NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF P&I RISKS

FEBRUARY 20 2006

 

Note 1-Purpose & Constitution

 

The Association stands on a mutual basis and is to uphold prestige and safeguard the interests of its Members, for which the Association affords insurance cover and offers professional services. The principal activities of the Association are the insurance of marine protecting and indemnity risks on behalf of the Members.  The liability of the Members is limited to the calls and supplementary calls set by the directors and in the event of its liquidation, any net assets of the Association are to be returned equitably to those Members insured by it during its final underwriting year.

 

Note 2-Accounting Principle

 

a  Accounting Convention

These Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the material Accounting Principles based on applicable Chinese accounting standards and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

                                                                  

b  Accounting Year

The figures under items as incorporated in the Financial Statements are up to Feb. 20th, 2006.

 

c  Annual Accounting and Policy Year Accounting

The Income And Expenditure Account is prepared on an annual accounting basis and includes all the premiums for policies incepting in the year and the cost of claims and reinsurance for the current year and any adjustments relating to earlier years together with operating expenses, financial expenses and investment income.  All revenue transactions appear in the Income And Expenditure Account and are allocated to a policy year or to a reserve.

 

Calls and premiums, reinsurance premiums, claims and claim recoverable from reinsurers or third parties are allocated to the policy years to which they relate. Both the realised and unrealised investment income and operating expenses are allocated to the current policy year.

 

d  Valuation basis

The Association adopts accrual basis in accounting unless otherwise stipulated.  The values of all assets except the equity investment of listed company which is stated at lower of its market value and the net asset value per share at the balance sheet date are to be recorded at historical costs at the time of acquisition.

 

e  Bookkeeping base currency

The United States Dollar is the bookkeeping base currency of the Association. The Association adopts the principle of separate accounting for similar accounts. Balances of RMB accounts at the end of year shall be translated into the US Dollar at the official exchange rate prevailing on February 20th. The differences arising from the translation are stated as gains or losses in the Income and Expenditure Account.

 

f  Cash Balance

Cash in hand, bank deposits and other monetary assets which include cash in other cities, cashiers checkbank draftcash for investment and advisory funds are listed separately for their different keeping place and certain purpose in bookkeeping. Their total amount in the name of cash balance is showed as a current asset in the Balance Sheet.

 

g  Calls and Premiums Receivable

It refers to the accumulated amount of calls and premiums receivable due from members.  The Association conducts the direct write-off method and the bad debts are charged to the reserves directly under the Directors decision when the calls and premiums are discovered to be uncollectible.

 

h  Guarantee 

It refers to cash balance held by domestic or overseas Banks for issuing letters of guarantee.

 

i  Investments

The equity method is used when the Association has significant influence, control or co-control over the operation of the invested listed company.  In the equity method, the initial or supplementary investment is firstly recorded at cost but later is adjusted each year for changes in the equity in the invested company.  The Association recognizes the balance from the changes of the equity in the invested company as an investment income or loss.  The cost method is used for other long-term investments.

 

The investment income includes all the gains and losses. The investment income (or loss) less the investment management cost is stated in the Income and Expenditure Account.

 

Since the policy year of 1998 developed the new cover of Hull and Machinery risks, its income has been involved the whole investments of the Association. Ensuring to share equally and separately the full benefits of investments of the Association for the Members of P&I cover and Hull and Machinery cover, the Association distributes the amount of long-term investments together with their benefits according to the actual running condition of funds for years.

 

During this accounting year, the Association has a new asset named “the free-float right resulting from the shareholder structure reform” in accordance with the new regulations formulated by the Ministry of Finance PRC with a view to assess the value of the “free-float right” acquired by compensation payment in the shareholder structure reform.

 

j  Fixed Assets

Fixed assets refer to the assets whose useful life is over one year, unit value is above RMB 2000.00 and where original physical form remains during the process of utilization. The straight-line method is used in fixed assets depreciation.

 

k  Short-term Loans

   Short-term loans are the loans made which mature within 12 months.

 

l  Liabilities Provision

Liabilities provisions and reinsurance recoveries receivable of open and closed policy years are drawn based on the best estimates of the managers and consent of the chief underwriter to prepare for the claims which belong to the policy years separately and their difference is charged to the Income and Expenditure Account.  They are also stated in the Balance Sheet separately. 

 

m  Reserves

The reserves are the net assets of the Association and available to meet any deterioration in the open and closed policy years and to contribute to overspill claims, actual or potential investment losses or other certain purposes.

 

n  Calls and Premiums

Calls and premiums include gross calls, supplementary premiums and release call, less return premiums. These calls and premiums are the total receivable for the whole period of cover provided by the contracts incepting during the accounting period together with any premium adjustments relating to prior accounting periods.  The amount of calls and premiums less reinsurance premiums is credited to the Income and Expenditure Account.

