Only risk reinsurance is taken into account, i.e. reinsurance in which the reinsurers’ commitment relates exclusively to all or part of the difference between the amount of capital in the event of death or disability and the mathematical reserves of the corresponding contracts.
In treaties limited to risk reinsurance, the balance of reinsurance ceded is equal to the difference between the amount of claims payable by the assignees and the amount of premiums ceded. It is debited or credited to the profit sharing account, as appropriate.
In other treaties, the reinsurance ceded balance is determined by isolating the risk reinsurance within the reinsurers’ commitments. The methods for calculating the balance are specified by circular, with reference to normal market conditions for risk reinsurance.