Discretionary decisions in capital requirements under Solvency II

  • European insurers are allowed to make discretionary decisions in the calculation of Solvency II capital requirements. These choices include the design of risk models (ranging from a standard formula to a full internal model) and the use of long-term guarantees measures. This article examines the impact and the drivers of discretionary decisions with respect to capital requirements for market risks. In a first step of our analysis, we assess the risk profiles of 49 stock insurers using daily market data. In a second step, we exploit hand-collected Solvency II data for the years 2016 to 2020. We find that long-term guarantees measures substantially influence the reported solvency ratios. The measures are chosen particularly by less solvent insurers and firms with high interest rate and credit spread sensitivities. Internal models are used more frequently by large insurers and especially for risks for which the firms have already found adequate immunization strategies.

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Author:Nicolaus Grochola, Sebastian SchlütterGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-772879
URL:https://www.icir.de/fileadmin/user_upload/editors/documents/working_papers/wp_50_grochola_schluetter_06_2023.pdf
Title Additional (German):Ermessensentscheidungen bei Kapitalanforderungen unter Solvency II
Series (Serial Number):ICIR Working Paper Series (No. 50 [July 2023])
Publisher:International Center for Insurance Regulation
Place of publication:Frankfurt am Main
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Year of Completion:2023
Year of first Publication:2023
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2024/03/28
Tag:Solvency II; capital requirements; discretionary decisions
Edition:Version: July 2023
Page Number:45
HeBIS-PPN:51692298X
Institutes:Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe (SAFE)
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
JEL-Classification:G Financial Economics / G2 Financial Institutions and Services / G22 Insurance; Insurance Companies
G Financial Economics / G2 Financial Institutions and Services / G28 Government Policy and Regulation
G Financial Economics / G3 Corporate Finance and Governance / G32 Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht