the meaning of the accounting standard) commencing immediately before 1 January 2005;
approved auditor means an auditor who has been approved by APRA under section 40 of the Insurance Act;
business days means ordinary business days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays;
consolidated insurance group means a group comprising:
(a) an insurer that is a highest parent entity; and
(b) each subsidiary under the control (within the meaning of Accounting Standard AASB 1024) of that insurer, whether the subsidiary is incorporated in Australia or not;
foreign insurer means a foreign general insurer within the meaning of the Insurance Act;
Note: A reference to a ‘branch’ or ‘branch operation’ is a reference to the Australian operations of a foreign insurer.
highest parent entity means an insurer that satisfies all of the following conditions:
(a) it is incorporated in Australia;
(b) it has at least one subsidiary under its control (within the meaning of Accounting Standard AASB 1024); and
(c) it is not itself a subsidiary of an insurer that is incorporated in Australia;
Insurance Act means the Insurance Act 1973;
insurer means a general insurer within the meaning of the Insurance Act;
Note: In the forms and instructions, a reference to an ‘authorised insurer’, ‘authorised insurance entity’ or ‘licensed insurer’ is a reference to an insurer, and a reference to an ‘authorised reinsurance entity’ is a reference to an insurer whose business consists only of undertaking liability by way of reinsurance.
reporting period means a period mentioned in subparagraph 6(a) or (b) or, if applicable, paragraph 7.
This reporting standard is made under section 13 of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 (the Collection of Data Act). It requires general insurers (insurers), including foreign general insurers (foreign insurers) operating in Australia through branch operations, to report to APRA, generally on a quarterly and annual basis, any asset concentrations.
This reporting standard outlines the overall requirements for the provision of this information to APRA. It should be read in conjunction with:
An insurer must provide APRA with the information required by the version of Form GRF 150.0 designated for a ‘Licensed Insurer’ for each reporting period.
An insurer that is a highest parent entity in relation to a consolidated insurance group must also provide APRA with the information required by the version of Form GRF 150.0 designated for a ‘Consolidated Insurance Group’ for each reporting period.
(a) in electronic form, using one of the electronic submission mechanisms provided by the ‘Direct to APRA’ (also known as ‘D2A’) application; or
(b) manually completed on paper, which must be faxed or mailed to APRA’s head office.
Note: the Direct to APRA application software and paper forms may be obtained from APRA.
(a) in respect of each quarter based on the financial year (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) of the insurer; and
(b) in respect of each financial year (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) of the insurer.
Note: The annual information required by paragraph 3 read with subparagraph 6(b), together with certain annual information required by other reporting standards, will form part of the insurer’s yearly statutory accounts within the meaning of section 3 of the Insurance Act 1973 (the Insurance Act). This means that the information must be audited in accordance with paragraph 49J(1)(a) of the Insurance Act. Under subsection 49J(3), the auditor must give the insurer a certificate relating to the yearly statutory accounts, and that certificate must specify the matters provided for in the prudential standards. (The annual information required from a highest parent entity under paragraph 4 read with subparagraph 6(b) is not required to be audited. APRA proposes to determine an exemption, under section 7 of the Insurance Act, in relation to the obligations under Part IV Division 4 of the Act in respect of the auditing of this information.)
(a) more frequently (if, having regard to the particular circumstances of the insurer, APRA considers it necessary or desirable to obtain information more frequently for the purposes of the prudential supervision of the insurer); or
(b) less frequently (if, having regard to the particular circumstances of the insurer and the extent to which it requires prudential supervision, APRA considers it unnecessary to require the insurer to provide the information as frequently as provided by subparagraph 6(a) or (b)).
(a) in the case of the quarterly information required by subparagraph 6(a) – 20 business days after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates; and
(b) in the case of the annual information required by subparagraph 6(b) – 4 months after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates.
