# Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) (recast) (Text with EEA relevance), Division 1: Calculation of the Basic Solvency Capital Requirement

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The Basic Solvency Capital Requirement set out in Article 104(1) shall be equal to the following:
Basic SCR = ∑ i,j Corr i,j × SCR i × SCR j
where SCRi denotes the risk module i and SCRj denotes the risk module j, and where ‘i,j’ means that the sum of the different terms should cover all possible combinations of i and j. In the calculation, SCRi and SCRj are replaced by the following:
SCR non-life denotes the non-life underwriting risk module,
SCR life denotes the life underwriting risk module,
SCR health denotes the health underwriting risk module,
SCR market denotes the market risk module,
SCR default denotes the counterparty default risk module,
The factor Corr i,j denotes the item set out in row i and in column j of the following correlation matrix:
ji
Market
Default
Life
Health
Non-life
Market
1
0,25
0,25
0,25
0,25
Default
0,25
1
0,25
0,25
0,5
Life
0,25
0,25
1
0,25
0
Health
0,25
0,25
0,25
1
0
Non-life
0,25
0,5
0
0
1

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/138/annex/IV/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-138/annex-IV/division-1
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