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1. MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES continued • The following table summarises the impact of reclassification and impact on cash flows:
Reclassification adjustments £m
Note
Financial investments
19 30 31
(125)
Other financial liabilities – Derivatives
(23)
Other payables
148 148
Statement of cash flows – net decrease in financial investments
Statement of cash flows – increase in other payables (148) IFRS 17 represents a significant change from the previous measurement requirements contained in IFRS 4. The measurement adjustments are: • For insurance and reinsurance contracts principally: – discount rates, which include allowance for expected and unexpected credit default risks instead of the prudent allowance for credit default risk in IFRS 4; – risk adjustment for non-financial risk, a new concept required by IFRS 17 compared to the prudent margins required by IFRS 4; and – Contractual Service Margin (“CSM”), which is a significant conceptual change from IFRS 4, whereby profits are recognised over the term of insurance and reinsurance contracts rather than at point of sale. • The derecognition of present value in force business intangible assets. • Accounting for the associated tax impacts of the measurement adjustments. The impact of implementation of IFRS 9 has been minor, with the recognition of an expected credit loss adjustment of £1m in the opening balance sheet. Impact on Statement of comprehensive income The Statement of comprehensive income has been re-presented for the year ended 31 December 2022 to reflect the changes in the opening balance sheet at 1 January 2022. The transitional requirements of IFRS 17 do not require a reconciliation between the previous format of profit or loss and the new format of profit or loss. Except for note 5 on net investment gains/(losses) from financial assets, notes 2 to 7 of the financial statements are newly required by the adoption of IFRS 17. Impact on earnings per share The loss per share for the year ended 31 December 2022 (both basic and diluted) has been restated to 36.30 pence per share from 23.70 pence per share as a result of the adoption of the standards. 1.3. Adoption of IFRS 17 1.3.1. Insurance and reinsurance contracts – determination of transitional amounts The transition approach on initial adoption of IFRS 17 for the calculation of the contractual service margin was determined for groupings of insurance and reinsurance contracts either using the: a) fully retrospective approach – the contractual service margin at inception is calculated based on initial assumptions when groupings of contracts were incepted, and rolled forward to the date of transition as if IFRS 17 had always been applied; or the b) fair value approach – the fair value CSM is calculated as the difference between the fair value of the insurance (or reinsurance contracts) and the value of the fulfilment cash flows at the date of transition. The following table summarises the approaches outlined in 1.3.3 and 1.4 below in order to transition from the previous standard, IFRS 4, to IFRS 17:
31 December 2021 (as reported) £m
Reclassification adjustments £m
Measurement adjustments £m
1 January 2022 (restated) £m
Insurance contract liabilities – Fully retrospective approach (1.3.3)
2,284
(8)
335 995
2,611
– Fair value approach (1.3.4)
19,529 21,813
(49) (57)
20,475 23,086
Total insurance contract liabilities
1,330
Reinsurance contracts Reinsurance contract assets – Fair value approach (1.3.4)
(2,808)
2,128
(36)
(716)
Reinsurance contract liabilities – Fully retrospective approach (1.3.3) – Fair value approach (1.3.4) Reinsurance contract liabilities Net reinsurance contract (assets)
33
– 6 6
(32) (84)
–
242 275
165 165
(116) (152)
(2,533)
2,134
(551)
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