Solvency Capital Requirement

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The Solvency Capital Requirement is a risk-based capital threshold under the Solvency II regime that insurers must hold to ensure they can meet obligations even under severe adverse conditions.

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Solvency Capital Requirement canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Solvency II concept ⓘ
regulatory capital requirement ⓘ
risk-based capital standard ⓘ
aggregationMethod correlation matrices between risk modules ⓘ
allows use of undertaking-specific parameters under conditions ⓘ
appliesOn group level ⓘ
solo level ⓘ
appliesTo insurance undertakings ⓘ
reinsurance undertakings ⓘ
basedOn risk profile of the undertaking ⓘ
breachConsequence requires supervisory intervention and recovery plan ⓘ
calculatedBy full internal model ⓘ
partial internal model ⓘ
standard formula ⓘ
calibration 1-in-200 year adverse event ⓘ
confidenceLevel 99.5% value-at-risk of basic own funds ⓘ
covers credit risk ⓘ
intangible risk modules as specified in Solvency II ⓘ
market risk ⓘ
operational risk ⓘ
underwriting risk ⓘ
definedIn Solvency II Directive 2009/138/EC ⓘ
effectiveFrom 1 January 2016 ⓘ
expressedAs amount of eligible own funds required ⓘ
higherThan Minimum Capital Requirement ⓘ
introducedBy Solvency II regime ⓘ
jurisdiction European Union ⓘ
legalNature Pillar 1 quantitative requirement under Solvency II ⓘ
linkedTo own funds eligibility criteria ⓘ
measuredIn economic capital ⓘ
methodology modular approach under standard formula ⓘ
objective harmonise solvency standards across EU insurers ⓘ
reflect all quantifiable risks faced by insurers ⓘ
overseenBy European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority ⓘ
partOf Solvency II framework ⓘ
purpose ensure insurers can meet obligations under severe adverse conditions ⓘ
limit probability of ruin of insurers ⓘ
protect policyholders and beneficiaries ⓘ
regulator national supervisory authorities in EU Member States ⓘ
relatedTo Minimum Capital Requirement ⓘ
requires adequate risk management system ⓘ
public disclosure in Solvency and Financial Condition Report ⓘ
regular reporting to supervisors ⓘ
riskMeasure value-at-risk of basic own funds ⓘ
subjectTo supervisory approval for internal models ⓘ
timeHorizon one-year time horizon ⓘ
usedFor supervisory review process under Solvency II ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Solvency II Directive → introduces → Solvency Capital Requirement ⓘ
Directive 2009/138/EC → establishes → Solvency Capital Requirement ⓘ