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Call for Advice No. 11<br />
Solvency capital requirement: internal<br />
models (life and n<strong>on</strong>-life) and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir<br />
validati<strong>on</strong><br />
Extract from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Call for Advice:<br />
The scope of this Call for advice is broad. The issues can be classified in three<br />
different areas (with different expertise requirements) as follows:<br />
1. From a management point of view: integrati<strong>on</strong> of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> internal model and<br />
internal processes, including management, business planning, investment,<br />
actuarial, underwriting, risk management, ect., processes, as well as <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> interlinkage<br />
and communicati<strong>on</strong> between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se processes.<br />
2. From an informati<strong>on</strong> technology point of view: <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> use of sound methods (e.g.<br />
project management), technical platform (e.g. software, interfaces), databases,<br />
documentati<strong>on</strong>, testing ect.<br />
3. From an actuarial point of view: ma<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>matical modelling of risks and<br />
parameter estimati<strong>on</strong>, including:<br />
- appropriate, documented and tested ma<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>matical, statistical, financial,<br />
ec<strong>on</strong>omics and simulati<strong>on</strong> models and methods<br />
- statistically tested parameters and analysis of data (including robustness and<br />
sensitivity anaylsis<br />
- in a going-c<strong>on</strong>cern approach assumpti<strong>on</strong>s (balance sheet and profit and loss<br />
items including risk-sharing features for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> next year) should be in-line with<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> forecasts used internally in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> company (budget ect.)<br />
…<br />
The <str<strong>on</strong>g>Commissi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> Services would like CEIOPS <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> give technical advice <strong>on</strong><br />
appropriate EU standards for calculating <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> SCR by an internal model and <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
compliance criteria for model validati<strong>on</strong> and approval by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> supervisor.<br />
…<br />
Background<br />
11.1 An article <strong>on</strong> internal models and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir approval (N10-N11 in document<br />
(MARKT/2539/03) could be developed al<strong>on</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> following lines:<br />
“The solvency capital requirement may be calculated by an<br />
undertaking’s own internal model after validati<strong>on</strong> and approval by <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
competent authorities. The risk measure, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> time horiz<strong>on</strong> and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
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