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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>🔗 '''Intra-group transaction''' is any financial or operational arrangement between entities within the same insurance group — such as [[Definition:Reinsurance | reinsurance]] cessions between affiliated companies, shared service agreements, [[Definition:Capital management | capital transfers]], loans, or cost-allocation arrangements. In the insurance sector, these transactions receive intense regulatory scrutiny because they can obscure the true financial position of individual entities, artificially inflate [[Definition:Solvency | solvency]] margins, or concentrate risk in parts of the group that are less visible to [[Definition:Insurance regulation | supervisors]]. Regulators worldwide, including those operating under [[Definition:Solvency II | Solvency II]] and the [[Definition:Insurance Core Principles (ICP) | Insurance Core Principles]], require insurance groups to report and, in many cases, seek approval for material intra-group transactions.<br />
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⚙️ A common example is intra-group reinsurance, where one subsidiary cedes [[Definition:Risk | risk]] to a [[Definition:Captive insurance company | captive]] or affiliated [[Definition:Reinsurance | reinsurer]] within the same holding structure. While this can serve legitimate purposes — such as centralizing risk management, optimizing [[Definition:Capital requirements | capital efficiency]], or accessing specific tax jurisdictions — it can also create circular capital flows that give a misleading impression of each entity's standalone strength. Regulators address this by requiring that intra-group transactions be conducted at [[Definition:Arm's length transaction | arm's length]] terms, meaning the pricing, conditions, and economic substance must mirror what would prevail between unrelated parties. Group supervisors may also impose reporting thresholds that trigger notification or prior approval when transactions exceed a certain size relative to the entity's own funds.<br />
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🛡️ Effective oversight of intra-group transactions is fundamental to the stability of insurance groups and, by extension, to [[Definition:Policyholder | policyholder]] protection. The failure of [[Definition:American International Group (AIG) | AIG]] during the 2008 financial crisis illustrated how complex intra-group arrangements — particularly involving non-insurance affiliates — can amplify risk and complicate resolution. Since then, [[Definition:Group supervision | group supervision]] frameworks have been significantly strengthened, with supervisory colleges, group-wide [[Definition:Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA) | ORSA]] requirements, and enhanced disclosure obligations all designed to ensure that transactions within an insurance group serve genuine economic purposes and do not undermine the financial resilience of any individual entity.<br />
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'''Related concepts:'''<br />
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* [[Definition:Group supervision]]<br />
* [[Definition:Solvency II]]<br />
* [[Definition:Arm's length transaction]]<br />
* [[Definition:Intra-group reinsurance]]<br />
* [[Definition:Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA)]]<br />
* [[Definition:Capital management]]<br />
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