Health Insurance (prudential standard) determination No. 7 of 2023
Prudential Standard HPS 118 Capital Adequacy: Operational Risk Charge
Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015
I, Helen Rowell, a delegate of APRA, under subsection 92(1) of the Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015 determine Prudential Standard HPS 118 Capital Adequacy: Operational Risk Charge, in the form set out in the Schedule, which applies to all private health insurers.
This instrument commences on 1 July 2023.
Dated: 24 May 2023
[Signed]
Helen Rowell
Deputy Chair
Interpretation
In this instrument:
APRA means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.
private health insurer has the meaning given in section 4 of the Act.
Schedule
Prudential Standard HPS 118 Capital Adequacy: Operational Risk Charge, comprises the document commencing on the following page.
1. This Prudential Standard is made under subsection 92(1) of the Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015 (the Act).
2. This Prudential Standard applies to all private health insurers except where expressly noted otherwise.
3. A private health insurer must apply this Prudential Standard separately to each of its health benefits funds and its general fund, unless otherwise noted. The term ‘private health insurer’ refers to the private health insurer as a whole. The term ‘fund’ refers to each health benefits fund and general fund, unless otherwise noted.
4. This Prudential Standard applies to private health insurers from 1 July 2023.
5. Terms that are defined in Prudential Standard HPS 001 Definitions appear in bold the first time they are used in this Prudential Standard.
6. The Operational Risk Charge is the minimum amount of capital a fund is required to hold against the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems or from external events within the health insurance business and health related insurance business.
7. The Operational Risk Charge (ORC) is calculated as follows:
Where:
(a) GP1 is accrued premium (gross of reinsurance) for the 12 months ending on the reporting date;
(b) GP0 is accrued premium (gross of reinsurance) for the 12 months ending on the date 12 months prior to the reporting date;
(c) NL is the central estimate of insurance liabilities (net of reinsurance) determined in accordance with Prudential Standard HPS 340 Insurance Liability Valuation at the reporting date; and
(d) |GP1 – GP0| is the absolute value of the difference between GP1 and GP0.
8. For the purposes of paragraph 7, ‘accrued premium’ includes all premiums from Health Insurance Business and Health Related Insurance Business. Accrued premium is calculated as follows:
Where:
(a) A = Premiums in advance at the end of the specified period - Premiums in advance at the start of the specified period;
(b) B = Unpaid premiums at the end of the specified period – Unpaid premiums at the start of the specified period; and
(c) Premiums must be inclusive of relevant levies, loadings and discounts.
9. APRA may, by notice in writing to a private health insurer, adjust or exclude a specific requirement in this Prudential Standard in relation to that private health insurer.