 

o  Reinsurance Premiums

The liabilities of the Association are reinsured above certain levels with other association abroad.  This item shows the amount of the reinsurance premiums the Association paid to other association abroad.

 

p  Claims

The claims include all claims paid during the year.  The reinsured recoveries and the claims recoveries from the third party are both as the anti-items to the claims paid and credited in Income and Expenditure Account.

 

q  Claims Recoveries From the Third Party

It refers to the amount recovered from the third liability party, which is credited into Income and Expenditure Account as the deduction of claims.

 

r  Reinsured Recoveries

The liabilities of the Association are reinsured above certain levels with other association abroad.  It is the anti-item to the claims paid and credited in the Income and Expenditure Account. Accordingly the reinsurance recoveries receivable is listed as an asset in the Balance Sheet.

 

s  Operating Expenses

Operating expenses include management costs and costs of Board of Directors.  The management costs cover the cost of providing offices, staff, communications, travel and administration.  The costs of Directors include the cost of meetings of members and Board meetings, travels and other costs.  It has been drawn on the ratio in accordance with the board of Director's instruction and is listed in the Income and Expenditure Account.

 

t  Taxation

The Association enforces the relevant tax policies of People’s Republic of China.

  

u  Related Party Disclosures

The Association has no share capital and is controlled by the Members who are also the insureds.  The subsequent insurance transactions are consequently deemed to be between related parties but these are the only transactions between the Association and the Members.

 

Note 3-Sundry debtors/creditors

 

 

2005/2006

2004/2005

Sundry debtors

 

 

Account with HM Cover

       2,199,144.14

             -  

Staff housing loan

       1,054,359.45

                  1,133,475.67

Other debtors

          622,573.65

              356,612.88

Total Sundry debtors

       3,876,077.24

             1,490,088.55

Sundry creditors

 

 

Account with HM Cover

                   -  

4,131,326.68

Other creditors

       2,224,935.74

             1,176,697.54

Total Sundry creditors

       2,224,935.74

             5,308,024.22

 

 

 

Note 4-Investments see note 2i

 

Items

 

 

China Everbright Bank

 

15,413,192.85

China Minsheng Bank Corp.

 

89,188,341.50

COSCO Jinjiang Development Co.,Ltd.

 

1,988,340.67

Beijing Vantone Industry Co.,Ltd.

 

1,782,923.10

Hai Tong Securities Co.,Ltd.

 

13,177,076.49

Fujian Hairun properties Co.,Ltd

 

496,999.37

Hai Shang Consultancy Co.,Ltd.

 

4,969.99

 

 

122,051,843.97

Less: Transfer to HM Cover Account

 

7,010,238.28

 

 

115,041,605.69

Free-float right resulting from

shareholder structure reform

 

16,626,071.25

Total long-term investments

 

131,667,676.94

      

China Minsheng Bank Corp. (hereafter called as the Bank), as a listed bank, enforced the shareholder structure reform in October 2005.  The Association accordingly made a compensation payment in book value of RMB 133,811,609.26, equal to 65 million shares the Association owns, to gain the “free-float right” which is reflected as an asset under the item of “long-term investments” in the Balance Sheet.

 

The Association bought 16.5 million shares of the Bank as the supplementary investment in December 2005.  Up to February 20th 2006, the Association, as the fifth biggest shareholder of the Bank, had invested totally USD15,814,953.35 in the Bank and held her 337 million shares and owned 4.64% interest of the Bank. As one of directors of the Bank, the Association has effected significant influences on the managing operations of the Bank and used equity method in this investment since 2001/2002 accounting year. Up to December 31st 2005, the total shareholder’s equity of the Bank is RMB15459 million and net value per share is RMB2.13. The Association adjusted the book value of the Bank and increased it to USD89,188,341.50 at the Balance Sheet date.

 

On February 20th 2005, the Association recognized the amount of RMB106 million as the recoverable value according to the 2004-year Annual Report of Hai Tong Securities Co.,Ltd. (hereinafter called as the Company).  The Association accordingly made the provision for long-term investment in amount of RMB93.94 million which was equivalent to USD11.67 million at the official exchange rate prevailing on February 20th 2006.  The book value of the Company was adjusted to USD13,177,076.49 which is listed in the above table.

