Disclosure (AASB17_07-17_COMPdec22_01-23)

The objective of the disclosure requirements is for an entity to disclose information in the notes that, together with the information provided in the statement of financial position, statement(s) of financial performance and statement of cash flows, gives a basis for users of financial statements to assess the effect that contracts within the scope of AASB 17 have on the entity’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows. To achieve that objective, an entity shall disclose qualitative and quantitative information about:

(a)            the amounts recognised in its financial statements for contracts within the scope of AASB 17 (see paragraphs 97–116);

(b)            the significant judgements, and changes in those judgements, made when applying AASB 17 (see paragraphs 117–120); and

(c)            the nature and extent of the risks from contracts within the scope of AASB 17 (see paragraphs 121–132).

An entity shall consider the level of detail necessary to satisfy the disclosure objective and how much emphasis to place on each of the various requirements. If the disclosures provided, applying paragraphs 97–132, are not enough to meet the objective in paragraph 93, an entity shall disclose additional information necessary to meet that objective.

An entity shall aggregate or disaggregate information so that useful information is not obscured either by the inclusion of a large amount of insignificant detail or by the aggregation of items that have different characteristics.

Paragraphs 29–31 of AASB 101 set out requirements relating to materiality and aggregation of information. Examples of aggregation bases that might be appropriate for information disclosed about insurance contracts are:

(a)            type of contract (for example, major product lines);

(b)            geographical area (for example, country or region); or

(c)            reportable segment, as defined in AASB 8 Operating Segments.

Of the disclosures required by paragraphs 98–109A, only those in paragraphs 98–100, 102–103, 105–105B and 109A apply to contracts to which the premium allocation approach has been applied. If an entity uses the premium allocation approach, it shall also disclose:

(a)            which of the criteria in paragraphs 53 and 69 it has satisfied;

(b)            whether it makes an adjustment for the time value of money and the effect of financial risk applying paragraphs 56, 57(b) and 59(b); and

(c)            the method it has chosen to recognise insurance acquisition cash flows applying paragraph 59(a).

An entity shall disclose reconciliations that show how the net carrying amounts of contracts within the scope of AASB 17 changed during the period because of cash flows and income and expenses recognised in the statement(s) of financial performance. Separate reconciliations shall be disclosed for insurance contracts issued and reinsurance contracts held. An entity shall adapt the requirements of paragraphs 100–109 to reflect the features of reinsurance contracts held that differ from insurance contracts issued; for example, the generation of expenses or reduction in expenses rather than revenue.

An entity shall provide enough information in the reconciliations to enable users of financial statements to identify changes from cash flows and amounts that are recognised in the statement(s) of financial performance. To comply with this requirement, an entity shall:

(a)            disclose, in a table, the reconciliations set out in paragraphs 100–105B; and

(b)            for each reconciliation, present the net carrying amounts at the beginning and at the end of the period, disaggregated into a total for portfolios of contracts that are assets and a total for portfolios of contracts that are liabilities, that equal the amounts presented in the statement of financial position applying paragraph 78.

An entity shall disclose reconciliations from the opening to the closing balances separately for each of:

(a)            the net liabilities (or assets) for the remaining coverage component, excluding any loss component.

(b)            any loss component (see paragraphs 47–52 and 57–58).

(c)            the liabilities for incurred claims. For insurance contracts to which the premium allocation approach described in paragraphs 53–59 or 69–70A has been applied, an entity shall disclose separate reconciliations for:

(i)              the estimates of the present value of the future cash flows; and

(ii)             the risk adjustment for non-financial risk.

For insurance contracts other than those to which the premium allocation approach described in paragraphs 53–59 or 69–70A has been applied, an entity shall also disclose reconciliations from the opening to the closing balances separately for each of:

(a)            the estimates of the present value of the future cash flows;

(b)            the risk adjustment for non-financial risk; and

(c)            the contractual service margin.

The objective of the reconciliations in paragraphs 100–101 is to provide different types of information about the insurance service result.

An entity shall separately disclose in the reconciliations required in paragraph 100 each of the following amounts related to services, if applicable:

(a)            insurance revenue.

(b)            insurance service expenses, showing separately:

(i)              incurred claims (excluding investment components) and other incurred insurance service expenses;

(ii)             amortisation of insurance acquisition cash flows;

(iii)             changes that relate to past service, ie changes in fulfilment cash flows relating to the liability for incurred claims; and

(iv)             changes that relate to future service, ie losses on onerous groups of contracts and reversals of such losses.

(c)            investment components excluded from insurance revenue and insurance service expenses (combined with refunds of premiums unless refunds of premiums are presented as part of the cash flows in the period described in paragraph 105(a)(i)).

