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<p>Bot: Creating new article from JSON</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>📂 &#039;&#039;&#039;Portfolio of insurance contracts&#039;&#039;&#039; is the highest level of aggregation at which an insurer groups its [[Definition:Insurance contract | insurance contracts]] under [[Definition:International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (IFRS 17) | IFRS 17]]. A portfolio comprises contracts that are subject to similar risks and are managed together — for instance, all individual term [[Definition:Life insurance | life insurance]] policies sold through a particular distribution channel, or all [[Definition:Commercial property insurance | commercial property]] contracts within a given business unit. The portfolio concept sets the outer boundary within which finer segmentation into [[Definition:Group of insurance contracts | groups of insurance contracts]] takes place.<br /> <br /> 🔍 Identifying portfolios requires judgment, but the standard anchors the decision in two criteria: shared risk characteristics and joint management. In practice, an insurer&#039;s existing product lines or [[Definition:Line of business | lines of business]] often serve as a natural starting point, though the accounting portfolio may not map one-to-one to internal management reporting. Once defined, each portfolio is subdivided into at least three groups based on expected profitability at inception — [[Definition:Onerous contract | onerous]], contracts with no significant possibility of becoming onerous, and the remainder — and further segmented by annual cohort to prevent subsidization of older, less profitable vintages by newer ones.<br /> <br /> 🏗️ The way an insurer delineates its portfolios cascades through nearly every subsequent measurement and presentation step under [[Definition:International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (IFRS 17) | IFRS 17]]. It affects the level at which the [[Definition:Contractual service margin (CSM) | contractual service margin]] is calculated, how [[Definition:Loss component | loss components]] are tracked, and the granularity of disclosures provided to [[Definition:Investor | investors]] and [[Definition:Insurance regulator | regulators]]. Carriers with complex multi-line operations have found that aligning portfolio definitions across [[Definition:Actuarial function | actuarial]], [[Definition:Finance function | finance]], and [[Definition:Information technology (IT) | IT]] systems is one of the most resource-intensive aspects of the transition to the new standard.<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Related concepts:&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=20em}}<br /> * [[Definition:Group of insurance contracts]]<br /> * [[Definition:International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (IFRS 17)]]<br /> * [[Definition:Line of business]]<br /> * [[Definition:Contractual service margin (CSM)]]<br /> * [[Definition:Onerous contract]]<br /> * [[Definition:Annual cohort]]<br /> {{Div col end}}</div>

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