Health Insurance (prudential standard) determination No. 7 of 2023 (Cth)

Health Insurance (prudential standard) determination No. 7 of 2023

Prudential Standard HPS 118 Capital Adequacy: Operational Risk Charge

Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015

I, Helen Rowell, a delegate of APRA, under subsection 92(1) of the Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015 determine Prudential Standard HPS 118 Capital Adequacy: Operational Risk Charge, in the form set out in the Schedule, which applies to all private health insurers.

This instrument commences on 1 July 2023. Dated: 24 May 2023

[Signed]

Helen Rowell Deputy Chair

Interpretation

In this instrument:

APRA means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. private health insurer has the meaning given in section 4 of the Act.

Schedule

Prudential Standard HPS 118 Capital Adequacy: Operational Risk Charge, comprises the document commencing on the following page.

Prudential Standard HPS 118

Capital Adequacy: Operational Risk Charge Objectives and key requirements of this Prudential Standard This Prudential Standard requires a private health insurer to maintain adequate capital against the operational risks associated with its activities. The ultimate responsibility for the prudent management of capital of a private health insurer rests with its Board of directors. The Board must ensure that the private health insurer maintains an adequate level and quality of capital commensurate with the scale, nature and complexity of its business and risk profile, such that it is able to meet its obligations under a wide range of circumstances. The Operational Risk Charge is the minimum amount of capital required to be held against operational risks. The Operational Risk Charge relates to the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems or from external events. This Prudential Standard sets out the method for calculating the Operational Risk Charge. This charge is one of the components of the prescribed capital amount for private health insurers.