Information to be provided for supervisory purposes
Article 35
1. Member States shall require insurance and reinsurance undertakings to submit to the supervisory authorities the information which is necessary for the purposes of supervision. That information shall include at least the information necessary for the following when performing the process referred to in Article 36: (a) to assess the system of governance applied by the undertakings, the business they are pursuing, the valuation principles applied for solvency purposes, the risks faced and the risk-management systems, and their capital structure, needs and management; (b) to make any appropriate decisions resulting from the exercise of their supervisory rights and duties. 2. Member States shall ensure that the supervisory authorities have the following powers: (a) to determine the nature, the scope and the format of the information referred to in paragraph 1 which they require insurance and reinsurance undertakings to submit at the following points in time: (i) at predefined periods; (ii) upon occurrence of predefined events; (iii) during enquiries regarding the situation of an insurance or reinsurance undertaking; (b) to obtain any information regarding contracts which are held by intermediaries or regarding contracts which are entered into with third parties; and (c) to require information from external experts, such as auditors and actuaries. 3. The information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall comprise the following: (a) qualitative or quantitative elements, or any appropriate combination thereof; (b) historic, current or prospective elements, or any appropriate combination thereof; and (c) data from internal or external sources, or any appropriate combination thereof. 4. The information referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall comply with the following principles: (a) it must reflect the nature, scale and complexity of the business of the undertaking concerned, and in particular the risks inherent in that business; (b) it must be accessible, complete in all material respects, comparable and consistent over time; and (c) it must be relevant, reliable and comprehensible. 5. Member States shall require insurance and reinsurance undertakings to have appropriate systems and structures in place to fulfil the requirements laid down in paragraphs 1 to 4 as well as a written policy, approved by the administrative, management or supervisory body of the insurance or reinsurance undertaking, ensuring the ongoing appropriateness of the information submitted. 6. The Commission shall adopt implementing measures specifying the information referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4, with a view to ensuring to the appropriate extent convergence of supervisory reporting. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 301(3).