CORNERSTONE INSURANCE : QUARTER 4 - FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 2021 - marketscreener.com

Cornerstone Insurance Plc

UNAUDITED ANNUAL REPORT

31 DECEMBER 2021

Cornerstone Insurance Plc

Annual Report

31 December 2021

Company information and statement of accounting policies

Reporting entity
Cornerstone Insurance Plc (the Company) was incorporated on 26 July 1991 as a private limited liability company and converted to a public limited liability company on 17 June 1997. The Company’s principal activity continues to be the provision of risk underwriting and related ﬁnancial services to its customers. Such service includes the provision of Life and Non-life insurance services for both corporate and individual customers.
The Company has three subsidiaries – Fin Insurance Company Limited, Cornerstone Takaful Nigeria Limited and Cornerstone Leasing & Investment Limited. Cornerstone Leasing and Investment Limited commenced operations on 1 July 2004 and provides convenient asset acquisition options to both corporate organisations and individuals. Fin Insurance Company Limited was incorporated in 1981 as Yankari Insurance Company Limited. The name was changed to Fin Insurance Company Limited in 2008. The main activity of the subsidiary is the provision of General Insurance business. This includes Marine Insurance, Motor Insurance, Accident Insurance, Fire Insurance and other Non-life insurance services. Cornerstone Takaful Nigeria Limited is a company incorporated in Nigeria and its primary activity is the provision of Takaful insurance business. Cornerstone Takaful Nigeria Limited commenced operation on 1 April 2020. Cornerstone Insurance Plc has 99.99% equity interest in Cornerstone Takaful Nigeria Limited.
The Company currently has authorized share capital of ₦9.25 billion divided into 18.5 billion units of ordinary shares of 50k each with a fully paid up capital of ₦9.083 billion.The Company currently has its corporate head office at Victoria Island, Lagos with branches spread across major cities and commercial centres in Nigeria.These consolidated financial statements comprise the financial records of Company and its subsidiaries (together referred to as “the Group”).

Principal activities
The Group is engaged in various business lines ranging from property-casualty insurance, life/ health insurance and leasing. The Group’s products are classified at inception, for accounting purposes, as either Insurance contracts or Investment contracts.
A contract that is classified as insurance contract remains an insurance contract for the remainder of its lifetime, even if the insurance risk reduces significantly during this period; unless all rights and obligations are extinguished or expire. Investment contracts can, however, be reclassified as insurance contracts after inception if insurance risk becomes significant.

Going concern
These consolidated and separate financial statements have been prepared using appropriate accounting policies, supported by reasonable judgments and estimates. The Directors have a reasonable expectation, based on an appropriate assessment of a comprehensive range of factors, that the Group has adequate resources to continue as going concern for the foreseeable future and has no intention or need to reduce substantially its business operations. Liquidity ratio and continuous evaluation of current ratio of the Group is carried out to ensure that there are no going concern threats to the operation of the Group.

Basis of accounting Statement of compliance
The consolidated and separate financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and in the manner required by the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), 2020, the Financial Reporting Act, 2011, the Insurance Act 2003 and relevant National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) circulars. The financial statements were authorised by the Board of directors on 27 January 2022.

Functional and presentation currency
These consolidated and separate financial statements are presented in Nigerian Naira, which is the Group’s and Company’s functional and presentation currency. Except as indicated, financial information presented in Naira has been rounded to the nearest thousand.

Basis of measurement
These consolidated and separate financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost basis except for the following items which are measured on an alternative basis on each reporting date:

financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss measured at fair value.

available-for-salefinancial instruments measured at fair value

insurance contract liabilities measured at present value of projected cash flows

investment properties measured at fair value

Use of estimates and judgements
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRSs requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of policies and reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
Information about significant areas of estimation uncertainties and critical judgements in applying accounting policies that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the consolidated and separate financial statements are described in note 4.

Reporting period
The financial statements have been prepared for a 12-month period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021.

3 Significant Account Policies

Accounting policies are the specific principles, bases, conventions, rules and practices applied by an entity in preparing and presenting financial statements.

The accounting policies set out below have been consistently applied to all periods presented in these financial statements.

