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Storebrand ASA — Earnings Release 2017
Apr 27, 2017
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Earnings Release
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Storebrand 1Q 2017
27 Apr 2017
Odd Arild Grefstad – CEO Lars Aa. Løddesøl – CFO
Storebrand celebrates 250 years in 2017
Highlights 1Q 2017
Our strategy
| Manage the guaranteed |
|---|
| balance sheet |
>150% SII margin
- Cost reductions through automation and outsourcing
- Manage for future capital release and increased dividend capacity
1 2 Continued growth in Savings and Insurance
Capital-light and profitable growth
- Market leading asset gatherer with strong Insurance offering
- Continued retail growth with low capital requirements
From high to low capital requirements and higher quality of earnings
We work hard to reach our vision: Recommended by our customers
Solvency position Storebrand Group
Key takeaways
- Strong asset return allow for longevity reserve strengthening and increased buffer capital levels
- Investment portfolios further adopted to Solvency II
- Small changes in value of transitional measures
1The solvency position of Storebrand Group is calculated using the current Storebrand implementation of the Solvency II Standard model with the company's interpretation of the transition rules from the NFSA. Output is sensitive to changes in financial markets, development of reserves, changes in assumptions and improvements of the calculation framework in the economic capital model as well as changes in the Solvency II legislation and national interpretation of transition rules.
Solvency movement from Q4 2016 to Q1 2017
1Improved modelling of investments (+), reduced lapse fees Sweden (-), Increased equity stress (-), Reduced Volatility Adjustment (-)
2 Operating earnings refers to increased own funds from operations and expected normalised return, and implementation of investment strategy (+)
3 Investments return above normal risk premiums and changes in liabilities (+)
Balance Sheet Shifts to capital efficient products
1. Guaranteed portfolio has reached
Implications for capital
- New growth in Savings and Insurance need little new capital
peak capital consumption
- Will increase free cash flow and dividend capacity
6 Company capital and Other: Company portfolios, buffer capital and BenCo. External AuM: Non-life AuM in Storebrand Asset Management. Non-guaranteed Life: Unit Linked Norway and Sweden. Low capital consumption Guarantees: Capital-light guarantees Sweden. Medium capital consumption Guarantees: Defined Benefit and medium guaranteed Sweden. High capital consumption Guarantees: Paid-up policies, Individual Norway and capital consumptive guarantees Sweden.
Growth in Savings continues, Insurance growth paused by changes in distribution
Innovating the customer journey
Individuals change mortgage provider more frequently - Storebrand Bank fastest growing in 2016
- 25% of Norwegian mortgage customers have changed provider or negotiated terms during the last year1
- Storebrand's customer offer and capital advantages have led to strong growth
Increased customer awareness Fastest growing mortgage banks 2016 (%)
1 Finance Norway: Forbruker- og finanstrender 2017 – Bank.
2 Growth in retail mortgages Norway. https://www.dn.no/nyheter/2017/03/19/1020/Finans/sterk-utlansvekst-i-bankene.
Key figures
1Result before amortisation, write-downs.
2Earnings per share after tax adjusted for amortisation of intangible assets.
3 Customer buffers in Benco not included.
4Solidity capital/customer buffers does not include provisions for future longevity reserves.
Q2 2016 Q3 2016 5.7% Q4 2016 5.6% 5.4% Q1 2017 Q1 2016 5.9%
Storebrand Group
| Profit1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Q | Full year | ||
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 |
| Fee and administration income |
1 019 | 1 052 | 4 235 |
| Insurance result | 275 | 219 | 945 |
| Operational cost2 |
-831 | -812 | -3 191 |
| Operating profit | 463 | 459 | 1 989 |
| Financial items and risk result life | 208 | 78 | 924 |
| Result before amortisation | 671 | 537 | 2 913 |
| Amortisation and write-downs of intangible assets |
-98 | -106 | -406 |
| Result before tax |
573 | 430 | 2 506 |
| Tax | -109 | -120 | -364 |
| Profit after tax |
465 | 311 | 2 143 |
1 The result includes special items. Please see storebrand.com/ir for a complete overview.
2 The operational cost in Q1 2017 includes around NOK 30 million of costs either related to 2016 or of a one-time nature.
