Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 11 of 2010 - GRS 400 (2010) - Supplementary Reporting Information
Reporting Form GRF 420.0Reporting Form GRF 420.0
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Premium Revenue by State and Territory of Australia
Instruction Guide
Introduction
GRF 420.0 – Premium Revenue by State and Territory of Australia captures data required by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Premium revenue inside Australia is to be reported by class of business for each state or territory of Australia, based on where the risk is located.
Audit requirements
The information provided under the form is not required to be audited and has been exempted from the definition of ‘yearly statutory accounts’.
Reporting entities
This form is to be completed by:
Branch operations of a foreign parent insurer (reference to licensed insurer in the form means total operations of the branch, excluding the parent operations); and
Authorised insurance entities, including mutual entities (reference to licensed insurer in the form means total operations of the licensed entity).
This form is not to be completed by authorised reinsurers.
Unit of measurement
This form is to be presented in Australian currency, rounded to thousands of dollars, with no decimal place.
Basis of preparation
Insurers are requested to follow the recognition and measurement basis required by the APRA forms for the reporting of premium revenue in this form. Specifically, premium revenue is to be recognised as per the instructions to GRF 310.1 Premium Revenue and Reinsurance Expense.
Where the insurers operations are wholly within Australia, total premium revenue per this form should agree with the aggregate of premium revenue disclosed in GRF 310.1 Premium Revenue and Reinsurance Expense.
The amounts within GRF 310.1 Premium Revenue and Reinsurance Expense should follow the recognition and measurement requirements for premium revenue contained in AASB 1023 ‘General Insurance Contracts’ (AASB 1023).
Reporting period
Insurers are required to report the information in the reporting form on an annual basis.
The annual information is to be completed in respect of the financial year of the insurer.
The financial information requested in this form is to be reported as at the last day of the reporting period on a financial year to date basis of the insurer.
Reporting lag
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 Reporting Standard GRS 420.0 Premium Revenue by State and Territory of Australia.
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Specific instructions
Classes of Insurance Business
Direct Business
The classes of insurance business are as follows:
(I). Houseowners/Householders (H & H)
This class covers the common H & H policies inclusive of:
Contents;
Personal property;
Arson; and
Burglary.
Public liability normally attaching to these products are to be separated and included in Public and Product Liability class of business – item XIII.
(II). Commercial Motor Vehicle
Motor vehicle insurance (including third party property damage) other than insurance covering vehicles defined below under Domestic Motor Vehicle. It includes long and medium haul trucks, cranes and special vehicles and policies covering fleets.
(III). Domestic Motor Vehicle
Motor vehicle insurance (including third party property damage) covering private use motor vehicles including utilities and lorries, motor cycles, private caravans, box and boat trailers and other vehicles not normally covered by business or commercial policies.
(IV). Travel
Insurance against losses associated with travel including loss of baggage and personal effects, losses on flight cancellations and overseas medical costs.
(V). Fire and Industrial Special Risks (ISR)
Fire
Includes all policies normally classified as 'Fire' and includes:
sprinkler leakage;
subsidence;
windstorm;
hailstone;
crop;
arson; and
loss of profits and any extraneous risk normally covered under fire policies, e.g. flood.
ISR
Standard policy wordings exist for this type of policy. All policies which contain such standard wordings or where the wording is substantially similar are to be classified as ISR.
(VI). Marine
Includes Marine Hull (including pleasure craft) and Marine Cargo (including sea and inland transit insurance).
(VII). Aviation
Aviation (including aircraft hull and aircraft liability).
(VIII). Mortgage
Insurance against losses arising from the failure of debtors to meet financial obligations to creditors or under which payment of debts is guaranteed. It includes lease guarantee.
(IX). Consumer Credit (CCI)
Insurance to protect a consumer's ability to meet the loan repayments on personal loans and credit card finance in the event of death or loss of income due to injury, illness or unemployment.