Note: Paragraph 49L(1)(a) of the Insurance Act provides that the auditor’s certificate required under subsection 49J(3) of that Act must be lodged with APRA in accordance with the prudential standards. The prudential standards provide that the certificate must be submitted to APRA together with the yearly statutory accounts. Accordingly, the auditor’s certificate relating to the information provided under paragraph 3 read with subparagraph 6(b) must be provided to APRA by the time specified in subparagraph 8(b) of this reporting standard (unless an extension is granted under paragraph 10).
(a) in the case of the quarterly information required by subparagraph 6(a) – 30 business days after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates; and
(b) in the case of the annual information required by subparagraph 6(b) – 4 months after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates.
The information provided by an insurer under this reporting standard (other than the information required from a highest parent entity under paragraph 4) must be the product of processes and controls that have been reviewed and tested by the approved auditor of the insurer. This will require the auditor to review and test the systems, processes and controls supporting the reporting of the information to ensure that they produce accurate data and are otherwise reliable. This review and testing must be done on an annual basis or more frequently if necessary to enable the approved auditor to form an opinion on the accuracy and reliability of the data.
The information provided by an insurer under this reporting standard must be subject to processes and controls developed by the insurer for the internal review and authorisation of that information. It is the responsibility of the board and senior management of the insurer to ensure that an appropriate set of policies and procedures for the authorisation of data submitted to APRA is in place.
If an insurer submits information under this reporting standard using the ‘Direct to APRA’ software, it will be necessary for an officer of the insurer to digitally sign, authorise and encrypt the relevant data. For this purpose, APRA’s certificate authority will issue ‘digital certificates’, for use with the software, to officers of the insurer who have authority from the insurer to transmit the data to APRA.
If information under this reporting standard is provided in paper form, it must be signed on the front page of the relevant completed form by either:
(a) the Principal Executive Officer of the insurer; or
(b) the Chief Financial Officer of the insurer (whatever his or her official title may be).
(a) a form that is part of this reporting standard, and the instructions to such a form, to correct technical, programming or logical errors, inconsistencies or anomalies; or
(b) the instructions to a form, to clarify their application to the form
without changing any substantive requirement in the form or instructions.
- If APRA makes such a variation it must notify insurers in writing.
Transitional
Interpretation
Accounting Standard AASB 1024 means the accounting standard so designated made by the Australian Accounting Standards Board, being the accounting standard that applied in respect of reporting periods (within the meaning of the accounting standard) commencing immediately before 1 January 2005;
approved auditor means an auditor who has been approved by APRA under section 40 of the Insurance Act;
business days means ordinary business days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays;
consolidated insurance group means a group comprising:
(a) an insurer that is a highest parent entity; and
(b) each subsidiary under the control (within the meaning of Accounting Standard AASB 1024) of that insurer, whether the subsidiary is incorporated in Australia or not;
foreign insurer means a foreign general insurer within the meaning of the Insurance Act;
Note: A reference to a ‘branch’ or ‘branch operation’ is a reference to the Australian operations of a foreign insurer.
highest parent entity means an insurer that satisfies all of the following conditions:
(a) it is incorporated in Australia;
(b) it has at least one subsidiary under its control (within the meaning of Accounting Standard AASB 1024); and
(c) it is not itself a subsidiary of an insurer that is incorporated in Australia;
Insurance Act means the Insurance Act 1973;
insurer means a general insurer within the meaning of the Insurance Act;
Note: In the forms and instructions, a reference to an ‘authorised insurer’, ‘authorised insurance entity’ or ‘licensed insurer’ is a reference to an insurer, and a reference to an ‘authorised reinsurance entity’ is a reference to an insurer whose business consists only of undertaking liability by way of reinsurance.
reporting period means a period mentioned in subparagraph 6(a) or (b) or, if applicable, paragraph 7.
Introduction
This form collects information on large exposures and concentrations of the reporting Insurer and calculates the investment concentration risk charge applicable to asset concentrations of the insurer. The calculation is done in accordance with the Prescribed Method outlined in GGN 110.4 Investment Risk Capital Charge.