An entity shall separately disclose in the reconciliations required in paragraph 101 each of the following amounts related to services, if applicable:

(a)            changes that relate to future service, applying paragraphs B96–B118, showing separately:

(i)              changes in estimates that adjust the contractual service margin;

(ii)             changes in estimates that do not adjust the contractual service margin, ie losses on groups of onerous contracts and reversals of such losses; and

(iii)             the effects of contracts initially recognised in the period.

(b)            changes that relate to current service, ie:

(i)              the amount of the contractual service margin recognised in profit or loss to reflect the transfer of services;

(ii)             the change in the risk adjustment for non-financial risk that does not relate to future service or past service; and

(iii)             experience adjustments (see paragraphs B97(c) and B113(a)), excluding amounts relating to the risk adjustment for non-financial risk included in (ii).

(c)            changes that relate to past service, ie changes in fulfilment cash flows relating to incurred claims (see paragraphs B97(b) and B113(a)).

To complete the reconciliations in paragraphs 100–101, an entity shall also disclose separately each of the following amounts not related to services provided in the period, if applicable:

(a)            cash flows in the period, including:

(i)              premiums received for insurance contracts issued (or paid for reinsurance contracts held);

(ii)             insurance acquisition cash flows; and

(iii)             incurred claims paid and other insurance service expenses paid for insurance contracts issued (or recovered under reinsurance contracts held), excluding insurance acquisition cash flows.

(b)            the effect of changes in the risk of non-performance by the issuer of reinsurance contracts held;

(c)            insurance finance income or expenses; and

(d)            any additional line items that may be necessary to understand the change in the net carrying amount of the insurance contracts.

An entity shall disclose a reconciliation from the opening to the closing balance of assets for insurance acquisition cash flows recognised applying paragraph 28B. An entity shall aggregate information for the reconciliation at a level that is consistent with that for the reconciliation of insurance contracts, applying paragraph 98.

An entity shall separately disclose in the reconciliation required by paragraph 105A any impairment losses and reversals of impairment losses recognised applying paragraph 28E–28F.

For insurance contracts issued other than those to which the premium allocation approach described in paragraphs 53–59 has been applied, an entity shall disclose an analysis of the insurance revenue recognised in the period comprising:

(a)            the amounts relating to the changes in the liability for remaining coverage as specified in paragraph B124, separately disclosing:

(i)              the insurance service expenses incurred during the period as specified in paragraph B124(a);

(ii)             the change in the risk adjustment for non-financial risk, as specified in paragraph B124(b);

(iii)             the amount of the contractual service margin recognised in profit or loss because of the transfer of insurance contract services in the period, as specified in paragraph B124(c); and

(iv)             other amounts, if any, for example, experience adjustments for premium receipts other than those that relate to future service as specified in paragraph B124(d).

(b)            the allocation of the portion of the premiums that relate to the recovery of insurance acquisition cash flows (see paragraph B125).

For insurance contracts other than those to which the premium allocation approach described in paragraphs 53–59 or 69–70A has been applied, an entity shall disclose the effect on the statement of financial position separately for insurance contracts issued and reinsurance contracts held that are initially recognised in the period, showing their effect at initial recognition on:

(a)            the estimates of the present value of future cash outflows, showing separately the amount of the insurance acquisition cash flows;

(b)            the estimates of the present value of future cash inflows;

(c)            the risk adjustment for non-financial risk; and

(d)            the contractual service margin.

In the disclosures required by paragraph 107, an entity shall separately disclose amounts resulting from:

(a)            contracts acquired from other entities in transfers of insurance contracts or business combinations; and

(b)            groups of contracts that are onerous.

For insurance contracts other than those to which the premium allocation approach described in paragraphs 53–59 or 69–70A has been applied, an entity shall disclose when it expects to recognise the contractual service margin remaining at the end of the reporting period in profit or loss quantitatively, in appropriate time bands. Such information shall be provided separately for insurance contracts issued and reinsurance contracts held.

An entity shall disclose quantitatively, in appropriate time bands, when it expects to derecognise an asset for insurance acquisition cash flows applying paragraph 28C.

An entity shall disclose and explain the total amount of insurance finance income or expenses in the reporting period. In particular, an entity shall explain the relationship between insurance finance income or expenses and the investment return on its assets, to enable users of its financial statements to evaluate the sources of finance income or expenses recognised in profit or loss and other comprehensive income.

For contracts with direct participation features, the entity shall describe the composition of the underlying items and disclose their fair value.

