Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 90 of 2023
Reporting Standard GRS 420.0 Insurance Revenue and Incurred Claims by State and Territory of Australia
Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001
I, Michael Murphy, delegate of APRA, under paragraph 13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 (the Act) and subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901:
(a) revoke Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 20 of 2023, including Reporting Standard GRS 420.0 Premium Revenue by State and Territory of Australia made under that Determination;
(b) revoke Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 21 of 2023 including Reporting Standard GRS 430.0 Claims Expense by State and Territory of Australia made under that Determination; and
(c) determine Reporting Standard GRS 420.0 Insurance Revenue and Incurred Claims by State and Territory of Australia, in the form set out in the Schedule, which applies to the financial sector entities to the extent provided in paragraph 3 of that reporting standard.
Under section 15 of the Act, I declare that Reporting Standard GRS 420.0 Insurance Revenue and Incurred Claims by State and Territory of Australia shall begin to apply to those financial sector entities, and the revoked reporting standards shall cease to apply, on the day Reporting Standard GRS 420.0 Insurance Revenue and Incurred Claims by State and Territory of Australia is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
This instrument commences upon registration on the Federal Register of Legislation.
Dated: 18 May 2023
Michael Murphy
General Manager - Chief Data Officer (Acting)
Technology and Data Division
Interpretation
In this Determination:
APRA means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.
Federal Register of Legislation means the register established under section 15A of the Legislation Act 2003.
financial sector entity has the meaning given by section 5 of the Act.
Schedule
Reporting Standard GRS 420.0 Insurance Revenue and Incurred Claims by State and Territory of Australia comprises the document commencing on the following page.
Reporting Standard GRS 420.0
Insurance Revenue and Incurred Claims by State and Territory of Australia
Objective of this Reporting Standard
This Reporting Standard sets out the requirements for the provision of selected information to APRA relating to a general insurer’s business.
It includes associated specific instructions and must be read in conjunction with the Reporting Standard GRS 001 Reporting Requirements (GRS 001), including the general instruction guide.
Authority
- This Reporting Standard is made under section 13 of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001.
Purpose
2. The information reported to APRA under this Reporting Standard is used by APRA for the purpose of prudential supervision including assessing compliance with the capital standards.
Application and commencement
3. This Reporting Standard applies to all general insurers authorised under the Insurance Act 1973 (insurers) that write direct business. This Reporting Standard applies for reporting periods ending on or after 1 July 2023.
Information required
4. An insurer must provide APRA with the information required by this Reporting Standard for each reporting period.
Method of submission
5. The information required by this Reporting Standard must be given to APRA:
(a) in electronic format using an electronic method available on APRA’s website; or
(b) by a method notified by APRA prior to submission.
Reporting periods and due dates
6. Subject to paragraph 7, an insurer must provide the information required by this Reporting Standard:
(a) in respect of each quarter based on the financial year of the insurer; and
(b) in respect of each financial year of the insurer.
Note: The annual information required from an insurer by paragraphs 4, 5 and 6(b), together with certain annual information required by other reporting standards, will form part of the insurer’s yearly statutory accounts within the meaning of section 3 of the Insurance Act. This means that the information must be audited in accordance with paragraph 49J(1)(a) of the Insurance Act. Under subsection 49J(3), the principal auditor of the insurer must give the insurer a certificate relating to the yearly statutory accounts, and that certificate must contain statements of the auditor’s opinions on the matters required by the prudential standards to be dealt with in the certificate.
7. If, having regard to the particular circumstances of an insurer, APRA considers it necessary or desirable to obtain information more or less frequently than as provided by subparagraph 6(a) or 6(b), APRA may, by notice in writing, change the reporting periods, or specify reporting periods, for the particular insurer.
8. The information required by this Reporting Standard in respect of an insurer must be provided to APRA:
(a) in the case of quarterly information, within 20 business days after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates;
(b) in the case of annual information, within three months after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates; or
(c) in the case of information provided in accordance with paragraph 7, within the time specified by notice in writing.
Note: Paragraph 49L(1)(a) of the Insurance Act provides that the auditor’s certificate required under subsection 49J(3) of that Act must be lodged with APRA in accordance with the prudential standards. The prudential standards provide that the certificate must be submitted to APRA together with the yearly statutory accounts. Accordingly, the auditor’s certificate relating to the annual information referred to in subparagraph 6(b) must be provided to APRA by the time specified in GRS 001 (unless an extension of time is granted under GRS 001).
9. APRA may, in writing, grant an insurer an extension of a due date in paragraph 8, in which case the new due date will be the date on the notice of extension.
Note: For the avoidance of doubt, if the due date for a particular reporting period falls on a day other than a usual business day, an insurer is nonetheless required to submit the information required no later than the due date.
Quality control
10. The information provided by an insurer under this Reporting Standard must be the product of systems, processes and controls that have been reviewed and tested by the Appointed Auditor of the insurer. This will require the Appointed Auditor to review and test the insurer’s systems, processes and controls designed to enable the insurer to report reliable financial information to APRA. This review and testing must be done on:
(a) an annual basis or more frequently if necessary to enable the Appointed Auditor to form an opinion on the reliability and accuracy of data; and
(b) at least a limited assurance engagement consistent with professional standards and guidance notes issued by the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board as may be amended from time to time, to the extent that they are not inconsistent with the requirements of Prudential Standard GPS 310 Audit and Related Matters.
11. All information provided by an insurer under this Reporting Standard must be subject to systems, processes and controls developed by the insurer for the internal review and authorisation of that information. It is the responsibility of the Board and senior management of the insurer to ensure that an appropriate set of policies and procedures for the authorisation of data submitted to APRA is in place.