The form relating to authorised insurance entities and reinsurance entities is required to be subject to audit review and testing. The forms relating to the consolidated insurance group reporting unit is not subject to audit review and testing.
The scope and nature of audit testing required is outlined in the applicable Audit Guidance Statement issued by the Auditing and Assurance Board of the Australian Accounting Research Foundation.
Information provided in the form in respect of a financial year of an insurer forms part of the insurer’s ‘yearly statutory accounts’ within the meaning of section 3 of the Insurance Act 1973. This means that:
the completed form for the financial year must be audited by the approved auditor of the insurer (see paragraph 49J(1)(a) of the Act);
the insurer must make such arrangements as to enable the auditor to do this (subsection 49J(2));
the auditor must give the insurer a certificate relating to the completed form (and other completed forms that are part of the insurer’s yearly statutory accounts), which must contain statements of the auditor’s opinion on the matters required by the prudential standards to be dealt with in the certificate (subsection 49J(3));
the certificate must be lodged with APRA as provided for in the prudential standards (paragraph 49L(1)(a)), namely by the due date for lodging the form in respect of the financial year for the insurer.
This form is to be completed by:
For the purposes of APRA prudential reporting, the consolidated insurance group is interpreted as the accounts incorporating the highest parent entity in a group structure, that is an Australian authorised general insurance entity (for the purposes of the Insurance Act 1973), and includes all subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures (registered both in Australia and overseas) of that parent entity.
For the purposes of this form, the highest parent entity in the corporate group does not include a company (e.g. non-operating holding company) that is not an authorised general insurance entity.
Definition of subsidiaries should be consistent with the requirements of Australian accounting standards AASB 1024 ‘Consolidated Accounts’ and definition of associates should be consistent with AASB 1016 ‘Accounting for Investments in Associates’.
Exemptions from the Consolidated Insurance Group requirements
Australian authorised insurers, which do not have any subsidiaries, are not required to complete the forms for this reporting unit.
Australian authorised insurers, which have subsidiaries but the financial position of the consolidated insurance group is not materially different from that of the licensed insurance entity, are not required to complete the forms for this reporting unit (i.e. the subsidiaries do not have any material dealings/balances).
Unit of measurement
This form is to be prepared in thousands of Australian dollars (AUD). Amounts denominated in a currency other than Australian currency are to be converted to AUD in accordance with AASB 1012 ‘Foreign Currency Translation’.
The general requirements of AASB 1012 for translation are:
Monetary items are defined to mean money held and assets and liabilities that are to be received or paid in fixed or determinable amounts of money (e.g. claims payments, reinsurance recoveries).
Monetary items arising under foreign currency derivative contracts at the reporting date must be translated as follows:
Where the exchange rate is fixed in the contract, at that fixed exchange rate; and
Where the exchange rate varies, at the spot rate at the reporting date.
Reporting period
Insurers are required to report the information in the reporting form on a quarterly and annual basis.
This form must be lodged for each of the reporting units within the number of business days after the end of the quarter as set out in the Reporting Requirements table.
Specific instructions
This form is to be completed for each exposure that is greater than:
Report individual asset exposures that exceed the above applicable 10% threshold, in the appropriate counterparty/asset rating bands listed in the first column on the form (i.e. “Grade 1 counterparty/assets”, “Grade 2 counterparty/assets”, “Grade 3 counterparty/ assets”, “Grade 4 counterparty/assets” and/or “Grade 5 counterparty/assets”).
Within each of these rating grades (i.e. ‘Grade 1 counterparty/asset (Rating AAA)’) categorize individual asset exposures that may comprise the total exposure for that obligator, in the appropriate row that matches the applicable investment capital factor. Refer to Attachment 1 and 2 of GGN 110.4 Investment Risk Capital Charge for further clarification on counterparty/asset grades and investment capital factors applying to assets. Where an obligator constitutes a number of exposures of a group of related counterparties to the Insurer, these exposures should be split within the one obligator section, according to the investment capital factors appropriate to the exposures. Refer to point 6 below for more information on related counterparties for the purposes of this form.
