French Insurance Code

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings may, for internal modelling purposes, refer to a time horizon or use a risk measure other than those provided for in Article R. 352-2, provided that the results produced by their internal model enable them to calculate the Solvency Capital Requirement guaranteeing policyholders, policyholders and beneficiaries of contracts a level of protection equivalent to that provided for in Article R. 352-2. Where possible, undertakings shall determine…

At least once a year, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall examine the origins and causes of the profits and losses recorded by each of their major operating units. They shall demonstrate to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution how the categorisation of risks used in their internal model explains the origins and causes of these profits and losses. The categorisation of risks and the allocation of profits and…

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall implement a regular model validation cycle, which includes monitoring the functioning of the internal model, checking the ongoing appropriateness of its specifications, and comparing the results it produces with data derived from experience. The model validation process includes an effective statistical process for validating the internal model, enabling insurance and reinsurance undertakings to demonstrate to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution that the…

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall draw up documentation describing the details of the design and operation of their internal model. This documentation shall demonstrate that the undertaking complies with Articles R. 352-18 to R. 352-22. It provides a detailed description of the theory, assumptions and mathematical and empirical foundations underlying the internal model. It mentions any circumstances in which the internal model does not work effectively. These undertakings shall ensure…

The use of a model or data from a third party does not exempt insurance and reinsurance undertakings from the requirements applicable to the internal model referred to in Articles R. 352-18 to R. 352-23. The detailed rules for the application of this Article are set out in Article 247 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.