Quarterly Report 1/2009 - Munich Re Group
Quarterly Report 1/2009 - Munich Re Group
Quarterly Report 1/2009 - Munich Re Group
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Selected notes to the consolidated financial statements<br />
Premiums1, 2<br />
Notes to the consolidated The main items of the consolidated income statement are made up as follows:<br />
income statement<br />
1 After elimination of intra<strong>Group</strong> transactions across segments.<br />
2 Previous year’s figures adjusted owing to firsttime application of IFRS 8.<br />
3 Adjusted pursuant to IAS 8.<br />
1 After elimination of intra<strong>Group</strong> transactions across segments.<br />
48 <strong>Munich</strong> <strong>Re</strong> <strong>Group</strong> <strong>Quarterly</strong> <strong><strong>Re</strong>port</strong> 1/<strong>2009</strong><br />
<strong>Re</strong>insurance Primary insurance Total<br />
Life and Property Life Health Property<br />
health casualty casualty<br />
€m Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1<br />
<strong>2009</strong> 2008³ <strong>2009</strong> 2008 <strong>2009</strong> 2008 <strong>2009</strong> 2008 <strong>2009</strong> 2008 <strong>2009</strong> 2008<br />
Gross premiums written 1,700 1,481 3,941 3,755 1,512 1,427 1,590 1,553 1,624 1,626 10,367 9,842<br />
Change in unearned premiums<br />
Gross 16 16 453 419 – –4 103 113 409 432 981 976<br />
Gross earned premiums 1,684 1,465 3,488 3,336 1,512 1,431 1,487 1,440 1,215 1,194 9,386 8,866<br />
Ceded premiums written 75 73 249 249 32 32 3 7 45 44 404 405<br />
Change in unearned premiums<br />
Ceded share<br />
Earned premiums<br />
– – 27 71 – – 1 1 –13 10 15 82<br />
Ceded 75 73 222 178 32 32 2 6 58 34 389 323<br />
Net earned premiums 1,609 1,392 3,266 3,158 1,480 1,399 1,485 1,434 1,157 1,160 8,997 8,543<br />
Income from technical interest 1<br />
<strong>Re</strong>insurance Primary insurance Total<br />
Life and Property Life Health Property<br />
health casualty casualty<br />
€m Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1<br />
<strong>2009</strong> 2008 <strong>2009</strong> 2008 <strong>2009</strong> 2008 <strong>2009</strong> 2008 <strong>2009</strong> 2008 <strong>2009</strong> 2008<br />
Income from technical interest 100 91 195 326 511 382 300 247 44 55 1,150 1,101<br />
The income from technical interest is the amount earned by assumed insurance<br />
business from the mainly riskfree investment of the premium income.<br />
Its composition varies from segment to segment, depending on the type of<br />
insurance business conducted and the related statutory regulations. In the<br />
propertycasualty segment, it corresponds both in reinsurance and primary<br />
insurance to the riskfree interest on our technical provisions, as derived from<br />
our replication portfolio. In the case of discounted provisions (personal accident<br />
insurance with premium refund, workers’ compensation insurance), it<br />
corresponds to the regular unwinding of the discount.<br />
For the life and health segment in reinsurance, the interest on the provisions<br />
is based mainly on contractual agreements (in Germany, for example, at least<br />
the guaranteed interest rate).<br />
In primary insurance, the income from technical interest in the life segment<br />
corresponds to the policyholders’ participation in investments and the other<br />
nontechnical result components in the form of guaranteed interest and profit<br />
sharing (provision for current and deferred premium refunds), plus net unrealised<br />
gains from unitlinked life insurance. In the health segment, the income<br />
from technical interest corresponds to the allocation of interest to the ageing<br />
reserve (actuarial interest) and the allocation to the provision for current and<br />
deferred premium refunds, which is based on the investment result exceeding<br />
the actuarial interest and on policyholders’ participation in the other nontechnical<br />
result components.