Note: The investment risk capital charge is only applied to concentrations that exceed the maximum concentration thresholds as a percentage of capital (licensed entities)/net assets (for branches) as specified in GGN 110.4 Investment Risk Capital Charge. These are:
counterparty or asset rating of Grade 4 or unrated – 50% of capital base/net assets; and
counterparty or asset rating of Grade 5 – 25% of the insurers capital base/net assets.
Other issues that must be noted for the purposes of completing this form are set out below:
(a) Credit exposures (i.e. exposure to a counterparty or related counterparties); and/or
(b) Asset exposures that are not in the nature of a credit exposure (e.g. a direct property investment).
On-Balance Sheet Exposures
Report the gross recorded market value of exposures recognised on-balance sheet (i.e. exposure recorded in the Statement of Financial Position), accept where point 2 above is satisfied in regards to netting.
Off-Balance Sheet Exposures
Note: Refer to the GRF 130 series
For off-balance sheet transactions (i.e. exposures not recorded in GRF 300.0 Statement of Financial Position) and exposures, include the gross value/limit of re-insurance contracts, direct credit substitutes, trade and performance related contingent items, guarantees and other commitments, that are of a credit nature, whether revocable or not.
The aggregation of exposures to individual counterparties should be undertaken for an insurer and any entities approved as part of its Extended Licensed Entity (refer to paragraphs 6-9 of GGN 110.4 Investment Risk Capital Charge).
APRA may ask an insurer to provide detailed information of its financial exposures (by way of investments, loans, standbys or guarantees), to selected individual subsidiaries, associates, joint ventures or other related entities.
Direct Exposures
This incorporates direct exposures of the reporting insurer to the foreign parent and to any branches, subsidiaries and other related parties of the foreign parent.
Indirect Exposures
This incorporates indirect exposures of the Insurer covered by risk transfer arrangements to the reporting Insurer’s foreign parent or to the subsidiaries of the foreign parent.
The following column headings on the form are to be interpreted as set out below:
Type of Exposure (i.e. type of investment/asset)
Detail the type of asset (e.g. holdings of listed equity instruments, debt instruments, loan, units in listed or unlisted trusts, direct property holding, guarantee.
Is Performance of Asset Impaired [Y/N]
Mark “Y” or “N” in this column for each exposure listed. For the purposes of this form, impairment means there exists reasonable doubt that amounts of principal (or market value) and any associated amounts of accrued income (e.g. interest, dividends, distributions associated with the investment/asset) will be able to be collected by the Insurer.
Related party of Reporting Insurer [mark "X" in appropriate column]
If the asset/exposure of the insurer are to an entity that is related to the Insurer, mark an “X” in the appropriate column listed on the form:
parent entity of the insurer;
controlled entity of the insurer (for licensed entity)/other branch operation of the foreign parent (for branch operations);
associates and or joint venture of the insurer; and
other related entity of the insurer.
Refer to AASB 1024 for definition of parent entity and controlled entity and refer to AASB 1006 for the definition of joint ventures and AASB 1016 for the definition of associates.
Related parties
Related parties are to be interpreted consistently with its definition and meaning as contained in AASB 1017 ‘Related Party Disclosures’.
