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Call for Advice No. 9<br />
Safety measures<br />
Extract from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Call for Advice:<br />
The <str<strong>on</strong>g>Commissi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> Services seek CEIOPS’ advice <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> safety measures that<br />
would be appropriate in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> new solvency framework. The goal is a simple and<br />
c<strong>on</strong>sistent framework where <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> main focus is <strong>on</strong> effective risk management<br />
instead of copious prescriptive limits. The analysis and proposals should include:<br />
• Review of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> MCR (Article 28). …<br />
• Authorised categories of assets covering technical provisi<strong>on</strong>s (Article 23)<br />
have be revised in line with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> new solvency methodology while also taking<br />
in<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> account financial market developments. …<br />
• Some quantitative limits for asset diversificati<strong>on</strong> for supervisory purposes<br />
with a view <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> maximum harm<strong>on</strong>isati<strong>on</strong> (Article 14). However, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> prudent<br />
man approach and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> asset-liability requirement will lead <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> more stringent<br />
limitati<strong>on</strong>s than those safety measures, in most cases. In additi<strong>on</strong>, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
proposals should take <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> following aspects in<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> account:<br />
- investment risks (including currency risk, Article 26) should be <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> primary<br />
focus of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> SCR calculati<strong>on</strong>;<br />
- some classes of authorised assets should be subject <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> restricti<strong>on</strong>s (e.g.<br />
real estate, unsecured loans, and unquoted securities).<br />
Moreover <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> available solvency margin (Article 27) should be modified <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> take<br />
in<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> account <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> new prudential levels of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> solvency system and internati<strong>on</strong>al<br />
compatibility (IASB rules and IAIS, IAA and Basle II developments), and where<br />
appropriate, financial market developments (e.g. new innovative forms of capital<br />
or capital substitute). This area of work will be addressed later in more detail in a<br />
Specific Call for Advice.<br />
Background<br />
9.1 This specific CfA c<strong>on</strong>cerns Articles 23-24 and 26-31 in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Recast Life<br />
Directive and equivalent articles in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> N<strong>on</strong>-Life Directives. The<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Commissi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> Services presented no draft wording as <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y wish <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
receive <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> advice from CEIOPS.<br />
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