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In forceInsurers: national reporting (national)Last checked 11 November 2026

Annual report and auditor's reports of insurance undertakings (GB, WP-JA)

A regulatory return listed by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) (BaFin), Germany.

Electronic copies of the documents listed in section 37(2) VAG with the actuarial and trustee certifications, the annual report with the auditor's opinion, the profit appropriation proposal and the supervisory board report, the auditor's long-form report with board comments, the auditor's report on the dependent company report, and, after the annual general meeting, the final annual report and the consolidated financial statements with the group auditor's report. Source

Official title: Sonstige Unterlagen nach § 16 BerVersV (Geschäftsberichte, Präfix GB; WP-Bericht Jahresabschluss, Präfix WP-JA)

The facts

Who files
All insurance undertakings (BerVersV section 16); for branches of foreign insurers only parts apply (section 18). Source
How often
Annual, for each financial year. Source
Deadline
Without undue delay after the documents are prepared, after the accounts are adopted, or after the annual general meeting, depending on the document (BerVersV section 16(1)). Branches: no later than seven months after the year end for certain documents (section 18(3)). Source
Format
PDF. PDF uploads in the procedure 'Versicherungsaufsicht': submission 'Geschäftsberichte (Präfix GB)', file GB_<register number>_<free text>.pdf, and 'WP-Bericht Jahresabschluss (Präfix WP-JA)', file WP-JA_<register number>_<free text>.pdf. Auditor's reports must carry the auditor's qualified electronic signature (BerVersV section 16(1)). Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the BaFin: MVP Portal (Melde- und Veröffentlichungsplattform, reporting and publishing platform); Direct submission to BaFin outside the MVP Portal. See how firms file with the BaFin.
Status
In force
Legal basis
Group
Insurers: national reporting (national)

Templates (0)

The library lists no templates for this return.

No BaFin templates: the documents are the firm's own annual report and auditor's reports. Source

Validation rules

The BaFin publishes the checks it runs on this return. They could not be counted from the published material. They are written for people to read; software cannot run them as published. Source

How they are written: File naming conventions in the MVP information sheet.

The rules, on bafin.de

How they were counted

Only file type and naming rules are published; there are no content checks to count.

Counts are in the BaFin's own unit, so they are not comparable with other regulators' counts.

Public data

No published data from this return was found. BaFin does not publish these documents; the pages checked do not mention publication. Source

Official documents (4)

The BaFin's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

  • MVP-Portal

    List of returns · HTML

    BaFin's page on its reporting and publishing platform (Melde- und Veröffentlichungsplattform, MVP). It lists 44 specialised procedures (Fachverfahren) firms use to file with BaFin, with registration steps and manuals. Read in German; the English version lists only 18 of them.

  • Regulation on the Reporting by Insurance Undertakings to the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Insurance Reporting Regulation, BerVersV), English translation

    Legal text · PDF · 705.1 KB · 31 July 2025

    BaFin's English translation including amendments of 11 December 2024 (information only; the German text is binding). Sets the internal annual report (sections 1 to 18), the quarterly interim report (sections 19 and 20), small mutual associations (sections 21 and 22) and electronic submission, formats and corrections (sections 24a to 24e).

    SHA-256 2b9eb0aae560show in full2b9eb0aae560082175563904f84cf94cb617ccc869c18b4858b8b021ebc7322e
  • Informationsblatt zum Fachverfahren Versicherungsaufsicht

    List of returns · PDF · 619.2 KB · 10 April 2026

    Lists every submission type (Einreichung) in the procedure with its prefix, allowed file types and file naming: ad hoc queries, actuarial documents, AVB, solvency attachments, triggering factors, BerVersV/BerPensV by DÜVA, complaints report (EIOPA), special use, IORP documents (EBAV), explanations to the cover calculation, holdings, annual reports (GB), KA collective order (BW1 to BW5), Krawatte, national reporting (NB), forecast calculation (SR/SZ), FICOD, health interest rate, guarantee assets register (SVV), special health queries, stress test (ST), life tariff notices, technical bases, technical business plans, irregularities (MELVUNT) and auditor's report on the annual accounts (WP-JA).

    SHA-256 dc5860d3c405show in fulldc5860d3c4056ff86e53caf2cd5282f16d3b92f39c68ed2ecd3754befdea7889
  • Act on the Supervision of Insurance Undertakings (Insurance Supervision Act, VAG), English translation

    Legal text · PDF · 1.9 MB · 27 February 2025

    BaFin's English translation of the VAG (information only; the German text is binding). Cited for the sections BaFin's notes name; not read in full.

    SHA-256 8218759f9b54show in full8218759f9b541058c6e5ce36bd7d5fba45eeb54b7f29589151893f65005c2f1d

Sources

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Last checked 11 November 2026.