rec_31

(31) Where insurance and reinsurance undertakings hold bonds or other assets with similar cash flow characteristics to maturity, they are not exposed to the risk of changing spreads on those assets. In order to avoid changes of asset spreads from impacting on the amount of own funds of those undertakings, they should be allowed to adjust the relevant risk-free interest rate term structure for the calculation of the best estimate in line with the spread movements of their assets. The application of such a matching adjustment should be subject to supervisory approval and strict requirements on the assets and liabilities should ensure that the insurance and reinsurance undertakings can hold their assets to maturity. In particular the cash flows of assets and liabilities should be matched and the assets should be replaced for the purpose of retaining the matching only where the expected cash flows have materially changed such as in the case of the downgrade or default of a bond. Insurance and reinsurance undertakings should publicly disclose the impact of the matching adjustment on their financial position to ensure adequate transparency.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-20 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.