In accordance with AASB 1017 related party means, in relation to a reporting entity any:
(a) other entity that at any time during the financial year, has control or significant influence over the reporting entity; or
(b) other entity that at any time during the financial year, is subject to control or significant influence by the reporting entity; or
(c) other entity that, at any time during the financial year, is controlled by the same entity that controls the reporting entity. Referred to as a situation in which entities are subject to common control; or
(d) other entity that, at any time during the financial year, is controlled by the same entity that significantly influences the reporting entity; or
(e) other entity that, at any time during the financial year, is significantly influenced by the same entity that controls the reporting entity; or
(f) director of the reporting entity or any of their director-related entities; or
(g) director of any other entity identified as a related party under any of paragraphs (a) to (e), or any of their director-related entities;
but excludes any other entity (except those identified as a related party under paragraph (f)) where the related party relationship results solely from normal dealings of:
(h) financial institutions; or
(i) authorised trustee corporations; or
(j) fund managers; or
(k) trade unions; or
(l) statutory authorities; or
(m) government departments; or
(n) local governments.[1]
AASB 1017 defines director-related entities as meaning “the spouses of such directors, relatives of such directors or spouses and any other entity under the joint or several control or significant influence of such directors, spouses or relatives”.
Relative in relation to a person is defined in the Corporations Law to mean the spouse, partner, son, daughter, or brother or sister of the person.
Disclose Type of Entity/Business
If Exposure is to a related party of the reporting insurer detail the type of business conducted by that related party.
On-Balance Sheet Exposures
Refers to exposures that are recorded in GRF 300.0 Statement of Financial Position. Report the gross recorded market value of exposures, accept where a legal right of set off exists in accordance with AASB 1014.
Off Balance Sheet Exposure
Relates to assets that are not recorded in GRF 300.0 Statement of Financial Position. (Refer to the GRF 130 series).
For off-balance sheet transactions and exposures, include the gross value/limit of re-insurance contracts, direct credit substitutes, trade and performance related contingent items, guarantees and other commitments, that are of a credit nature, whether revocable or not.
Total Exposure
Is the total of the “On Balance Sheet” and “Off Balance Sheet” amounts listed for each individual obligator/exposure.
Component of Investment representing goodwill & Other Intangible Assets
Refers to that component of the value of an investment in a controlled entity (as defined in AASB 1024) or associated entity (as defined in AASB 1016), that constitutes goodwill and or other intangible assets. This value will be included in the value disclosed under “On Balance Sheet Exposure”, but it needs to be separately disclosed in this column separately.
Note: (Do not deduct this component value from that the value disclosed under the column “ON Balance Sheet Exposure).
Concentration Exposure Threshold
The exposure thresholds are based on the Counterparty Rating Grade and are set out in GGN 110.4 Investment Risk Capital Charge. This will be automatically calculated by the form.
Exposure in Excess of Concentration Exposure Threshold
Automatically calculated by the form. Represents the aggregate exposure to the obligator that exceeds the concentration exposure threshold.
Exposure concentration risk charge
Automatically calculated by the form. In accordance with GGN 110.4 Investment Risk Capital Charge, a 100% capital factor is applied to the value of the concentration exposure in excess of the concentration exposure threshold.
Investment Risk Charge on Exposure in Excess of Threshold
The form automatically calculates the appropriate Investment Risk Charge attributable to the excess of the value of the exposure over the concentration exposure threshold. This is calculated so that it can be deducted in aggregate from the required exposure concentration risk charge calculated by the form. This charge is deducted because it is included in calculation of the insurers Investment Risk Charge.
Total Adjusted Concentration Risk Charge
Do not enter a value as this is automatically calculated by the form. It is calculated by deducted the Investment Risk Charge from the “Exposure Concentration Risk charge”. This value will feed into the calculation of the insurer’s minimum capital requirement.
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This reporting standard is made under section 13 of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 (the Collection of Data Act). It requires general insurers (insurers), including foreign general insurers (foreign insurers) operating in Australia through branch operations, to report to APRA, generally on a quarterly and annual basis, any asset concentrations.
This reporting standard outlines the overall requirements for the provision of this information to APRA. It should be read in conjunction with:
An insurer must provide APRA with the information required by the version of Form GRF 150.0 designated for a ‘Licensed Insurer’ for each reporting period.
An insurer that is a highest parent entity in relation to a consolidated insurance group must also provide APRA with the information required by the version of Form GRF 150.0 designated for a ‘Consolidated Insurance Group’ for each reporting period.
