The nature of an insurance company is to take on risks in return for premium payments. However, these risks arising from the insurance business are only part of the risks which can arise within an insurance company. In additional to general technical risks, there are also financial, operational and management risks. The term external risks refers to those risks that cannot be influenced by the insurance business.
In order to identify, measure, aggregate and control all risks, a UNIQA risk management system was created which is in use in all operating companies of the UNIQA Group in Austria. All Group companies in which UNIQA has a participating interest of more than 50% have been integrated into this risk management process since the end of 2007.
The risk management process of the UNIQA Group is centrally controlled.
Each subsidiary has a responsible risk manager who operates the risk management process and reports to the Group risk management team.
The company’s risk situation in terms of market risks, technical risks and operational risks is evaluated and reported on in the half-yearly report. Measures to minimise risks are developed on this basis of the report.
The Group’s actuarial office/risk management team consolidates the results of the half-yearly risk assessment in a Group Risk Report, which is made available to the Group management for the purpose of controlling risk.
The UNIQA Group places particular emphasis on the topic of risk management and is preparing the Group for Solvency II. Within the framework of these activities, the Group takes part in all quantitative impact studies. The results of the already performed quantitative impact studies enter into the corresponding projects that prepare the Group for Solvency II.
Management of actuarial and financial risks