Storebrand Group
| 1Q | Full year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 |
| Fee and administration income |
1 019 | 1 052 | 4 235 |
| Insurance result | 275 | 219 | 945 |
| Operational cost | -831 | -812 | -3 191 |
| Operating profit | 463 | 459 | 1 989 |
| Financial items and risk result life | 208 | 78 | 924 |
| Profit before amortisation | 671 | 537 | 2 913 |
Profit per line of business
| 1Q | Full year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 |
| Savings - non -guaranteed |
240 | 273 | 1 063 |
| Insurance | 171 | 120 | 575 |
| Guaranteed pension |
201 | 15 | 870 |
| Other profit | 59 | 129 | 405 |
| Profit before amortisation | 671 | 537 | 2 913 |
Savings (non-guaranteed) - continued growth
| 1Q | Full year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Fee and administration income |
700 | 697 | 2 758 | |
| Operational cost |
-459 | -419 | -1 700 | |
| Operating profit | 241 | 279 | 1 058 | |
| Financial items and risk result life | -2 | -6 | 5 | |
| Profit before amortisation |
240 | 273 | 1 063 |
Profit per product line
| 1Q | Full year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 |
| Unit linked Norway |
69 | 84 | 242 |
| Unit linked Sweden |
46 | 27 | 175 |
| Asset Management segment | 98 | 127 | 518 |
| Retail banking | 26 | 34 | 127 |
| Profit before amortisation |
240 | 273 | 1 063 |
Savings (non-guaranteed) - strong growth in retail lending
1Excluding transfers. Growth from YTD 2016 to YTD 2017. 2 Growth figures from YTD 2016 to YTD 2017.
Insurance
| 1Q | Full year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 |
| Insurance premiums f.o.a. | 940 | 947 | 3 828 |
| Claims f.o.a. | -665 | -728 | -2 883 |
| Operational cost | -172 | -146 | -602 |
| Operating profit | 103 | 73 | 342 |
| Financial result | 68 | 47 | 233 |
| Profit before amortisation | 171 | 120 | 575 |
Profit per product line
| 1Q | Full year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 |
| P&C & Individual life |
96 | 104 | 293 |
| Health & Group life | 66 | 39 | 149 |
| Pension related disability insurance Nordic |
9 | -23 | 133 |
| Profit before amortisation |
171 | 120 | 575 |
Insurance - combined ratio on target level
Guaranteed pension - strong quarter but long term run off
| Profit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Q | Full year | ||
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 |
| Fee and administration income |
358 | 404 | 1 566 |
| Operational cost |
-221 | -271 | -981 |
| Operating profit | 137 | 132 | 585 |
| Risk result life & pensions | 34 | 4 | -37 |
| Net profit sharing and loan losses | 30 | -122 | 322 |
| Profit before amortisation | 201 | 15 | 870 |
Profit per product line
| 1Q | Full year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 |
| Defined benefit (fee based) |
67 | 89 | 340 |
| Paid-up policies, Norway | 27 | -6 | 46 |
| Individual life and pension, Norway | 2 | 2 | 147 |
| Guaranteed products, Sweden |
105 | -70 | 336 |
| Profit before amortisation | 201 | 15 | 870 |
Guaranteed pension - reserves in decline
Other1
| 1Q | Full year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NOK million | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 |
| Fee and administration income |
21 | 17 | 145 |
| Operational cost |
-39 | -42 | -141 |
| Operating profit | -18 | -25 | 4 |
| Financial items and risk result life | 77 | 154 | 401 |
| Profit before amortisation | 59 | 129 | 405 |
| Profit per product line | 1Q | Full year | |
| 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |
| Banking | 14 | -13 | 76 |
| 5 | 30 | 44 | |
| NOK million Corporate BenCo Holding company costs and net financial results in company portfolios |
40 | 113 | 285 |
1Excluding eliminations. For more information on eliminations, see Supplementary Information.
