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Article 265 Valuation of technical provisions - documentation

1. Insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall document the following processes:

(a) the collection of data and analysis of its quality and other information that relates to the calculation of technical provisions;

(b) the choice of assumptions used in the calculation of technical provisions, in particular the choice of relevant assumptions about the allocation of expenses;

(c) the selection and application of actuarial and statistical methods for the calculation of technical provisions;

(d) the validation of technical provisions.

2. For the purposes of point (a) of paragraph 1, the documentation shall include:

(a) a directory of the data used in the calculation of the technical provisions, specifying their source, characteristics and usage;

(b) the specification for the collection, processing and application of data referred to in Article 19(3)(e);

(c) where data are not used consistently over time in the calculation of technical provisions, a description of the inconsistent use and its justification.

3. For the purposes of point (b) of paragraph 1, the documentation shall include: