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Article A343-2-2 of the French Insurance Code

For listed securities, the estimate provided for in Article R. 343-10 is made according to the same rules as those defined in article 121-6 of regulation no. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the Autorité des normes comptables relating to the accounting framework for insurance undertakings, replacing the capital C by the value of the freehold at the lowest price on the day of the inventory and, for other investments,…

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Article A343-3 of the French Insurance Code

When securities subject to the capitalisation reserve are included in the portfolio, their actuarial rate of return is calculated taking into account the acquisition price, the probabilities, maturity dates and amounts, net of all taxes, of coupons, prizes and other ancillary benefits attached to these securities, and the redemption values. For the bonds referred to in the second paragraph of article R. 343-9, the calculation is made by taking the…

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Article A343-3-1 of the French Insurance Code

When a bond is sold or converted, the operation is applied to the oldest security in the portfolio. In the event of the sale or conversion of a security, the date of acquisition of the security is used to calculate its current value on the date of sale or conversion, based on the actuarial rate referred to in article A. 343-3. For the bonds mentioned in the second paragraph of…

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Article A343-3-2 of the French Insurance Code

Companies whose investments in securities subject to the capitalisation reserve do not exceed 750,000 euros at the inventory date may not apply the provisions of articles A. 343-3 and A. 343-3-1 (paragraphs 2, 4 and 5). In such cases, these companies are required to transfer to the capitalisation reserve 10% of the excess resulting from the comparison between the amount of the sale price and the entry price in the…

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Article A343-4 of the French Insurance Code

A permanent inventory of investments must be kept under the following conditions: a) Entries and withdrawals of investments must be recorded therein, independently of their entry in the accounts, no later than the day after the commitment is made (for loans and buildings) or the purchase or sale notice is received (for securities); b) Each security heading must be tracked individually and include a description of the security and its…

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Article A343-4-1 of the French Insurance Code

Companies must either issue policies under a continuous numbering system that may comprise several series, without omission or duplication, with successive riders being attached to the original policy, or assign policyholders or members continuous numbers that meet the same requirements. Information relating to these documents must be easily accessible at all times and must include at least the following information : – either the number of the contract or rider,…

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Article A343-4-2 of the French Insurance Code

Events and claims that give rise or are likely to give rise to at least one of the guarantees provided for in the contract, or outflows, are recorded as soon as they are known, under a continuous numbering system that may comprise several series. This record is made by year of occurrence or, in the case of transport, by year of subscription. It includes the following information: date and number…

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Article A343-4-3 of the French Insurance Code

Reinsurance treaties, acceptances, cessions and retrocessions are recorded in chronological order under a continuous numbering system. The following information must be recorded on a document that can be easily consulted: -treaty serial number; -signature date; -effective date; -duration; -name of the ceding party, assignee or retrocessionaire; -nature of the risks covered by the treaty; -date on which the treaty takes effect; -nature of the treaty.

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Article A343-5 of the French Insurance Code

Undertakings participating in co-insurance or co-reinsurance pools must draw up, for each of these pools, an easily accessible document setting out in detail the operation of the pool and the accounting treatment of transactions carried out by the undertaking within the framework of the pool. The company must be able to justify all the accounting entries relating to operations carried out within the group, in particular the calculation of provisions….

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Article A344-2 of the French Insurance Code

Transactions carried out by undertakings subject to State supervision by virtue of Article L. 310-1 or 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 and by the supplementary occupational pension funds referred to in Article L. 381-1 are divided into the following categories of transaction: 1 Single premium capitalisation contracts (or free payments) ; 2 capitalisation contracts with periodic premiums; 3 Individual term life assurance policies (including open groups); 4 Other…

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