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Health Insurance (prudential standard) determination No. 2 of 2024
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- To improve the understanding of its capital adequacy position by policy holders and other market participants, a private health insurer must publish, at least annually, the following items for the private health insurer:
- the amount of Common Equity Tier 1 Capital;
- the aggregate amount of any regulatory adjustments applied in the calculation of Common Equity Tier 1 Capital;
- the amount of Additional Tier 1 Capital;
- the aggregate amount of any regulatory adjustments applied in the calculation of Additional Tier 1 Capital;
- the amount of Tier 2 Capital;
- the aggregate amount of any regulatory adjustments applied in the calculation of Tier 2 Capital;
- the total capital base of the private health insurer derived from the items (a) to (f);
- the prescribed capital amount; and
- the capital adequacy multiple (item (g) divided by item (h)).
- A private health insurer must also publish, at least annually, the following items for each of its funds:
- the amount of the fund’s ‘net assets’, after applying any regulatory adjustments;
- the aggregate amount of any regulatory adjustments applied to the fund’s net assets;
- the amount of Tier 2 Capital held by the fund;
- the aggregate amount of any regulatory adjustments applied in the calculation of the fund’s Tier 2 Capital;
- the total capital base of the fund derived from the items (a) to (d);
- the fund’s prescribed capital amount;
- the components of the fund’s prescribed capital amount[3] specified in paragraph 26; and
- the capital adequacy multiple of the fund (item (e) divided by item (f)).
- A private health insurer must publish the information specified in paragraphs 42 and 43 so that it is readily accessible to both policy holders and other market participants.
- A private health insurer must not disclose any supervisory adjustment determined by APRA in accordance with paragraph 41.