Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35Show full title

Article 193 U.K. Loss-given-default for pool exposures of type A

1. For pool exposures of type A which the undertaking considers as separate single name exposures in accordance with Article 190(2), where members are each only liable up to their respective portion of the obligation covered by the pooling arrangement, the loss-given-default shall be calculated in accordance with Article 192.

For pool exposures of type A which the undertaking considers as separate single name exposures in accordance with Article 190(2), where members are each liable up to the full amount of the obligation covered by the pooling arrangement, the loss-given-default calculated in accordance with Article 192 shall be multiplied by the risk-share factor, calculated as follows:

where:

(a)

;

(b)

i denotes all pool members falling within the scope defined in Article 2 of Directive 2009/138/EC and j denotes all pool members excluded from the scope of Article 2 of that Directive;

(c)

;

(d)

P_j denotes the share of the total risk of the pooling arrangement undertaken by pool member j;

(e)

for pool members for which a credit assessment by a nominated ECAI is available, SR_i and SR_j shall be assigned in accordance with the following table:

Credit quality step	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
SRi	196 %	196 %	175 %	122 %	95 %	75 %	75 %

(f)

for pool members which fall within the scope of Directive 2009/138/EC and for which a credit assessment by a nominated ECAI is not available, SR_i and SR_j shall be the latest available solvency ratio;

(g)

for pool members situated in a third country and for which a credit assessment by a nominated ECAI is not available:

(i)

SR_i and SR_j shall be equal to 100 % where the pool member is situated in a country whose solvency regime is deemed equivalent pursuant to [F1 Article 379A of this Regulation];

(ii)

SR_i and SR_j shall be equal to 75 % where the pool member is situated in a country whose solvency regime is not deemed equivalent pursuant to [F1 Article 379A of this Regulation].

2. Where the undertaking is ceding risk to a pooling arrangement by the intermediary of a central undertaking, the central undertaking shall be considered as part of the pooling arrangement and its share of the risk calculated accordingly.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 193(1)(g) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Solvency 2 and Insurance (Amendment, etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/407), regs. 1(2), 11(32) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1385, regs. 1(2), 54(2) and with savings in S.I. 2019/680, reg. 11)