Warsaw, 20 March 2024
Management Board of Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna
Motion
to the PZU SA Ordinary Shareholder Meeting
regarding:
the approval of the financial statements of the Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna Group for the year ended 31 December 2023, prepared in accordance with the Polish Accounting Standards.
Content of the motion:
The PZU SA Management Board requests that the Ordinary General Meeting of PZU SA approve the financial statements of the Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna Group for the year ended 31 December 2023, prepared in accordance with the Polish Accounting Standards.
Reasons:
The subject of the Ordinary Shareholder Meeting should be the consideration and approval of the financial statements for the past financial year. In addition, the annual financial statements are subject to approval by the Ordinary Shareholder Meeting no later than 6 months after the balance sheet date (in accordance with Article 395 § 1 and § 2(1) of the Commercial Company Code, Article 53 of the Accounting Act of 29 September 1994, and § 10(1) and § 18(1) of the Articles of Association of PZU SA).
The Management Board of PZU SA, by Resolution No. UZ/62/2024 of 20 March 2024, approved and the PZU SA Supervisory Board, by Resolution No. URN/49/2024 of 20 March 2024, positively evaluated the financial statements of the Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna Group for the year ended 31 December 2023, prepared in accordance with the Polish Accounting Standards, and recommended its approval to the PZU SA Ordinary Shareholder Meeting.
The motion is presented by:
/Tomasz Kulik/ | /Maciej Rapkiewicz/ |
Attachment:
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draft resolution of the PZU SA Shareholder Meeting on approval of the financial statements of the
Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna Group for the year ended 31 December 2023, prepared in accordance with the Polish Accounting Standards.
Draft
Re: Item 10 of the Agenda
RESOLUTION NO. ..../2024
ADOPTED BY THE ORDINARY SHAREHOLDER MEETING
OF POWSZECHNY ZAKŁAD UBEZPIECZEŃ SPÓŁKA AKCYJNA
ON 18 JUNE 2024
regarding the approval of the financial statements of Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna for the year ended 31 December 2023, prepared in accordance with the Polish Accounting Standards
Pursuant to Article 395 § 2(1) of the Commercial Company Code and § 18(1) of the Articles of Association of
PZU SA, the PZU SA Ordinary Shareholder Meeting hereby resolves as follows:
§ 1
The PZU SA Ordinary Shareholder Meeting, after consideration, approves the financial statements of
Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna for the year ended 31 December 2023, prepared in
accordance with the Polish Accounting Standards, including:
- balance sheet prepared as of 31 December 2023, closing on the assets and liabilities side with a balance sheet total of PLN 52,964,892 thousand (in words: fifty-two billion, nine hundred and sixty- four million, eight hundred and ninety-two thousand zlotys),
- non-lifeinsurance technical account for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2023, indicating a technical result to be transferred to the general profit and loss account in the amount of PLN 1,454,616 thousand (in words: one billion four hundred fifty-four million six hundred sixteen thousand zlotys),
- general profit and loss account for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2023, indicating a net profit of PLN 3,983,187 thousand (three billion nine hundred eighty-three million one hundred eighty- seven thousand zlotys),
- statement of changes in equity showing an increase in equity during the financial year ending 31 December 2023 by the amount of PLN 5,060,092 thousand (five billion sixty million ninety-two thousand zlotys),
- cash flow statement showing an increase in cash during the financial year ending 31 December 2023 by the amount of PLN 29,337 thousand (twenty-nine million, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand zlotys),
- additional notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.
§ 2
The Resolution comes into force when adopted.