 

 

Note 5-Calls & Premiums see note 2n/o

 

 

 

 

Net Calls &  Premiums

 

 

2005/2006

2004/2005

Calls & premiums

A

28,480,163.09

24,715,050.15

Reinsurance premiums

B

11,117,427.76

9,033,342.91

Net calls & premiums 

AB

17,362,735.33

15,681,707.24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calls & Premiums

 

 

2005/2006

2004/2005

Policy year

 

 

 

2005

 

25,491,718.29

 

2004

 

      97,858.38

  21,720,452.39

2003

 

2,947,421.55

(16,005.33)

2002

 

(56,835.13)

    3,010,603.09

Total

 

28,480,163.09

  24,715,050.15

 

 

 

 

 

Reinsurance Premiums

 

 

2005/2006

2004/2005

Policy year

 

 

 

2005

 

    9,432,882.59

 

2004

 

    1,063,403.03

    7,668,669.72

2003

 

      603,345.09

        870,765.96

2002

 

         17,797.05

       493,907.23

Total

 

  11,117,427.76

     9,033,342.91

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note 6-Claims  see note 2p/q/r

Net Claims

 

 

2005/2006

2004/2005

Claims

A

12,411,842.22

11,498,082.17

Less: Recoveries from 3rd party

B

 -  

        87,694.61

    Other P&I Association

C

  3,030,529.44

   1,376,770.19

Net claims 

A-B-C=D 

   9,381,312.78

 10,033,617.37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Recoveries From 3rd Party

 

 

2005/2006

2004/2005

Policy year

 

 

 

2005

 

   -  

 -  

2004

 

   -  

-  

2003

 

-  

12,344.43

2002

 

    -  

75,350.18

Total

 

      -  

87,694.61

 

 

 

 

 

     Recoveries From Other P&I Association

 

 

2005/2006

2004/2005

Policy year

 

 

 

2005

 

        4,249.22

         -  

2004

 

944,233.25

           -  

2003

 

-  

215,544.19

2002

 

2,082,046.97

1,161,226.00

Total

 

3,030,529.44

1,376,770.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Claims

Policy year

Items

2005

2004

2003

2002

Total

Correspondents fee

232,827.85

286,100.76

68,475.98

102,679.35

690,083.94

Survey fee

597,739.14

361,341.25

16,491.03

11,184.60

986,756.02

Injury illness or death of seaman

614,840.34

1,157,083.12

299,411.52

89,919.51

2,161,254.49

Cargo damage

389,154.85

2,402,671.45

790,793.64

454,515.45

4,037,135.39

Collision

32,291.12

409,380.71

148,229.74

624,990.38

1,214,891.95

Pollution risks

577,024.69

263,332.56

 

 -  

850,259.87

Lawyer's fee

121,495.98

280,439.85

292,022.74

528,583.27

1,222,541.84

Others

109,399.07

260,325.77

158,130.10

363,771.38

891,626.32

Wreck disposal

317,743.00

 -  

-  

-  

317,743.00

P&I

2,992,516.04

5,420,675.47

1,783,457.37

2,175,643.94

12,372,292.82

FDD

-  

            -  

       -  

39,549.40

39,549.40

Total claims paid

2,992,516.04

5,420,675.47

1,783,457.37

2,215,193.34

12,411,842.22

 

 

 

Note 7-Investment income see note 2i

 

 

2005/2006

 

2004/2005

Realised investment income:

 

 

 

Equity capital

 

 2,406,166.83

 

2,458,195.60

Sale of  investments

 

      -  

 

1,074,989.37

Bonds

 

2,112.25

 

          -  

House Property

 

  23,291.90

 

3,680.98

Others

 

             770,419.51

 

                -  

 

 

          3,201,990.49

 

3,536,865.95

Add: Unrealised investment income

  12,789,806.37

 

  16,977,367.63

Less: Provision for long-term investments

      -  

 

      11,351,046.38

 

 

 15,991,796.86

 

9,163,187.20

Less: Investment cost

 

 1,279,343.75

 

733,054.98

Net income of investments

  14,712,453.11

 

8,430,132.22

 

 

 

Note 8-Liabilities Provision & Liabilities Provision Transfer see note 2l

Liabilities Provision Transfer

 

 

Estimated provision of liability

Provision of liability

2005/2006

 

14,131,129.00

      -  

2004/2005

 

 8,614,940.00

10,664,323.46

2003/2004

 

      8,132,216.00

10,673,722.07

2002/2003

 

11,475,396.00

  18,793,728.11

Total

 

(A)

42,353,681.00

(B)

   40,131,773.64

Transfers to liabilities provision                            (A)-(B)

2,221,907.36

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities Provision

Policy year

 

 

 

2005

 

 

 

 

14,131,129.00

2004

 

 

 

 

8,614,940.00

2003

 

 

 

 

8,132,216.00

Closed policy years

 

 

 

11,475,396.00

Total

 

 

 

 

42,353,681.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note 9-Reserves see note 2m

 

 

2005/2006

2004/2005

Claims

       105,126,029.35

         87,256,525.66

Investments

  3,276,702.57

1,136,046.09

Management

            9,358,027.08

6,765,994.21

Total

        117,760,759.00

         95,158,565.96