12. Non-technical provisions

Figures in CHF thousand

Restructur- ing 1

Personnel/ brokers 2

Taxes

IT investments

Process risks 3

Other 4

Total

As at 31.12.2017

403

39,383

979

0

2,190

81,911

124,867

Creation

0

40,904

25

1,037

0

5,144

47,110

Use

–403

–40,817

–900

0

–2,190

–5,040

–49,350

As at 31.12.2018

0

39,470

104

1,037

0

82,015

122,627

Figures in CHF thousand

Restructur- ing 1

Personnel/ brokers 2

Taxes

IT investments

Process risks 3

Other 4

Total

As at 31.12.2018

0

39,470

104

1,037

0

82,015

122,627

Creation

0

71,539

4,503

773

0

5,468

82,283

Use

0

–71,412

–54

–1,810

0

–19,037

–92,313

As at 31.12.2019

0

39,597

4,553

0

0

68,446

112,597

1 The restructuring provisions include the costs of the organisational changes that were made as part of the cost reduction programme.

2 The provisions for holiday and overtime claims as well as staff bonuses and broker fees are included under “Personnel/brokers”.

3 The process risks include subsequent licensing requirements. Any payments were deferred accordingly.

4 The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has ordered a restriction for the awarding of discounts. The potential compensation payment to individual policyholders was set aside conservatively in 2017 at CHF 65 million.