Risk pertaining to financial assets

The table below summarizes the results of sensitivity analysis on the value of the investment portfolio to volatility in interest rates, FX rates and the prices of equities. This analysis does not take into account the impact exerted by changing interest rates on the insurance agreements presented in liabilities or the investment contracts and receivables due from bank clients.

Financial assets exposed to exchange risk include the PZU Group’s investment financial assets and financial derivatives denominated in foreign currencies.

 

The possibility of incurring a loss as a result of changes in the value of financial instruments or assets and a change in the present value of projected cash flows from liabilities, caused by changes in the term structure of market rates or in the volatility of risk-free market interest rates.

 

The possibility of incurring loss as a result of changes in the value of assets, liabilities and financial instruments, caused by changes in the level or in the volatility of currency exchange rates.

The possibility of incurring loss as a result of changes in the values of assets, liabilities and financial instruments caused by changes in the level or in the volatility of market prices of equities.

The differences in asset portfolio sensitivity between 2019 and 2020 ensue from the execution of the adopted investment strategy and the adjustment of the investment portfolio to it.

Sensitivity of the asset portfolio (in PLN m) Change of the risk factor Change in portfolio value Change in portfolio value
31 December 2021 31 December 2022
Interest rate risk decrease by 100 bp 1,373 747
increase by 100 bp -1,313 -709
Currency risk increase by 20% 912 861
decrease by 20% -874 -852
Equity instruments price risk increase by 20% 136 288
decrease by 20% -136 -288

The table below presents the contractual level of sensitivity of net interest income (NII) to a 100 bp change in interest rates and sensitivity of the economic value of equity (EVE) of PZU Group’s banks to a 200 bps change in interest rates.

Entity Sensitivity in % 31 December 2021 31 December 2022
decrease increase decrease increase
Pekao Group NII -7.51% -1.15% -3.85% 0.16%
EVE 3.36% -6.31% 3.10% -5.75%
Alior Bank Group NII -7.52% 0.89% -4.68% 0.65%
EVE 0.50% -2.49% 1.56% -4.74%

Risk pertaining to technical rates and mortality

The table below presents a sensitivity analysis of the net result and equity to changes in the assumptions used to calculate the provision for the capitalized value of annuities. This analysis does not incorporate the impact exerted by changes in the valuation of deposits used to calculate the provision.

Impact of the change in assumptions regarding the provision for the capitalized value of annuities in non-life insurance on the net financial result and equity (in PLN m) 31 December 2021 31 December 2022
gross net gross net
Technical rate – increase by 0.5 p.p. 457 425 509 474
Technical rate – decrease by 1.0 p.p. -1,173 -1,090 -1,308 -1,221
Mortality at 110% of the currently assumed rate 139 134 156 149
Mortality at 90% of the currently assumed rate -157 -149 -175 -166

Impact of the change in assumptions on provisions in annuity insurance in life insurance on the net financial result and equity (in PLN m) 31 December 2021 31 December 2022
Technical rate – decrease by 1.0 p.p -18 -17
Mortality at 90% of the currently assumed rate -9 -8

Impact of the change in assumptions on provisions in life insurance, excluding provisions in annuity insurance, on the net financial result and equity (in PLN m) 31 December 2021 31 December 2022
Technical rate – decrease by 1.0 p.p. -2,512 -2,516
Mortality at 110% of the currently assumed rate -886 -822
110% morbidity and accident rate -194 -130