Economic capital (EC) measures the present value of the Group
Growth in the value of Storebrand EC driven by operating earnings - Increase of 3.7 bn in available economic capital
| NOKm | |
|---|---|
| ------ | -- |
| 46,801 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43,064 | Movement reconciliation reserve 2015-20161 | 7,198 | |||
| 6,780 | - 600 mill NOK |
+3 500 mill NOK | -200 mill NOK | 2,729 | |
| 2,434 14,302 |
Assumption & model changes + More accurate modelling of fee on capital certificates (PKB) |
Operating earnings + Increased AuM in non guaranteed business + Decreased costs + Asset returns and longevity reserve |
Economic variances Norway: Increased interest rates and increased VA Sweden: Decreased interest rates and decreased VA |
16,827 | |
| 19,548 | − Improved modelling of Risk Margin − "New" ESG that allows negative interest rates and increased volatility − Increased lapse assumption on UL |
strengthening − Increased volumes of paid-up-policies − Margin pressure |
Changed volatility | 20,046 | |
| Storebrand Economic Capital 2015 |
Subordinated loans | Look through Reconciliation reserve |
Shareholder surplus | Storebrand Economic Capital 2016 |
Storebrand Economic Capital - NOK 88.4 per share
- Storebrand group Group Economic Capital of NOK 46.8bn (NOK 43.1 bn in 2015)
- Storebrand Group Economic Capital, excluding subordinated loans of NOK 39.6 bn or NOK 88.4 per share (NOK 37.1 bn or NOK 83.1 per share in 2015)
- Value of new business of NOK 0.5bn
Appendix
The Solvency Calculation – moving to a market consistent balance sheet and risk sensitive capital requirements
1Including transitional rules.
Calculating Market Value of Liabilities under Solvency II
Market value of liabilities
Solvency II balance sheet
- Both assets and liabilities are mark to market
- For assets this means using observable market prices
- For insurance liabilities there is a standardised methodology for estimating the value of insurance customers contracts
- Own funds is the difference between the market value of assets and liabilities
Solvency II Ratio Storebrand Group Q1 2017
1Contribution to Own Funds from products = NPV of future profit – Risk margin. Including LKT for Guaranteed products SPP. 2 Shareholder surplus at market value. 3Includes effect of transitionals on equity of NOK -613m.
Solvency Capital Requirements (SCR)
From IFRS Values to Solvency II Own Funds
High quality capital base
CRD IV capital Tier 3 Tier 2 Tier 1 restricted Tier 1 unrestricted
Solvency Capital allocation pr segment – most of the capital allocated to the guaranteed segment
ILLUSTRATIVE PRO FORMA ALLOCATION BASED ON 159% SOLVENCY RATIO PR Q1 20171
1The equity and debt in the Group sits within different legal units. This allocation of solvency capital is done on a pro-forma basis to reflect an approximation to the solvency II capital consumed in the different reporting segments after group diversification. The estimated allocation is based on the capital consumption under SII and CRD IV adjusted for positive capital contribution to own funds. Storebrand has a target of a solvency ratio above 150%. The pro forma allocation of capital is based on the actual solvency ratio pr. Q1 2017 of 159%. Hard capital is defined as paid in and earned equity, subordinated debt and other tangible capital elements. Products contribution to own funds in Guaranteed includes positive contribution from deferred capital contribution (DCC) in the Swedish business.
Strong Returns on IFRS Equity in Savings and Insurance
ILLUSTRATIVE
The equity in the Group sits within different legal units. This allocation of equity is done on a pro-forma basis to reflect an approximation to the IFRS equity consumed in the different reporting segments after group diversification. The estimated allocation is based on the capital consumption under SII and CRD IV adjusted for positive capital contribution to own funds. The Insurance segment has been allocated an increased capital level which is more in line with long-term expected diversification effects.
Storebrand Life Insurance asset allocation
Note: The graph shows the asset allocation for all products with an interest rate guarantee in Storebrand Life Insurance Norwegian operations.
SPP asset allocation
Note: The graph shows the asset allocation for all products with an interest rate guarantee in SPP.
Investor Relations contacts
Lars Aa Løddesøl Kjetil R. Krøkje Group CFO Head of IR
[email protected] [email protected] +47 9348 0151 +47 9341 2155
This document contains Alternative Performance Measures as defined by the European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA). An overview of APMs used in financial reporting is available on storebrand.com/ir.