Chairman
of the PZU SA Ordinary Shareholder Meeting
Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń
Spółka Akcyjna
Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 prepared in accordance with Polish Accounting Standards
Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 | ||
(in thousands of PLN) | ||
Table of Contents | ||
Introduction to the financial statements | 4 | |
1. | Introduction | 4 |
2. | Selected standalone financial data of PZU | 5 |
3. | The exchange rate of the zloty against the euro | 6 |
4. | Changes in accounting policies during the financial year | 6 |
5. | Changes in the preparation of financial statements and data comparability | 6 |
6. | Corrections of errors from previous years | 6 |
7. | Significant events that occurred after the balance sheet date and are not included in the financial statements .... | 6 |
8. | Significant events of previous years recognized in the financial statements of the reporting period | 6 |
9. Significant events related to the reporting period affecting a significant change in the structure of balance sheet
items and financial result | 7 | |
10. | Management and supervisory bodies of PZU | 7 |
11. | Audit fee payable to the audit firm auditing the financial statements | 10 |
12. | Accepted accounting policies | 10 |
13. | Indication, explanation and quantification of significant differences between PAS and IFRS | 25 |
Balance sheet and off-balance sheet items | 34 | |
Revenue account of non-life insurance | 37 | |
General profit and loss account | 38 | |
Statement of changes in equity | 39 | |
Cash flow statement | 41 | |
Technical insurance accounts - direct business | 43 | |
Technical insurance accounts - inward reinsurance | 62 | |
Additional information and explanations | 72 | |
1. | Intangible assets | 72 |
2. | Investments | 75 |
3. | Receivables | 115 |
4. | Other assets | 121 |
5. | Prepayments and accruals | 124 |
6. | Movements in impairment losses | 127 |
7. | Equity | 129 |
8. | Subordinated liabilities | 132 |
9. | Technical provisions | 133 |
10. | Estimated salvage, subrogation and grants | 138 |
11. | Other provisions | 138 |
12. | Other liabilities and special-purpose funds | 142 |
13. | Prepayments and accruals | 148 |
14. | Solvency of the insurance company | 148 |
15. | Off-balance sheet items | 149 |
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Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 | ||
(in thousands of PLN) | ||
16. | Premiums in property and personal insurance | 151 |
17. | Gross earned premium | 152 |
18. | Reinsurance settlements | 153 |
19. | Amount of gross claims and benefits paid | 154 |
20. | Supplementary data for the technical insurance account | 156 |
21. | Information on the claims handling processes | 159 |
22. | Insurance activity expenses | 159 |
23. | Other operating income | 161 |
24. | Other operating expenses | 162 |
25. | Interest income and expenses | 162 |
26. | Income tax | 164 |
27. | Share of the net profit (loss) of related parties measured by the equity method | 165 |
28. | Notes on the cash flow statement | 166 |
29. | Other notes and explanations | 167 |
30. | Disputes | 167 |
31. | Headcount | 170 |
32. | Contracts for audit and review of financial statements | 170 |
33. | Related party transactions | 171 |
34. | Other information | 181 |
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Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 (in thousands of PLN)
Introduction to the financial statements
1. Introduction
Basic information about the Company
Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna ("PZU," "Company") has its headquarters at Rondo Ignacego Daszyńskiego 4, 00-843 Warsaw.
PZU has been entered in the National Court Register kept by the District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw in Warsaw, 13th Commercial Division of the National Court Register.
The core business of PZU according to the Polish Classification of Business Activity and the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in Europe is property and casualty insurance (65.12).
According to the official newsletter of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the Company is classified in the "Finance" macro sector, "insurance companies" sector.
PZU is the parent company of Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna Group ("PZU Group") and prepares consolidated financial statements.
Period covered by the standalone financial statements
These standalone financial statements cover the period of 12 months from 1 January to 31 December 2023. The comparative data refers to the period from 1 January to 31 December 2022.
Format of the standalone financial statements
The standalone financial statements for 2023 include financial data presented in the format specified in Appendix No. 2 to the Finance Minister's Regulation of 5 October 2020 on the scope of information disclosed in financial statements and consolidated financial statements required in prospectuses for issuers based in the territory of the Republic of Poland, for which Polish accounting principles are applicable ("Regulation on financial statements in the prospectus").
