VKF_FRAE_2018_uyg11

CONVENIENCE TRANSLATION OF PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN TURKISH, SEE IN NOTE I. OF SECTION THREE TÜRKİYE VAKIFLAR BANKASI TÜRK ANONİM ORTAKLIĞI AND ITS FINANCIAL SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 (Amounts expressed in thousands of Turkish Lira (“TL”) unless otherwise stated.) 360 Part III: Financial Highlights and Assessment of Risk Management Reserve for outstanding claims: Accounts for outstanding claim reserve for ultimate cost of the claims incurred, but not paid in the current or previous periods or, for the estimated ultimate cost if the cost is not certain yet, and for the incurred but not reported claims. Claim provisions are accounted for based on reports of experts or initial assessments of policyholders and experts, and in the calculations related to the claim reserves, claim recoveries, salvage and similar gains are not deducted. The difference between the outstanding claim reserve that is accrued and determined on account and the amount that is calculated by using the actuarial chain ladder method, of which the content and implementation fundamentals are determined on the Legislation for Technical Provision and the “Circular on Outstanding Claim Reserve” numbered. 2014/16 and dated December 5, 2014 and is effective from January 1, 2015, is accounted as incurred but not reported claims reserve. The calculation of incurred but not reported outstanding claim reserve considering best estimations of the Company’s actuary has been calculated in the line with the related regulation. Mathematical provisions: Mathematical provisions are the provisions recorded against the liabilities of the Group to the beneficiaries of long-term life and individual accident policies based on actuarial assumptions. Mathematical provisions consist of actuarial mathematical provisions and profit sharing reserves. Actuarial mathematical provisions are calculated as the difference between the net present values of premiums written in return of the risk covered by the Group and the liabilities to policyholders for long-term insurance contracts based on the basis of actuarial mortality assumptions as approved by the Republic of Turkey Prime Ministry Under secretariat of Treasury, which are applicable for Turkish insurance companies. Mathematical provision also includes the saving portion of the provisions for saving life product. Profit sharing reserves are the reserves provided against income obtained from asset backing saving life insurance contracts. These contracts entitle the beneficiaries of those contracts to a minimum guaranteed crediting rate per annum or, when higher, a bonus rate declared by the Group from the eligible surplus available to date. Mathematical provisions are presented under “insurance technical provisions” in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Deferred acquisition cost and deferred commission income: Commissions given to the intermediaries and other acquisition costs that vary with and are related to securing new contracts and renewing existing insurance contracts are capitalized as deferred acquisition cost. Deferred acquisition costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the life of the contracts. Commission income obtained from the premiums ceded to reinsurance firms are also deferred and amortized on a straight-line basis over the life of the contracts. Liability adequacy test: At each reporting date, a liability adequacy test is performed, to ensure the adequacy of unearned premiums net of related deferred acquisition costs. In performing this test, current best estimates of future contractual cash flows, claims handling and policy administration expenses are used. Any inadequacy is immediately charged to the statement of income by establishing an unexpired risk provision under “insurance technical provisions” in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. If the result of the test is that a loss is required to be recognized, the first step is to reduce any intangible item arising from business combinations related to insurance. If there is still a loss remaining, then the deferred acquisition cost is reduced to the extent that expense loadings are considered not recoverable. Finally, if there is a still remaining amount of loss, this should be booked as an addition to the reserve for premium deficiency. Individual pension business Individual pension system receivables presented under ‘other assets’ in the accompanying consolidated financial statements consists of ‘receivables from the clearing house on behalf of the participants’. Pension funds are the mutual funds that the individual pension companies invest in, by the contributions of the participants. Shares of the participants are kept at the clearing house on behalf of the participants. ‘Receivables from the clearing house on behalf of the participants’ is the receivable from the clearing house on pension fund basis against the contributions of the participants. The same amount is also recorded as payables to participants for the funds acquired against their contributions under the ‘individual pension system payables’.