(a) in electronic form, using one of the electronic submission mechanisms provided by the ‘Direct to APRA’ (also known as ‘D2A’) application; or
(b) manually completed on paper, which must be faxed or mailed to APRA’s head office.
Note: the Direct to APRA application software and paper forms may be obtained from APRA.
(a) in respect of each quarter based on the financial year (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) of the insurer; and
(b) in respect of each financial year (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) of the insurer.
Note: The annual information required by paragraph 3 read with subparagraph 6(b), together with certain annual information required by other reporting standards, will form part of the insurer’s yearly statutory accounts within the meaning of section 3 of the Insurance Act 1973 (the Insurance Act). This means that the information must be audited in accordance with paragraph 49J(1)(a) of the Insurance Act. Under subsection 49J(3), the auditor must give the insurer a certificate relating to the yearly statutory accounts, and that certificate must specify the matters provided for in the prudential standards. (The annual information required from a highest parent entity under paragraph 4 read with subparagraph 6(b) is not required to be audited. APRA proposes to determine an exemption, under section 7 of the Insurance Act, in relation to the obligations under Part IV Division 4 of the Act in respect of the auditing of this information.)
(a) more frequently (if, having regard to the particular circumstances of the insurer, APRA considers it necessary or desirable to obtain information more frequently for the purposes of the prudential supervision of the insurer); or
(b) less frequently (if, having regard to the particular circumstances of the insurer and the extent to which it requires prudential supervision, APRA considers it unnecessary to require the insurer to provide the information as frequently as provided by subparagraph 6(a) or (b)).
(a) in the case of the quarterly information required by subparagraph 6(a) – 20 business days after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates; and
(b) in the case of the annual information required by subparagraph 6(b) – 4 months after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates.
Note: Paragraph 49L(1)(a) of the Insurance Act provides that the auditor’s certificate required under subsection 49J(3) of that Act must be lodged with APRA in accordance with the prudential standards. The prudential standards provide that the certificate must be submitted to APRA together with the yearly statutory accounts. Accordingly, the auditor’s certificate relating to the information provided under paragraph 3 read with subparagraph 6(b) must be provided to APRA by the time specified in subparagraph 8(b) of this reporting standard (unless an extension is granted under paragraph 10).
(a) in the case of the quarterly information required by subparagraph 6(a) – 30 business days after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates; and
(b) in the case of the annual information required by subparagraph 6(b) – 4 months after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates.
The information provided by an insurer under this reporting standard (other than the information required from a highest parent entity under paragraph 4) must be the product of processes and controls that have been reviewed and tested by the approved auditor of the insurer. This will require the auditor to review and test the systems, processes and controls supporting the reporting of the information to ensure that they produce accurate data and are otherwise reliable. This review and testing must be done on an annual basis or more frequently if necessary to enable the approved auditor to form an opinion on the accuracy and reliability of the data.
The information provided by an insurer under this reporting standard must be subject to processes and controls developed by the insurer for the internal review and authorisation of that information. It is the responsibility of the board and senior management of the insurer to ensure that an appropriate set of policies and procedures for the authorisation of data submitted to APRA is in place.
If an insurer submits information under this reporting standard using the ‘Direct to APRA’ software, it will be necessary for an officer of the insurer to digitally sign, authorise and encrypt the relevant data. For this purpose, APRA’s certificate authority will issue ‘digital certificates’, for use with the software, to officers of the insurer who have authority from the insurer to transmit the data to APRA.
If information under this reporting standard is provided in paper form, it must be signed on the front page of the relevant completed form by either:
(a) the Principal Executive Officer of the insurer; or
(b) the Chief Financial Officer of the insurer (whatever his or her official title may be).
(a) a form that is part of this reporting standard, and the instructions to such a form, to correct technical, programming or logical errors, inconsistencies or anomalies; or
(b) the instructions to a form, to clarify their application to the form
without changing any substantive requirement in the form or instructions.
