IFRS 17 GMM Insurance Financial Projection Model

PURPOSE OF MODEL

User-friendly Excel model for the preparation a of 5-year 3 statement (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash flow Statement) financial projection with the quarterly timeline for a general insurance company on an IFRS 17 General Measurement Model (GMM) approach generating insurance revenue, insurance service expenses, reinsurance expenses, finance expenses, investment return, and other non-technical expenses.

The model allows the user to model up to 10 different insurance portfolios / grouping including separate premium amounts; reinsurance arrangements; commission and other directly attributable expenses; payment and recognition patterns; loss ratios, and risk adjustment percentages. The model calculates balances for contractual service margin, risk adjustments, and present values for future cash flows for each insurance portfolio / grouping.

Apart from insurance revenues, the model allows the user to model other operating expenses, investment returns, fixed assets, corporate tax, borrowings, equity additions, and dividend distributions.

The model follows good practice financial modelling principles and includes instructions and input validations.

KEY OUTPUTS

The key outputs include:

Projected full financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash flow Statement) presented on a quarterly basis across 5 years and summarised on an annual basis.
Dashboard with:
- Summarised projected Income Statement and Balance Sheet;
- Compounded Annual Growth rate (CAGR) for each summarised income statement and Balance Sheet line item;
- List of key ratios including, amongst others, gross service result margin; cession ratio, investment return, profit margins, average return on equity, and average debt to equity ratio;
- Bar charts summarising income statement and Balance Sheet projections;
- Chart and table presenting insurance service results by portfolio / grouping.

KEY INPUTS

Inputs are split into Income Statement and Balance Sheet Inputs. Most inputs include user-friendly line item explanations and input validations to help users understand what the input is for and populate correctly.

Setup Inputs:

Name of business;
Currency;
First projection year;
Naming for insurance portfolios, payment patterns, recognition patterns, operating expenses, and fixed asset categories;

Pattern Inputs:

Premium payment patterns;
Claims payment patterns;
Recognition patterns.

Projection Inputs:

Insurance Service Result:
- Gross premium written;
- Gross loss ratios;
- Gross commission ratios;
- Risk adjustment percentage;
- Payment and recognition patterns;
- Proportional and non-proportional reinsurance
- Discount rate.
Other operating expense inputs;
Financial investment inputs, including return percentage and target cash balance;
Dividend inputs, including the amount or percentage of retained earnings and frequency;
Fixed Assets, including additional amounts and useful life;
Borrowings, including addition/redemption amounts and interest rate;
Share Capital additions.

MODEL STRUCTURE

The model comprises of 8 tabs split into input (‘i_’), calculation (‘c_’), output (‘o_’), and system tabs. The tabs to be populated by the user are the input tabs (‘i_Setup’, ‘i_Patterns’, and ‘i_Assumptions’). The calculation tab uses the user-defined inputs to calculate and produce the projection outputs, which are presented in ‘o_Fin Stats’ and ‘o_Dashboard’.

System tabs include:

A ‘Front Sheet’ containing a disclaimer, instructions, and contents;
A Checks dashboard containing a summary of checks by tab.

KEY FEATURES

Other key features of this model include the following:

The model follows best practice financial modelling guidelines and includes instructions, checks, and input validations;
The model is not password protected and can be modified as required following download;
The model contains a dynamic timeline that allows a different starting projection period;
Timeline is split on a quarterly basis and summarised on an annual basis;
Insurance Contract assets and liabilities are split into CSM, risk adjustment, and present value for future cash flows;
The model allows for the following number of underlying categories for each line item (these can be easily expanded if required):
- Insurance Portfolios / groupings – 10 portfolios / groupings;
- Operating expenses – 10 categories;
- Payment Patterns – 10 patterns;
- Recognition patterns – 10 patterns;
- Fixed Assets – 3 categories;
Apart from projecting revenue and costs, the model includes the possibility to model, investment return, fixed assets, borrowings, dividends, and corporate tax;
Business name, currency, and starting projection period are fully customizable;
Revenue, cost, fixed asset, and borrowing category descriptions are fully customizable;
The model includes a checks dashboard that summarises all the checks included in the various tabs making it easier to identify any errors.

MODIFICATIONS

If you require any be-spoke modifications to the tool, we are more than happy to assist with this. Please send us a private message or contact us through the support team at: [email protected].

ABOUT PROJECTIFY

We are financial modelling professionals with experience working in Big 4 business modelling teams and strong experience supporting businesses with their financial planning and decision support needs. Our aim is to provide robust and easy-to-use tools that follow good practice financial modelling guidelines and assist individuals and businesses with useful financial projection and analysis requirements.

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