Insurance companies that report under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) need to fulfil the requirements of the new IFRS 9 and IFRS 17. These new regulations will have implications for the balance sheet management of insurers, and consequently impacts their capital generation. In this paper, we present a case study to illustrate the similarities and differences of reporting capital generation under the new IFRS standards and Solvency II. Topics include:
- IFRS valuation principles
- Harmonizing IFRS and Solvency II, or not?
- Example of how Solvency II and IFRS results could look like for traditional and unit-linked business