(X). Other Accident
Includes the following types of insurance:
Miscellaneous accident (involving cash in transit, theft, loss of money);
All risks (baggage, sporting equipment, guns);
Engineering when not part of ISR or Fire policy;
Plate glass when not part of packaged policy (e.g. houseowners /householders)
Guarantee (Insurance Bonds);
Live Stock;
Pluvius; and
Sickness and Accident which by the terms of the policy provides benefits for no more than three years.
(XI). Other
All other insurance business not specifically mentioned elsewhere. It includes, for example:
Trade Credit;
Extended Warranty (where the insurer extends a manufacturer's or seller’s normal warranty);
Kidnap and Ransom; and
Contingency.
(XII). Compulsory Third Party Motor Vehicle (CTP)
This class consists only of CTP business.
(XIII). Public and Product Liability
Public Liability covers legal liability to the public in respect of bodily injury or property damage arising out of the operation of the insured's business. Product Liability includes policies that provide for compensation for loss and or injury caused by, or as a result of, the use of goods and also environmental clean-up caused by pollution spills where not covered by Fire and ISR policies.
Also will include builders warranty insurance.
Includes public liability attaching to houseowners/householders policies.
(XIV). Professional Indemnity (PI)
PI covers professionals against liability incurred as a result of errors and omissions in performing professional services which has resulted in economic losses suffered by third parties.
Includes Directors' and Officers' liability insurance plus legal expense insurance. Cover for legal expenses is generally included in this type of policy.
(XV). Employers' Liability (EL)
Includes:
Workers' compensation;
Seamen's compensation; and
Domestic workers compensation.
Inwards reinsurance
Include the aggregate value of all inwards reinsurance business in this line item.
Premium Revenue - Each State and Territory
Report premium revenue Inside Australia according to where the risk is located.
This is the premium revenue as required by the APRA forms (refer to instructions GRF 310.1 Premium Revenue and Reinsurance Expense). Premium revenue is not to be reported in accordance with AASB 1023 ‘General Insurance Contracts’ (i.e. earned and unearned components).
Premium revenue must be reported separately for:
Direct business; and
Inwards reinsurance business.
Premium revenue must be recognised on a basis that is consistent with the measurement of premiums liabilities as measured in accordance with GPS 310 Audit and Actuarial Reporting and Valuation.
Premium revenue must be recognised in line with the following:
Premium recognition for direct business: Premium revenue must be recognised fully upfront on the date the policy is accepted (bound) by insurers writing direct business.
Premium recognition for inwards reinsurance business: Premium revenue for inwards reinsurance business is to be recognised from the date of acceptance of the reinsurance risk by the reinsurer. Reinsurers are required to recognise the premium based on the Gross Net Premium Income to be written by the direct insurer under the contract for proportional reinsurance. For excess of loss reinsurance contracts, the premium revenue is to be recognised on the basis of the agreed minimum/deposit premium, which will be subject to a final adjustment factor applied to the final declared values of the premium determinant.
Premium revenue must be discounted where it is to be received beyond the current year of cover under an insurance/reinsurance contract. In these cases, use the discount rate as required in calculating insurance liabilities in accordance with GPS 310 Audit and Actuarial Reporting and Valuation.
Premium revenue excludes amounts collected on behalf of third parties i.e. government stamp duty and taxes.
Levies charged to insured, such as fire service levies, are to be included as premium revenue.
Premium refunds and rebates are to be deducted from premium revenue.
For instalment premium policies, the amount of the annualised premium is to be used. Where premium is calculated on an adjustment basis, the estimated annual premium is to be brought to account, with the estimated premium being replaced by the actual amount as it becomes known.
Where premium is accepted on a deposit basis, the full annual premium is to be brought into account.
Premium revenue must be gross of reinsurance expense.
Premium revenue includes premium receivable on unclosed business. This includes the business which has been accepted by the insurer/reinsurer prior to the balance date but there is insufficient information to fully identify the business.