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Basis of Consolidation
Business combination and goodwill
The Group accounts for business combinations using the acquisition method when control is transferred to the Group. The consideration transferred in the acquisition is generally measured at fair value, as are the identifiable net assets acquired. Any goodwill that arises is tested annually for impairment. Any gain on a bargain purchase is recognised in profit or loss immediately. Transaction costs are expensed as incurred, except if related to the issue of debt or equity securities.
The consideration transferred does not include amounts related to the settlement of pre-existing relationships. Such amounts are generally recognised in profit or loss.
Any contingent consideration is measured at fair value at the date of acquisition. If an obligation to pay contingent consideration that meets the definition of a financial instrument is classified as equity, then it is not remeasured and settlement is accounted for within equity. Otherwise, other contingent consideration is remeasured at fair value at each reporting date and subsequent changes in the fair value of the contingent consideration are recognised in profit or loss.
Subsidiaries
Subsidiaries are entities controlled by the Group. The Group controls an entity when it is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity. The Group reassesses whether it has control if there are changes to one or more of the elements of control. This includes circumstances in which protective rights held (e.g. those resulting from a lending relationship) become substantive and lead to the Group having power over an investee.
The financial statements of subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date on which control commences until the date on which control ceases.
Following the licence approval for Cornerstone Takaful Nigeria Limited (CTNL) and its subsequent commencement of operations as a stand alone Company, the financial position of CNTL has been consolidated and therefore included in the Group statement of financial position as at 31 December 2021.
Loss of control
When the Group loses control over a subsidiary, it derecognises the assets and liabilities of the subsidiary, and any related Non- controlling interest (NCI) and other components of equity. Any resulting gain or loss is recognised in profit or loss. Any interest retained in the former subsidiary is measured at fair value when control is lost.
Non- controlling interests
Non-controlling Interest (NCI) are measured at their proportionate share of the acquiree’s identifiable net assets at the acquisition date.
Transaction eliminated on consolidation
Intra-group balances and transactions, and any unrealised income and expenses (except for foreign currency transaction gains or losses) arising from intra-group transactions, are eliminated.
Unrealised losses are eliminated in the same way as unrealised gains, but only to the extent that there is no evidence of impairment.

Insurance contracts

Classification
IFRS 4 requires contracts written by insurers to be classified as either ‘insurance contracts’ or ‘investment contracts’ depending on the level of insurance risk transferred.
Insurance contracts are those contracts when the insurer has accepted significant insurance risk from another party (the policyholders) by agreeing to compensate the policyholders if a specified uncertain future event (the insured event) adversely affects the policyholders.
The Group’s insurance contract liabilities represent its liability to the policy holders. Liabilities for unpaid claims are estimated on case by case basis. The liabilities recognised for claims fluctuate based on the nature and severity of the claim reported. Claims incurred but not reported are determined using statistical analyses and the Group deems liabilities reported as adequate. The liability comprises reserves for unexpired risk, outstanding claims and incurred but not reported claims.
Financial guarantee contracts are recognised as insurance contracts. Liability adequacy testing is performed to ensure that the carrying amount of the liability for financial guarantee contracts is sufficient.
At the end of each accounting period, the insurance contract liability is reflected as determined by the actuarial valuation report.
The Group also insure events associated with human life (for example, death or survival) over a long duration and has short term life insurance contracts which protect the Company’s policyholders from the consequences of events (such as death or disability) that would affect the ability of the insured or his/her dependants to maintain their current level of income. Guaranteed benefits paid on occurrence of the specified insurance event are either fixed or linked to the extent of the economic loss suffered by the insured or the beneficiary.

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A number of insurance and investment contracts contain a Discretionary Participation Feature (DPF). This feature entitles the holder to receive, as a supplement to guaranteed benefits, additional benefits or bonuses:

That is likely to be a significant portion of the total contractual benefits.

Whose amount or timing is contractually at the discretion of the Company; and

That are contractually based on:

the performance of a specified pool of contracts or a specified type of contract

realised and /or unrealized investment returns on a specified pool of assets held by the Company

the profit or loss of the Company, fund or other entity that issues the contract.

Long-term insurance business (i.e. long-term insurance contracts with fixed and guaranteed terms, and long-term insurance contracts without fixed terms and with discretionary participation features -DPF) includes insurance business of all or any of the following classes, namely; life insurance business, superannuation business and business incidental to any such class of business. For contracts with DPF features, the actuary calculates the bonus due to the policy holders and is accounted for as part of the insurance or investment contract liabilities.

Life assurance business means the business of, or in relation to, the issuing of, or the undertaking of liability to pay money on death (not being death by accident or in specified sickness only) or on the happening of any contingency dependent on the termination or continuance of human life (either with or without provision for a benefit under a continuous disability insurance contract), and include a contract which is subject to the payment of premiums for a term dependent on the termination or continuation of human life and any contract securing the grant of an annuity for a term dependent upon human life.