For contracts with direct participation features, if an entity chooses not to adjust the contractual service margin for some changes in the fulfilment cash flows, applying paragraph B115, it shall disclose the effect of that choice on the adjustment to the contractual service margin in the current period.

For contracts with direct participation features, if an entity changes the basis of disaggregation of insurance finance income or expenses between profit or loss and other comprehensive income, applying paragraph B135, it shall disclose, in the period when the change in approach occurred:

(a)            the reason why the entity was required to change the basis of disaggregation;

(b)            the amount of any adjustment for each financial statement line item affected; and

(c)            the carrying amount of the group of insurance contracts to which the change applied at the date of the change.

An entity shall provide disclosures that enable users of financial statements to identify the effect of groups of insurance contracts measured at the transition date applying the modified retrospective approach (see paragraphs C6–C19A) or the fair value approach (see paragraphs C20–C24B) on the contractual service margin and insurance revenue in subsequent periods. Hence an entity shall disclose the reconciliation of the contractual service margin applying paragraph 101(c), and the amount of insurance revenue applying paragraph 103(a), separately for:

(a)            insurance contracts that existed at the transition date to which the entity has applied the modified retrospective approach;

(b)            insurance contracts that existed at the transition date to which the entity has applied the fair value approach; and

(c)            all other insurance contracts.

For all periods in which disclosures are made applying paragraphs 114(a) or 114(b), to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature and significance of the methods used and judgements applied in determining the transition amounts, an entity shall explain how it determined the measurement of insurance contracts at the transition date.

An entity that chooses to disaggregate insurance finance income or expenses between profit or loss and other comprehensive income applies paragraphs C18(b), C19(b), C24(b) and C24(c) to determine the cumulative difference between the insurance finance income or expenses that would have been recognised in profit or loss and the total insurance finance income or expenses at the transition date for the groups of insurance contracts to which the disaggregation applies. For all periods in which amounts determined applying these paragraphs exist, the entity shall disclose a reconciliation from the opening to the closing balance of the cumulative amounts included in other comprehensive income for financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income related to the groups of insurance contracts. The reconciliation shall include, for example, gains or losses recognised in other comprehensive income in the period and gains or losses previously recognised in other comprehensive income in previous periods reclassified in the period to profit or loss.

An entity shall disclose the significant judgements and changes in judgements made in applying AASB 17. Specifically, an entity shall disclose the inputs, assumptions and estimation techniques used, including:

(a)            the methods used to measure insurance contracts within the scope of AASB 17 and the processes for estimating the inputs to those methods. Unless impracticable, an entity shall also provide quantitative information about those inputs.

(b)            any changes in the methods and processes for estimating inputs used to measure contracts, the reason for each change, and the type of contracts affected.

(c)            to the extent not covered in (a), the approach used:

(i)              to distinguish changes in estimates of future cash flows arising from the exercise of discretion from other changes in estimates of future cash flows for contracts without direct participation features (see paragraph B98);

(ii)             to determine the risk adjustment for non-financial risk, including whether changes in the risk adjustment for non-financial risk are disaggregated into an insurance service component and an insurance finance component or are presented in full in the insurance service result;

(iii)             to determine discount rates;

(iv)             to determine investment components; and

(v)             to determine the relative weighting of the benefits provided by insurance coverage and investment-return service or by insurance coverage and investment-related service (see paragraphs B119–B119B).

If, applying paragraph 88(b) or paragraph 89(b), an entity chooses to disaggregate insurance finance income or expenses into amounts presented in profit or loss and amounts presented in other comprehensive income, the entity shall disclose an explanation of the methods used to determine the insurance finance income or expenses recognised in profit or loss.

An entity shall disclose the confidence level used to determine the risk adjustment for non-financial risk. If the entity uses a technique other than the confidence level technique for determining the risk adjustment for non-financial risk, it shall disclose the technique used and the confidence level corresponding to the results of that technique.

An entity shall disclose the yield curve (or range of yield curves) used to discount cash flows that do not vary based on the returns on underlying items, applying paragraph 36. When an entity provides this disclosure in aggregate for a number of groups of insurance contracts, it shall provide such disclosures in the form of weighted averages, or relatively narrow ranges.

An entity shall disclose information that enables users of its financial statements to evaluate the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of future cash flows that arise from contracts within the scope of AASB 17. Paragraphs 122–132 contain requirements for disclosures that would normally be necessary to meet this requirement.

These disclosures focus on the insurance and financial risks that arise from insurance contracts and how they have been managed. Financial risks typically include, but are not limited to, credit risk, liquidity risk and market risk.