Authorisation
12. When an officer, or agent, of an insurer provides the information required by this Reporting Standard using an electronic format the officer, or agent, must digitally sign the relevant information using a digital certificate acceptable to APRA.
13. If the information required by this Reporting Standard is provided by an agent who submits the information on the insurer’s behalf, the insurer must:
(a) obtain from the agent a copy of the completed information provided to APRA; and
(b) retain the completed copy.
14. An officer, or agent, of an insurer who submits the information under this Reporting Standard for, or on behalf of, the insurer must be authorised by either:
(a) the Principal Executive Officer of the insurer; or
(b) the Chief Financial Officer of the insurer.
Variations
15. APRA may, by written notice to the insurer, vary the reporting requirements of this Reporting Standard in relation to that insurer.
Transition
16. An insurer must report under the old reporting standards in respect of a transitional reporting period. For these purposes:
old reporting standards means the reporting standards revoked in the determination making this Reporting Standard; and
transitional reporting period means a reporting period under the old reporting standards:
(a) which ended before 1 July 2023; and
(b) in relation to which the insurer was required, under the old reporting standards, to report by a date on or after the date of revocation of the old reporting standards.
Note: For the avoidance of doubt, if an insurer was required to report under an old reporting standard, and the reporting documents were due before the date of revocation of the old reporting standard, the insurer is still required to provide any overdue reporting documents in accordance with the old reporting standard.
Interpretation
17. In this Reporting Standard:
(a) unless the contrary intention appears, words and expressions have the meanings given to them in Prudential Standard GPS 001 Definitions (GPS 001); and
(b) the following definitions are applicable:
Appointed Auditor means an auditor appointed under paragraph 39(1)(a) of the Insurance Act;
APRA-authorised reinsurer means an insurer carrying on reinsurance business. For the purposes of this definition, a Lloyd’s underwriter as defined under the Insurance Act is an APRA-authorised reinsurer if it carries on reinsurance business. The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation is also an APRA-authorised reinsurer for the purposes of this definition;
capital standards means the prudential standards which relate to capital adequacy as defined in GPS 001;
Chief Financial Officer means the chief financial officer of the insurer, by whatever name called;
Direct business relates to direct insurance contracts when the insurer has a contract directly with a policyholder that is not an insurer or reinsurer.
financial year means the financial year (within the meaning in the Corporations Act 2001) of the insurer;
foreign insurer means a foreign general insurer within the meaning of the Insurance Act;
Note: A reference to a ‘branch’ or ‘branch operation’ is a reference to the Australian operations of a foreign insurer.
general instruction guide refers to the general instruction guide set out in Attachment A of GRS 001;
Insurance Act means the Insurance Act 1973;
insurer means a general insurer within the meaning of section 11 of the Insurance Act;
Note: In this Reporting Standard, a reference to an ‘authorised insurer’, ‘authorised insurance entity’ or ‘licensed insurer’ is a reference to an insurer, and a reference to an ‘authorised reinsurance entity’ is a reference to an insurer whose business consists only of undertaking liability by way of reinsurance.
non-APRA-authorised reinsurer means any reinsurer that is not an APRA-authorised reinsurer;
Principal Executive Officer means the principal executive officer of the insurer, by whatever name called, and whether or not he or she is a member of the governing board of the insurer; and
reporting period means a period mentioned in subparagraph 6(a) or 6(b) or, if applicable, paragraph 7.
18. Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to an Act, Prudential Standard, Reporting Standard, Australian Accounting or Auditing Standard is a reference to the instrument as in force from time to time.
Reporting Standard GRS 420.0
Insurance Revenue and Incurred Claims by State and Territory of Australia
General instructions
Tables described in this reporting standard list each of the data fields required to be reported. The data fields are listed sequentially in the column order that they will appear in the reported data set. Constraints on the data that can be reported for each field have also been provided.
Any specific combination of values in a table must not appear on more than one row in that table when reported.
AASB Standard references
Each accounting item reported aligns with the accounting standard made by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB). The applicable AASB references are specified with each item.
IFRS taxonomy element references
Each IFRS taxonomy element contains at least one cross-reference to an AASB standard (that incorporates IFRS 17 Standards as issued and amended by the International Accounting Standards Board) and has a reference type that can be used to identify the source of that element. The IFRS taxonomy uses the following element reference types:
(a) disclosure — an element of this type depicts a presentation or disclosure requirement of an IFRS / AASB Standard;
(b) example — an element of this type represents an example provided in an IFRS / AASB Standard or its accompanying materials; and
(c) common practice — an element of this type reflects common reporting practice within IFRS / AASB financial statements they not specifically mentioned in IFRS / AASB Standards or their accompanying materials,but are consistent with IFRS / AASB Standards. They have been found to be frequently disclosed across a range of companies and accounting jurisdictions.
APRA classes of business (product groups)
The APRA classes of business (product groups) that apply for reporting are defined in GPS 001. For the ‘other’ class of business as per GPS 001, the Appointed Actuary is required to determine the most appropriate category (i.e. category A, B or C) in Table 1 and Table 2 of Attachment A of Prudential Standard GPS 115 Capital Adequacy: Insurance Risk Charge that this business falls within. The choice must be based on the underlying risk characteristics of the business being written. The amounts reported in the other direct - category A, other direct - category B or other direct - category C line items are to follow this basis.
Definitions
Terms that are highlighted in bold italics are defined in these instructions.
Direct business
Direct business relates to direct insurance contracts when the insurer has a contract directly with a policyholder that is not an insurer or reinsurer.