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Adequacy of Financial Resources. The minimum capital requirement for a Swiss reinsurance company under the Insurance Supervisory Act for reinsurance license class C1 is CHF 10 million. Being a Swiss domiciled reinsurance company, RREAG must further maintain adequate solvency and provide for sufficient free and unencumbered capital in relation to its entire activities in accordance with the Swiss Solvency Test. The SST adopts a risk-based and total balance sheet approach whereby reinsurance companies are required to provide a market-consistent assessment of the value of their assets and liabilities. The solvency requirement is met if the available risk-bearing capital exceeds the required target capital. It is then assessed whether the identified available capital can meet the SST requirements and is sufficient to cover the company’s obligations in less favorable scenarios. The European Commission recognized the SST as being of an equivalent standard to European law with an effective date of January 1, 2016. The SST is also equivalent to the standards in the U.K.’s prudential regime following the expiry of the U.K.’s transition period for leaving the EU on January 1, 2021. In addition, RREAG must establish sufficient technical reserves for its entire reinsurance business activities. RREAG also has to maintain an organizational fund to cover the costs of establishing and developing the business, and for an extraordinary business expansion. The organizational fund usually amounts to up to 50% of the minimum capital (as discussed above) at the start of business operations and subsequently should typically settle at an amount equivalent to around 20% of the minimum capital. The exact minimum amount is determined by FINMA in each individual case. Reporting and Disclosure Requirements. RREAG has to submit an annual report (consisting of the annual financial statements and management report) and an annual supervisory report to FINMA by the end of June of the following year. In the course of the supervisory reporting to FINMA, RREAG has to annually disclose its financial condition report containing quantitative and qualitative information, in particular relating to business activities, business results, risk management, the risk profile and valuation principles and methods applied to provisions, capital management and solvency by the end of April of the following year. Moreover, under the Insurance Supervisory Act, a reinsurance undertaking must be organized in a way that it can, in particular, identify, limit and monitor all material risks. In this context, RREAG must conduct a forward-looking self-assessment of their risk situation and capital requirements at least once a year, and a report on the ORSA must be submitted to FINMA no later than the end of January of the following year. Further, a reinsurance undertaking must maintain and file with FINMA a regulatory business plan, including details on its organization, financials, qualified participants, management, oversight and control persons, responsible actuary, among other items. Any changes to the business plan must either be approved by FINMA prior to the implementation or be notified to FINMA, depending on the type of change. Dividends and Distributions. RREAG may only distribute dividends out of its retained earnings or distributable reserves based on the audited annual accounts of the company. Any distribution of dividends remains subject to the approval of FINMA (as a change of the regulatory business plan) if they have a bearing on the solvency of the reinsurer and/or the interests of the insured. The solvency and capital requirements must still be met following any distribution. At December 31, 2020, we believe RREAG exceeded the minimum solvency and capital requirements required to be maintained under Swiss law. RREAG was required to prepare an FCR for the year ended December 31, 2020, which is available on our website. Singapore Regulation Branches of Renaissance Reinsurance and DaVinci based in the Republic of Singapore have each received a license to carry on insurance business as a general reinsurer. The activities of these Singapore branches are primarily regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore pursuant to Singapore’s Insurance Act. Additionally, these branches are each regulated by the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority as a foreign company pursuant to Singapore’s Companies Act. We do not currently consider the activities and regulatory requirements of these branches to be material to us. Renaissance Services of Asia Pte. Ltd., our Singapore-based service company, was established as a private company limited by shares in Singapore on March 15, 2012 and is registered with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority and subject to Singapore’s Companies Act. 29

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