If the information disclosed about an entity’s exposure to risk at the end of the reporting period is not representative of its exposure to risk during the period, the entity shall disclose that fact, the reason why the period-end exposure is not representative, and further information that is representative of its risk exposure during the period.

For each type of risk arising from contracts within the scope of AASB 17, an entity shall disclose:

(a)            the exposures to risks and how they arise;

(b)            the entity’s objectives, policies and processes for managing the risks and the methods used to measure the risks; and

(c)            any changes in (a) or (b) from the previous period.

For each type of risk arising from contracts within the scope of AASB 17, an entity shall disclose:

(a)            summary quantitative information about its exposure to that risk at the end of the reporting period. This disclosure shall be based on the information provided internally to the entity’s key management personnel.

(b)            the disclosures required by paragraphs 127–132, to the extent not provided applying (a) of this paragraph.

An entity shall disclose information about the effect of the regulatory frameworks in which it operates; for example, minimum capital requirements or required interest-rate guarantees. If an entity applies paragraph 20 in determining the groups of insurance contracts to which it applies the recognition and measurement requirements of AASB 17, it shall disclose that fact.

An entity shall disclose information about concentrations of risk arising from contracts within the scope of AASB 17, including a description of how the entity determines the concentrations, and a description of the shared characteristic that identifies each concentration (for example, the type of insured event, industry, geographical area, or currency). Concentrations of financial risk might arise, for example, from interest-rate guarantees that come into effect at the same level for a large number of contracts. Concentrations of financial risk might also arise from concentrations of non-financial risk; for example, if an entity provides product liability protection to pharmaceutical companies and also holds investments in those companies.

An entity shall disclose information about sensitivities to changes in risk variables arising from contracts within the scope of AASB 17. To comply with this requirement, an entity shall disclose:

(a)            a sensitivity analysis that shows how profit or loss and equity would have been affected by changes in risk variables that were reasonably possible at the end of the reporting period:

(i)              for insurance risk – showing the effect for insurance contracts issued, before and after risk mitigation by reinsurance contracts held; and

(ii)             for each type of market risk – in a way that explains the relationship between the sensitivities to changes in risk variables arising from insurance contracts and those arising from financial assets held by the entity.

(b)            the methods and assumptions used in preparing the sensitivity analysis; and

(c)            changes from the previous period in the methods and assumptions used in preparing the sensitivity analysis, and the reasons for such changes.

If an entity prepares a sensitivity analysis that shows how amounts different from those specified in paragraph 128(a) are affected by changes in risk variables and uses that sensitivity analysis to manage risks arising from contracts within the scope of AASB 17, it may use that sensitivity analysis in place of the analysis specified in paragraph 128(a). The entity shall also disclose:

(a)            an explanation of the method used in preparing such a sensitivity analysis and of the main parameters and assumptions underlying the information provided; and

(b)            an explanation of the objective of the method used and of any limitations that may result in the information provided.

An entity shall disclose actual claims compared with previous estimates of the undiscounted amount of the claims (ie claims development). The disclosure about claims development shall start with the period when the earliest material claim(s) arose and for which there is still uncertainty about the amount and timing of the claims payments at the end of the reporting period; but the disclosure is not required to start more than 10 years before the end of the reporting period. The entity is not required to disclose information about the development of claims for which uncertainty about the amount and timing of the claims payments is typically resolved within one year. An entity shall reconcile the disclosure about claims development with the aggregate carrying amount of the groups of insurance contracts, which the entity discloses applying paragraph 100(c).

For credit risk that arises from contracts within the scope of AASB 17, an entity shall disclose:

(a)            the amount that best represents its maximum exposure to credit risk at the end of the reporting period, separately for insurance contracts issued and reinsurance contracts held; and

(b)            information about the credit quality of reinsurance contracts held that are assets.

For liquidity risk arising from contracts within the scope of AASB 17, an entity shall disclose:

(a)            a description of how it manages the liquidity risk.

(b)            separate maturity analyses for portfolios of insurance contracts issued that are liabilities and portfolios of reinsurance contracts held that are liabilities that show, as a minimum, net cash flows of the portfolios for each of the first five years after the reporting date and in aggregate beyond the first five years. An entity is not required to include in these analyses liabilities for remaining coverage measured applying paragraphs 55–59 and paragraphs 69–70A. The analyses may take the form of:

(i)              an analysis, by estimated timing, of the remaining contractual undiscounted net cash flows; or

(ii)             an analysis, by estimated timing, of the estimates of the present value of the future cash flows.

(c)            the amounts that are payable on demand, explaining the relationship between such amounts and the carrying amount of the related portfolios of contracts, if not disclosed applying (b) of this paragraph.