- If APRA makes such a variation it must notify insurers in writing.
Transitional
Interpretation
Accounting Standard AASB 1024 means the accounting standard so designated made by the Australian Accounting Standards Board, being the accounting standard that applied in respect of reporting periods (within the meaning of the accounting standard) commencing immediately before 1 January 2005;
approved auditor means an auditor who has been approved by APRA under section 40 of the Insurance Act;
business days means ordinary business days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays;
consolidated insurance group means a group comprising:
(a) an insurer that is a highest parent entity; and
(b) each subsidiary under the control (within the meaning of Accounting Standard AASB 1024) of that insurer, whether the subsidiary is incorporated in Australia or not;
foreign insurer means a foreign general insurer within the meaning of the Insurance Act;
Note: A reference to a ‘branch’ or ‘branch operation’ is a reference to the Australian operations of a foreign insurer.
highest parent entity means an insurer that satisfies all of the following conditions:
(a) it is incorporated in Australia;
(b) it has at least one subsidiary under its control (within the meaning of Accounting Standard AASB 1024); and
(c) it is not itself a subsidiary of an insurer that is incorporated in Australia;
Insurance Act means the Insurance Act 1973;
insurer means a general insurer within the meaning of the Insurance Act;
Note: In the forms and instructions, a reference to an ‘authorised insurer’, ‘authorised insurance entity’ or ‘licensed insurer’ is a reference to an insurer, and a reference to an ‘authorised reinsurance entity’ is a reference to an insurer whose business consists only of undertaking liability by way of reinsurance.
reporting period means a period mentioned in subparagraph 6(a) or (b) or, if applicable, paragraph 7.
This reporting standard is made under section 13 of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 (the Collection of Data Act). It requires general insurers (insurers), including foreign general insurers (foreign insurers) operating in Australia through branch operations, to report to APRA, generally on a quarterly and annual basis, any asset concentrations.
This reporting standard outlines the overall requirements for the provision of this information to APRA. It should be read in conjunction with:
An insurer must provide APRA with the information required by the version of Form GRF 150.0 designated for a ‘Licensed Insurer’ for each reporting period.
An insurer that is a highest parent entity in relation to a consolidated insurance group must also provide APRA with the information required by the version of Form GRF 150.0 designated for a ‘Consolidated Insurance Group’ for each reporting period.
(a) in electronic form, using one of the electronic submission mechanisms provided by the ‘Direct to APRA’ (also known as ‘D2A’) application; or
(b) manually completed on paper, which must be faxed or mailed to APRA’s head office.
Note: the Direct to APRA application software and paper forms may be obtained from APRA.
(a) in respect of each quarter based on the financial year (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) of the insurer; and
(b) in respect of each financial year (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) of the insurer.
Note: The annual information required by paragraph 3 read with subparagraph 6(b), together with certain annual information required by other reporting standards, will form part of the insurer’s yearly statutory accounts within the meaning of section 3 of the Insurance Act 1973 (the Insurance Act). This means that the information must be audited in accordance with paragraph 49J(1)(a) of the Insurance Act. Under subsection 49J(3), the auditor must give the insurer a certificate relating to the yearly statutory accounts, and that certificate must specify the matters provided for in the prudential standards. (The annual information required from a highest parent entity under paragraph 4 read with subparagraph 6(b) is not required to be audited. APRA proposes to determine an exemption, under section 7 of the Insurance Act, in relation to the obligations under Part IV Division 4 of the Act in respect of the auditing of this information.)
(a) more frequently (if, having regard to the particular circumstances of the insurer, APRA considers it necessary or desirable to obtain information more frequently for the purposes of the prudential supervision of the insurer); or
(b) less frequently (if, having regard to the particular circumstances of the insurer and the extent to which it requires prudential supervision, APRA considers it unnecessary to require the insurer to provide the information as frequently as provided by subparagraph 6(a) or (b)).
This is an opening excerpt, not the complete document.