Pursuant to Article 45(1f) of the Accounting Act ("Accounting Act") standalone financial statements shall be prepared in electronic form. In addition, according to Article 3 of EU Delegated Regulation No. 2019/815, issuers shall prepare their annual financial statements in XHTML format.
Going concern assumption
These standalone financial statements have been drawn up under the assumption that PZU remains a going concern in the foreseeable future, i.e. in the period of at least 12 months after the end of the reporting period.
As at the date of signing these standalone financial statements, there are no facts or circumstances that would indicate a threat to the ability of PZU to continue its activity in the period of 12 months after the end of the reporting period as a result of an intentional or an induced discontinuation or a material curtailment of its hitherto activity.
Making this assumption, in its assessment, the PZU Management Board took into account the impact of factors subject to uncertainty, in particular the macroeconomic situation and the armed conflict in Ukraine which began on 24 February 2022 (additional information on this matter is presented in section I.34.1 Supplementary information and notes) on the macroeconomic situation and its own operations.
Presentation currency
Unless otherwise noted, all amounts are shown in thousands of Polish zloty in the standalone financial statements.
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Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 (in thousands of PLN)
Discontinued operations
Both in 2023 and in 2022, PZU did not discontinue any type of operations.
Seasonal or cyclical business
The PZU's business is neither seasonal nor subject to business cycles to a significant extent.
2. Selected standalone financial data of PZU
Data from the balance sheet | 31 December 2023 | 31 December 2022 | 31 December 2023 | 31 December 2022 | ||||
thous. PLN | thous. PLN | thous. EUR | thous. EUR | |||||
Assets | 52,964,892 | 45,935,032 | 12,181,438 | 9,794,459 | ||||
Share capital | 86,352 | 86,352 | 19,860 | 18,412 | ||||
Total equity | 20,884,235 | 15,824,143 | 4,803,182 | 3,374,090 | ||||
Basic and diluted weighted average number of | 863,523,000 | 863,523,000 | 863,523,000 | 863,523,000 | ||||
common shares (items) | ||||||||
Book value per common share (in PLN/EUR) | 24.18 | 18.33 | 5.56 | 3.91 |
Data from the technical non-life insurance | 1 January - | 1 January - | 1 January - | 1 January - | ||||||||||
account and from the general profit and loss | 31 December 2023 | 31 December 2022 | 31 December 2023 | 31 December 2022 | ||||||||||
account | thous. PLN | thous. PLN | thous. EUR | thous. EUR | ||||||||||
Gross written premiums | 16,187,497 | 14,691,723 | 3,574,688 | 3,133,711 | ||||||||||
Technical result of non-life insurance | 1,454,616 | 1,266,929 | 321,223 | 270,233 | ||||||||||
Net investment result1) | 3,604,170 | 1,303,073 | 795,909 | 277,942 | ||||||||||
Net profit (loss) | 3,983,187 | 1,636,774 | 879,608 | 349,120 | ||||||||||
Basic and diluted weighted average number of | 863,523,000 | 863,523,000 | 863,523,000 | 863,523,000 | ||||||||||
common shares (items) | ||||||||||||||
Basic and diluted earnings per common share (in | 4.61 | 1.90 | 1.02 | 0.40 | ||||||||||
PLN/EUR) | ||||||||||||||
- Including the item "Share of the net profit (loss) of related parties accounted for using the equity method".
