Notice of AGM
Amlin Plc
AMLIN plc (“Amlinâ€)
RELEASE OF ANNUAL REPORT AND NOTICE OF AGM
The following documents have today been posted or otherwise made available to shareholders:
1. 2011 Annual Report
2. Notice of 2012 Annual General Meeting
3. Form of Proxy for 2012 Annual General Meeting
Copies may also be viewed at the “Download Centre†of the Company’s website at www.amlin.com.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, copies have been uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
COMPLIANCE WITH DTR 6.3.5 – EXTRACTS FROM THE 2011 ANNUAL REPORT
The information below, which is extracted from the 2011 Annual Report, is included solely for the purpose of complying with DTR 6.3.5. It should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Preliminary Announcement issued on 5 March 2012 (available at www.amlin.com). Together these constitute the material required by DTR 6.3.5 to be communicated to the media in unedited full text via a Regulatory Information Service. This material is not a substitute for reading the full 2011 Annual Report.
The information contained in this announcement and in the Preliminary Announcement does not constitute the Group’s statutory accounts, but is derived from those accounts.
Principal Risks and Uncertainties
Principal risks | Â | Nature of risk | Â | Key controls and mitigation strategies | |
Underwriting – catastrophe risk |
 | The risk of claims arising from inherent uncertainties in the occurrence of insurance losses associated with natural or man-made catastrophic events. |  |
Underlying strategy and diversity of exposure
Aggregate exposure limits Probable maximum loss limits Modelling of loss scenarios including stochastic DFA modelling Reinsurance programme |
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Underwriting – attritional risk |  | The risks of unexpected or unbudgeted increase in cost of small or large insurance claims. |  |
Underwriting authority limits per contract and peer review
Business planning processes Technical pricing assessment and underwriting strategy Reinsurance programme Monitoring and performance review |
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Underwriting – reserving risk |  | The risk of unexpected or unbudgeted increase in claims emanating from business written where profit has been declared. |  |
Reserving process within claims and underwriting
management teams In-house actuarial reserve review independent of underwriting teams Reserves are carried in excess of actuarial best estimate Reinsurance programme |
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Market risk – investment market volatility |
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The risk arising from fluctuations in values of investments. |
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Investment policy and strategic asset allocation
Tactical asset allocation Diversified portfolio Modelling and monitoring of investment risk within agreed tolerances Hedging of market value movements in investments |
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Market risk – currency fluctuation |
 | Impact on the value of balance sheet or earnings arising from the movement in value of sterling against key non-functional currencies. |  |
Asset/liability matching of major currencies
Hedging of Amlin AG US dollar and ACI euro net asset exposures Sale of foreign currency profits Reinsurance programme |
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Credit risk – reinsurance counter-party |
 | The risk of loss if a counter-party fails to perform its obligations or fails to perform them in a timely fashion. |  |
Reinsurer selection and rating
Controls over exposures placed with reinsurers Reinsurance debt credit control Collateralised reinsurance |
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Credit risk – intermediary counter-party |
 | The risk of loss if an insurance or treasury intermediary fails to meet credit obligations in a timely fashion. |  |
Credit control procedures
Broker credit assessment |
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Liquidity risk | Â | The risk arising from insufficient financial resources being available to meet liabilities as they fall due. | Â |
Stress testing of liquidity needs relative to major
catastrophe events Maintaining sufficient liquidity in investment portfolio to address claims needs Banking facilities Asset/liability matching of major currencies and duration |
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Operational risk | Â | Risks resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems, or from external events, including regulatory control failures. | Â |
Procedural controls including workflow management
Monitoring of compliance with established procedures and processes Employee manual and Human Resource policies Risk event and near miss reporting process Business Continuity Management planning |
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Strategic risk | Â | Risks associated with the appropriateness of business strategy in the face of the external environment. | Â |
Annual Amlin plc Board strategy awayday
Long term strategies developed addressing diversification of underwriting platform Executive Risk Committee and Group Management Committee review of emerging risks Risk event and near miss reporting process Acquisition due diligence and risk assessment processes Establishing task forces such as Climate Change and Environment Panel |
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Enterprise-level risk | Â | Risks associated with one or more of a portfolio of principal risks occurring and providing an aggregated impact on the organisation as a whole | Â |
Mitigation strategies for each underlying risk exposure as
outlined above Review and consideration of an aggregated group risk profile providing an enterprise-wide view of risk exposures Stress testing of a combination of material risks Reverse stress testing of the ultimate impact of combinations of material risks |
Directors’ Responsibility Statement pursuant to DTR 4
Pursuant to the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Services Authority each of the directors, whose names and functions are listed in the section of the Annual Report entitled ‘Board of Directors’ confirm that, to the best of each person’s knowledge and belief:
The financial statements, prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the EU, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and loss of the Group and Company; and
The directors’ report contained in the annual report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Company and Group, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that they face.
5 April 2012
Enquiries:
Mark Stevens | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 020 7746 1000 |
Group Company Secretary | |||||||
Amlin plc |