Circular to all members
At the Board meeting on 7 May 2026, the Board reviewed the policy years for the Association and decided on release calls for the open years. At the Committee meeting on 12 June 2026, the Committee made a recommendation to the AGM to close the 2023 policy year. Please see further details on the review of policy years below.
Review of Open Policy Years
Release call percentages per policy year should reflect the incurred loss of the policy year and the risk of deterioration. Skuld will apply the value at risk (VaR) with a confidence interval of 99.5% when assessing the risk of deterioration. This is the risk measure which is applied in terms of Solvency II. In contrast to Solvency II where the risk horizon is the next 12 months, the risk of deterioration is calculated for the full development of the individual policy year. The risk model takes into consideration:
• premium risk
• reserve risk
• market risk
• counterparty risk
• operational risk
For current policy year, all risk factors mentioned are relevant. For old policy years, only reserve risk, counterparty risk and operational risk are relevant.
Policy Year 2023
The Policy year 2023 generated a positive result of USD 96 million. The Board and the Committee has recommended to the Annual General Meeting to close the 2023 policy year without further calls.
Policy Year 2024
The Policy year is assessed according to the model described above and due to its maturity, the relevant risks are reserve risk, counterparty risk and operational risk. The Board decided to reduce the release call to 7.5%, applicable from the AGM 3 September 2026.
Policy Year 2025
The Policy year is assessed according to the model described above and due to its maturity, the relevant risks are reserve risk, counterparty risk and operational risk. The Board decided to reduce the release call to 10%, applicable from the AGM 3 September 2026.
Policy Year 2026
The Policy year is assessed according to the model described above and since this is the running Policy year all the risk factors above have been taken into consideration. The Board decided to maintain the release call at 15%, applicable from the AGM 3 September 2026.
Summary of Policy Years
2022: Closed
2023: Proposed to be closed by the AGM 3 September 2026
2024: Release call reduced to 7.5%
2025: Release call reduced to 10%
2026: Release call maintained at 15%
Yours faithfully,
Ståle Hansen
President and CEO
Assuranceforeningen Skuld (Gjensidig)