1 January - | 1 January - | 1 January - | 1 January - | |||||||
Data from the cash flow statement | 31 December 2023 | 31 December 2022 | 31 December 2023 | 31 December 2022 | ||||||
thous. PLN | thous. PLN | thous. EUR | thous. EUR | |||||||
Net cash flows from operating activities | 1,709,088 | 1,528,989 | 377,418 | 326,130 | ||||||
Net cash flows from investing activities | 593,952 | 387,368 | 131,163 | 82,625 | ||||||
Net cash flows from financing activities | (2,273,769) | (1,926,135) | -502,117 | (410,840) | ||||||
Total net cash flows | 29,271 | (9,778) | 6,464 | (2,086) |
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Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 (in thousands of PLN)
3. The exchange rate of the zloty against the euro
The following exchange rates were used in the financial statements (also for the presentation of selected financial data):
EUR / PLN | 1 January - | 1 January - | 31 December 2023 | 31 December 2022 | ||||
31 December 2023 | 31 December 2022 | |||||||
Average exchange rate | 4.5284 | 4.6883 | 4.3480 | 4.6899 | ||||
Highest exchange rate in the period | 4.7895 | 4.9647 | n.a. | n.a. | ||||
Lowest exchange rate in the period | 4.3053 | 4.4879 | n.a. | n.a. |
These exchange rates are:
- for items in the balance sheet - the average exchange rates of the National Bank of Poland as of the balance sheet date;
- for items in the profit and loss account and cash flow statement - the exchange rates calculated as the arithmetic average of the National Bank of Poland exchange rates in effect on the last day of each month of the period.
4. Changes in accounting policies during the financial year
In 2023, no changes were made to the accounting policies.
5. Changes in the preparation of financial statements and data comparability
In 2023, no changes were made to the preparation of financial statements.
6. Corrections of errors from previous years
The standalone financial statements do not include corrections of errors from previous years.
7. Significant events that occurred after the balance sheet date and are not included in the financial statements
No significant events occurred after the balance sheet date that have not been included in the standalone financial statements.
8. Significant events of previous years recognized in the financial statements of the reporting period
No significant events of previous years have occurred as of the date of signing the standalone financial statements, which should be included in the standalone financial statements.
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Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 (in thousands of PLN)
9. Significant events related to the reporting period affecting a significant change in the structure of balance sheet items and financial result
9.1 Dividend from Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń na Życie SA ("PZU Życie")
On 6 June 2023, the Annual General Meeting of PZU Życie passed a resolution on the distribution of profit for the financial year
2022 in the amount of PLN 900,691 thousand as follows:
- PLN 897,579 thousand was allocated for dividends
- PLN 3,112 thousand was allocated to the Company Social Benefit Fund.
The record date was set for 29 June 2023, and the dividend payout date was set for 26 September 2023. The dividend was paid out on the record date indicated. This amount increased investment income from related parties.
9.2 Distribution of net profit for the financial year 2022
The issue is described in section 7.2.1 Supplementary information and notes.
10. Management and supervisory bodies of PZU
10.1 PZU Management Board
From 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023, the composition of the Management Board of PZU was as follows:
- Beata Kozłowska-Chyła - President of the PZU Management Board;
- Ernest Bejda - Member of the PZU Management Board;
- Małgorzata Kot - Member of the PZU Management Board;
- Krzysztof Kozłowski - Member of the PZU Management Board;
- Tomasz Kulik - Member of the PZU Management Board;
- Piotr Nowak - Member of the PZU Management Board;
- Maciej Rapkiewicz - Member of the PZU Management Board;
- Małgorzata Sadurska - Member of the PZU Management Board.
On 23 February 2024, the PZU Supervisory Board dismissed the following persons from the PZU Management Board: Beata Kozłowska-Chyła, Ernest Bejda, Małgorzata Kot, Krzysztof Kozłowski, Piotr Nowak and Małgorzata Sadurska.
At the same time, the PZU Supervisory Board adopted resolutions to delegate the following Members of the PZU Supervisory Board:
- Anita Elżanowska - to temporarily perform the function of the President of the PZU Management Board;
- Michał Bernaczyk - to temporarily perform the function of the Member of the PZU Management Board; This delegating was for a period of no more than 3 months. The resolutions came into force upon their adoption.
