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DUNAV - RE A.D.O., BEOGRAD Financial Statements Year Ended December 31, 2019 and Independent Auditors’ Report Translation of the Auditors’ Report issued in the Serbian language Translation of the Company’s Financial Statements and Notes to the Financial Statements issued in the Serbian language DUNAV - RE A.D.O., BEOGRAD CONTENTS Page Independent Auditors’ Report 1 - 3 Financial Statements: Income Statement 4 Statement of Other Comprehensive Income 5 Balance Sheet 6 Statement of Changes in Equity 7 Statement of Cash Flows 8 Notes to the Financial Statements 9 - 61 Appendix: Annual Business Report Translation of the Auditors’ Report issued in the Serbian language Translation of the Company’s Financial Statements and Notes to the Financial Statements issued in the Serbian language This is a translation of the Auditors’ Report issued in the Serbian language In case of any discrepancy between the Serbian and English versions, the Serbian version shall prevail INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT To the Shareholders and Management of the Shareholding Reinsurance Company “DUNAV - RЕ”, Belgrade Opinion We have audited the accompanying financial statements (pages 4 to 61) of the Shareholding Reinsurance Company “DUNAV - RЕ,” Belgrade (the “Company”), which comprise the balance sheet as at December 31, 2019, and the related income statement, statement of other comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements, in all material respects, give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Company as at December 31, 2019, and of its financial performance and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with the accounting regulations of the Republic of Serbia. Basis for Opinion We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards on auditing applicable in the Republic of Serbia and the Law on Audit of the Republic of Serbia. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants’ Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (IESBA Co de) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the Republic of Serbia, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and IESBA Code. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Key Audit Matters in the Audit of the Annual Financial Statements Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the annual financial statements for the financial year ended December 31, 2019. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the annual financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. (Continued) This is a translation of the Auditors’ Report issued in the Serbian language In case of any discrepancy between the Serbian and English versions, the Serbian version shall prevail INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT To the Shareholders and Management of the Shareholding Reinsurance Company “DUNAV - RЕ”, Belgrade (Continued) Key Audit Matters in the Audit of the Annual Financial Statements (Continued) Key audit matter Responsive audit procedure Valuation of provisions for incurred but not reported (IBNR) claims For information on the accounting and measurement policies used for IBNR claim reserves, please see Notes 2.4 c) and 3.6 to the financial statements. Further information about the line items in the financial statements can be found in Notes 7, 10 and 29 As of December 31, 2019, the Company’s gross technical During our audit of the outstanding claim reserves, we reserves totaled RSD 3,102,973 thousand. Of the total gross engaged our in-house actuaries as audit team technical reserves, the outstanding claim reserves, gross, members to verify the key assumptions underlying the amounted to RSD 1,983,619 thousand (Notes10 and 29) as assessment of the adequacy of the Company’s IBNR of the reporting date, which is equal to 0.33 of the Company’s claim reserves as well as LAT of such reserves as of total assets. The major portion of the outstanding claim December 31, 2019. reserves gross relates to the reserves for incurred but not reported (IBNR) claims and then to the reserves for reported Our in-house actuaries’ task was to analyze and but not settled (RBNS) claims. Within the total outstanding critically review the methodology used for calculation claim reserves, IBNR claim reserves amounted to RSD of IBNR claim reserves and compliance of the 443,718 thousand. The technical reserves for IBNR claims methodology with the regulations governing reflect the uncertainties inherent in the reinsurance industry. reinsurance business effective in the Republic of Serbia, as well as to review the LAT for IBNR claim The calculation of technical reserves for insurance contracts, reserves, which are which are most susceptible to particularly IBNR claim reserves, is a demanding process as uncertainty. In addition, our actuaries analyzed the it involves a great extent of estimation uncertainty and actual development of outstanding claim provisions set complex mathematical and statistical computations. for the previous year based on the run-off analysis results in order to draw conclusions about the reliability Valuation of the year-end provisions is based on the integrity of the estimates. of the underlying data, including claim settlement and individual assessments of unsettled claims made by the In addition, our audit procedures involved the Company’s competent staff, external lawyers representing assessment of the process for setting aside the Company and the management. provisions,, identification of key controls and testing of Data on claims are collected and monitored aggregately so their design and operating effectiveness. The controls as to determine the total amount of future losses per include both the completeness and accuracy of the insurance class. Outstanding claim provisioning models take data used, and the qualitative and quantitative aspects into account historical experience, claim development of valuation. patterns, market conditions, as well as any other assumptions sensitive to legal, economic and various other uncertainty factors in order to make adequate estimates of future losses. Outstanding claim reserves are calculated taking into account the nature of risks and generally accepted actuarial valuation methods in line with the requirements of the local regulations. Due to significance of the aforesaid estimates and the share of the outstanding claim reserves within the Company’s total liabilities, we consider their valuation and allocation to be a key audit matter. Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements Management is responsible for preparation of an annual business report in accordance with the requirements of the Law on Accounting of the Republic of Serbia, which is not an integral part of the accompanying financial statements. In accordance with the Law on Audit of the Republic of Serbia, it is our responsibility to express an opinion on the compliance of the Company’s annual business report for the year 2019 with its financial statements for the same financial year. In our opinion, the financial information disclosed in the Company’s annual business report for 2019 is consistent with its audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019. (Continued) 2 This is a translation of the Auditors’ Report issued in the Serbian language In case of any discrepancy between the Serbian and English versions, the Serbian version shall prevail INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT To the Shareholders and Management of the Shareholding Reinsurance Company “DUNAV - RЕ”, Belgrade (Continued) Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with the Law on Accounting of the Republic of Serbia, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. Those charged with governance are responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process. Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the standards on auditing applicable in the Republic of Serbia