Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 105 of 2023
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This Reporting Standard sets out requirements for the provision of information to APRA relating to a private health insurer’s insurance risk charge.
It includes associated specific instructions and must be read in conjunction with Prudential Standard HPS 115 Capital Adequacy: Insurance Risk Charge (HPS 115) and Prudential Standard HPS 340 Insurance Liability Valuation (HPS 340).
Authority
This Reporting Standard is made under section 13 of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001.
Purpose
The information reported to APRA under this Reporting Standard is used by APRA for the purpose of prudential supervision including assessing compliance with capital standards.
Application and commencement
This Reporting Standard applies to all private health insurers. This Reporting Standard applies for reporting periods ending on or after 1 July 2023.
Information required
A private health insurer must provide APRA with the information required by this Reporting Standard for each reporting period.
Method of submission
The information required by this Reporting Standard must be given to APRA:
(a) in electronic format using an electronic method available on APRA’s website; or
(b) by a method notified by APRA prior to submission.
Reporting periods and due dates
Subject to paragraph 7, a private health insurer must provide the information required by this Reporting Standard:
(a) in respect of each calendar quarter (i.e. the periods ending 30 September, 31 December, 31 March and 30 June); and
(b) in respect of each year ending 30 June.
If, having regard to the particular circumstances of a private health insurer, APRA considers it necessary or desirable to obtain information more or less frequently than as provided by subparagraph 6(a) or 6(b), APRA may, by notice in writing, change the reporting periods, or specify reporting periods, for the particular private health insurer.
The information required by this Reporting Standard must be provided to APRA:
(a) in the case of quarterly information, within 28 calendar days after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates;
(b) in the case of annual information, by 30 September each year; or
(c) in the case of information provided in accordance with paragraph 7, within the time specified by notice in writing.
APRA may, in writing, grant a private health insurer an extension of a due date, in which case the new due date will be the date on the notice of extension.
Note: For the avoidance of doubt, if the due date for a particular reporting period falls on a day other than a usual business day, a private health insurer is nonetheless required to submit the information required no later than the due date.
Quality control
All information provided by a private health insurer under this Reporting Standard must be subject to systems, processes and controls developed by the private health insurer for the internal review and authorisation of that information. It is the responsibility of the Board and senior management of the private health insurer to ensure that an appropriate set of policies and procedures for the authorisation of information submitted to APRA is in place.
Annual audit requirements
The information submitted for the purposes of paragraph 8(b) is to be subject to external audit to ensure consistency with the private health insurer’s statutory financial accounts and faithful application of the capital standards.
Audit certification and opinion must be provided to APRA by 30 September each year.
If a private health insurer received a qualified auditor’s report for a health benefits fund, the general fund or the private health insurer for the year previous to the year for which the report is provided, the report for the year for which the report is provided must state whether the auditor has examined the issues identified and is satisfied that the private health insurer has taken the appropriate steps to rectify the matters raised in the previous report.
The auditor’s report must:
(a) state details of the program adopted to carry out the audit; and
(b) include the name of, and be signed by, the auditor who takes responsibility for the accuracy of the report.
Authorisation
A person who submits the information required under this Reporting Standard must be suitably authorised by an officer of the private health insurer.
Variations
APRA may, in writing, vary the reporting requirements of this Reporting Standard in relation to a private health insurer.
Interpretation
In this Reporting Standard:
(a) unless the contrary intention appears, words and expressions have the meanings given to them in Prudential Standard HPS 001 Definitions (HPS 001); and
(b) the following definitions are applicable:
APRA means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority established under the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998;
capital standards means the prudential standards which relate to capital adequacy, as defined in HPS 001;
officer has the same meaning as in the Act;
private health insurer has the same meaning as in the Act;
reporting period means a period mentioned in paragraph 6 or, if applicable, paragraph 7; and
the Act means the Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015.
18. Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to an Act, Prudential Standard, Reporting Standard, Australian Accounting or Auditing Standard is a reference to the instrument as in force from time to time.