From 24 February 2024 to the date of signing the financial statements, the Management Board consisted of the following persons:
- Anita Elżanowska - Member of the PZU Supervisory Board delegated to temporarily perform the function of the President of the PZU Management Board;
- Michał Bernaczyk - Member of the PZU Supervisory Board delegated to temporarily perform the function of the Member of the PZU Management Board;
- Tomasz Kulik - Member of the PZU Management Board;
- Maciej Rapkiewicz - Member of the PZU Management Board.
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Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń Spółka Akcyjna Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 (in thousands of PLN)
10.2 The PZU Supervisory Board
From 1 January 2023 to the date of conveying the condensed interim financial statements, the composition of the Supervisory Board of PZU was as follows:
- Robert Jastrzębski - Chairman of the Supervisory Board;
- Paweł Górecki - Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board;
- Robert Śnitko - Secretary of the Supervisory Board;
- Marcin Chludziński - Member of the Supervisory Board;
- Agata Górnicka - Member of the Supervisory Board;
- Elżbieta Mączyńska-Ziemacka - Member of the Supervisory Board;
- Krzysztof Opolski - Member of the Supervisory Board;
- Radosław Sierpiński - Member of the Supervisory Board;
- Piotr Wachowiak - Member of the Supervisory Board;
- Józef Wierzbowski - Member of the Supervisory Board;
- Maciej Zaborowski - Member of the Supervisory Board.
On 7 June 2023, the Annual General Meeting of PZU appointed the Supervisory Board of PZU for a new term of office in the following composition:
- Marcin Chludziński - Member of the Supervisory Board;
- Agata Górnicka - Member of the Supervisory Board;
- Robert Jastrzębski - Member of the Supervisory Board;
- Marcin Kubicza - Member of the Supervisory Board;
- Elżbieta Mączyńska-Ziemacka - Member of the Supervisory Board;
- Krzysztof Opolski - Member of the Supervisory Board;
- Radosław Sierpiński - Member of the Supervisory Board;
- Józef Wierzbowski - Member of the Supervisory Board;
- Maciej Zaborowski - Member of the Supervisory Board.
The appointment was made for a joint term of office covering three full financial years 2024-2026.
At the same time, as of the date of the Annual General Meeting of PZU, i.e. 7 June 2023, the mandates of two former members of the Supervisory Board of PZU - Piotr Wachowiak and Robert Śnitko - expired.
On 5 June 2023, a shareholder of PZU, the State Treasury, exercising the right provided for in § 20(7) of PZU's Articles of Association, appointed Paweł Górecki to the Supervisory Board of PZU.
On 15 June 2023, Robert Jastrzębski was elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PZU and Paweł Górecki was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PZU.
On 30 August 2023, the PZU Supervisory Board elected Agata Górnicka as Secretary of the Supervisory Board.
On 13 September 2023, the Extraordinary General Meeting of PZU dismissed Elżbieta Mączyńska-Ziemacka from the PZU Supervisory Board.
On 14 February 2024, PZU received a letter from the Minister for State Assets, acting on behalf of the State Treasury of the Republic of Poland, dated 13 February 2024, notifying of the dismissal of Paweł Górecki from the PZU Supervisory Board. Pursuant to § 20(7) of the Articles of Association of PZU SA and in line with Article 354 § 1of the Commercial Company Code, the dismissal through a written statement submitted by the State Treasury to the Management Board is effective upon its delivery.
On 15 February 2024, the Extraordinary General Meeting of PZU:
- dismissed the following persons from the PZU Supervisory Board: Robert Jastrzębski, Agata Górnicka, Radosław Sierpiński, Marcin Chludziński, Maciej Zaborowski, Krzysztof Opolski and Józef Wierzbowski;
- appointed the following persons to the PZU Supervisory Board: Michał Bernaczyk, Anita Elżanowska, Filip Gorczyca, Michał Jonczynski, Andrzej Kaleta, Małgorzata Kurzynoga, Anna Machnikowska, Wojciech Olejniczak and Adam Uszpolewicz.
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