6
Avoidance of Future Valuation Strain
6.1
- (1) A firm must establish mathematical reserves for a contract of insurance which are sufficient to ensure that, at any subsequent date, the mathematical reserves then required are covered solely by:
- (a) the assets covering the current mathematical reserves; and
- (b) the resources arising from those assets and from the contract itself.
- (2) For the purposes of (1), the firm must assume that:
- (a) the assumptions adopted for the current valuation of liabilities remain unaltered and are met; and
- (b) discretionary benefits and charges will be set so as to fulfil its regulatory duty to treat its customers fairly under any relevant provision of the FCA Handbook.
- (3) Subject to (4), the requirements in (1) may be applied to a group of similar contracts instead of to the individual contracts within that group.
- (4) The requirements in (1) must be applied to a group of contracts in relation to which mathematical reserves in respect of non-attributable expenses are established for that group of contracts in accordance with 4.1(2)(a), instead of to the individual contracts within that group.
- 01/01/2016