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Estimating Risk Margin and Risk Adjustment Based on Solvency II and IFRS 17 Frameworks Using Cost of Capital Technique Applied to an Egyptian Non-life Insurance Company

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Last updated: 09 Apr 2025

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Actuarial Science

Abstract

Implementing the International Financial Reporting Standard for insurance contracts (IFRS17) has transformed the regulatory landscape for insurance companies through establishing stringent requirements for risk assessment and financial reporting. The key aspect is the non-financial risk adjustment (RA), which must meet specific criteria but allows the insurers' flexibility in the estimation method. Consequently, the main aim of this research is to examine the use of the Cost of Capital (CoC) method employed under Solvency II for risk margin (RM) estimation in assessing RA under IFRS 17. The study utilizes the bootstrap simulation techniques on Mack's (1993) model to assess reserve risks for an Egyptian insurer's motor line. It connects the traditional view of lifetime risks under IFRS 17 with Solvency II's one-year risk perspective. Using Cornish-Fisher and Bohman-Esscher approximations, the research estimates the Probability of Sufficiency (PoS) as a confidence level for CoC risk margin. The findings suggest that CoC can compute risk adjustment with consistent results from distribution-free PoS estimations.

DOI

10.21608/ajccr.2025.305010.1120

Keywords

IFRS 17, Solvency II, Risk Adjustment, Cost of Capital, Risk Margin, Probability of sufficiency

Authors

First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Morgan

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University, Egypt

Email

drimmorgan@hotmail.com

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Essam

Affiliation

Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University, Egypt

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mohamedessamact@gmail.com

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5

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1

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54793

Issue Date

2025-03-01

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2024-07-17

Publish Date

2025-03-30

Page Start

164

Page End

178

Print ISSN

2805-248X

Online ISSN

2805-2498

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2,025

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The Academic Journal of Contemporary Commercial Research

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https://ajccr.journals.ekb.eg/

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Estimating Risk Margin and Risk Adjustment Based on Solvency II and IFRS 17 Frameworks Using Cost of Capital Technique Applied to an Egyptian Non-life Insurance Company

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09 Apr 2025