Recognition and Measurement of Insurance contracts Premium
Premium income is recognised on assumption of risks.
Gross written premiums for insurance contracts comprise premiums received in cash as well as premiums that have been received and confirmed as being held on behalf of the Company by insurance brokers and have been duly certified. Gross written premiums are stated gross of taxes payable and stamp duties that are payable to relevant regulatory bodies respectively.
Unearned premiums represent the proportions of premiums written in the year that relate to the unexpired risk of policies in force at the reporting date.
Gross premium income is gross written premiums less changes in unearned premium.
Claims
Claims incurred comprise claims and claims handling expenses incurred during the financial year and changes in the provision for outstanding claims. Claims and claims handling expenses are charged to profit or loss as incurred.
For long term insurance business, benefits are recorded as an expense when they are incurred. Claims arising on maturing policies are recognized when the claims become due for payment. Death claims are accounted for on notification. Surrenders are accounted for on payment.
Outstanding claims represent the estimated ultimate cost of settling all claims arising from incidents occurring prior to the end of reporting date, but not settled at that date.
Adjustments to the amount of claims provisions established in prior years are accounted for prospectively in the financial statements for the period in which the adjustments are made, and disclosed seperately if material.
Claims and loss adjustment expenses are recognised in statement of profit or loss when incurred based on the estimated liability for compensation owed to contract holders or third parties damaged by the contract holders.
Salvage and subrogation reimbursement
Some insurance contracts permit the Group to sell (usually damaged) property acquired in settling a claim (for example salvage). The
Company may also have the right to pursue third parties for payment of some or all costs (for example subrogation).
Salvaged property is recognized in other assets when the amount that can reasonably be recovered from the disposal of the property has been established and salvage recoveries are included as part of claims recoveries. Subrogation reimbursements are recognized in claim recoveries when the amount to be recovered from the liable third party has been established.

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Insurance contract liabilities
These represent the Company’s liabilities to the policyholders. They comprise the unearned premium, outstanding claims and the incurred but not reported claims. At the end of each reporting period, these liabilities are reflected as determined by an actuarial valuation.
Unearned premium provision
The provision for unearned premiums represents the proportion of premiums written in the periods up to the accounting date that relate to the unexpired terms of policies in force at the end of the reporting date. This is estimated to be earned in subsequent financial periods, computed separately for each insurance contract using a time apportionment basis. The change in the provision is recorded in the income statement to recognise revenue over the period of the risk.
Reserve for unexpired risk
A provision for additional unexpired risk reserve is recognised for an underwriting year where it is envisaged that the estimated cost of claims and expenses exceed the unearned premium provision.
Reserve for outstanding claims
Outstanding claims represent the estimated ultimate cost of settling all claims arising from incidents occurring prior to the end of reporting date, but not settled at that date.
Reserve for incurred but not reported claims (IBNR)
A provision is made for claims incurred but not yet reported as at the end of the financial year. This provision is based on the liability adequacy test report from the registered actuary engaged by the Group.
Liability adequacy test
At the end of each reporting period, liability adequacy tests are performed to ensure that material and reasonably foreseeable losses arising from existing contractual obligations are recognised. In performing these tests, current best estimates of future contractual cash flows, claims handling and administration expenses, investment income backing such liabilities are considered. Long-term insurance contracts are measured based on assumptions set out at the inception of the contract. Any deficiency is recognised in profit or loss by increasing the carrying amount of the related insurance liabilities.
The Liability Adequacy Test (LAT) was carried out by a recognized firm of actuaries, O&A Hedge Actuarial Consulting (FRC/2019/00000012909)
Actuarial valuation
An actuarial valuation of the insurance contract liabilities is conducted annually to determine the liabilities on the existing policies as at the date of the valuation. Actuarial valuation of the life fund is conducted annually to determine the liabilities on the existing policies and the adequacy of the assets representing the insurance fund as at the date of valuation. All surpluses and deficits arising therefrom are charged to profit or loss. See note 48 for further details on actuarial valuation techniques, methodologies, assumptions etc.

3.3 Revenue recognition

Gross premium written
Gross premium written comprises the premiums on insurance contracts entered into during the year, irrespective of whether they relate in whole or in part to a later accounting period. It is recognized at the point of attachment of risk to a policy, gross of commission expense, and before deducting cost of reinsurance cover and unearned portion of the premium. Gross premium written and unearned premiums are measured in accordance with the policies set out in 3.2(ii) of the statement of accounting policies respectively.

Gross premium income
This represents the earned portion of premium received and is recognized as revenue including changes in unearned premium. Premiums are earned from the date of attachment of risk, over the insurance period, based on the pattern of risk underwritten. Outward reinsurance premiums are recognized as an expense in accordance with the pattern of risk reinsured.

Fees and commission income
Fees and commission income consists primarily of insurance agency and brokerage commission, reinsurance and profit commissions, policyholder administration fees and other contract fees. Reinsurance commissions receivable are deferred in the same way as acquisition costs. All other fee and commission income are recognized as the services are provided.

Investment income on financial assets
Investment income on financial assets is composed of interest income and dividend income.
Interest income is recognized in profit or loss as it accrues and is calculated by using the effective interest rate method. Fees and commissions that are an integral part of the effective yield of the financial asset or liability are recognized as an adjustment to the effective interest rate of the instrument. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash payments or receipts through the expected life of the financial instrument or, when appropriate, a shorter period to the net carrying amount of the financial asset or financial liability.
Dividend income from investments is recognized when the shareholders’ rights to receive payment have been established.

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