Description: Provides an overview of SFAS 60, 91, 97, and 120 and the importance of U.S. GAAP for Asian insurance companies with a country by country analysis.

Description: An article presenting updated results as of 12/2021 by using analgorithm that formed part of a paper presented at the AFIR-ERMColloquium which took place in Panama, in 2017. This article starts by proving that the conditions that have to be met in order for the formula to apply that were present in 12/2015 still hold.

Description: Discusses the issues papaer to be released by the International Accounting Standards for Insurance to cover accounting issues for insurance contracts as opposed to insurance companies.

Description: This article provides an update of the intense recent activity around the International Accounting Reporting Standards including the release of IFRS 4, the creation of the European Financial institution advisory group, exposure draft guidance for actuaries involved in financial reporting and the Penrose report focusing on the problems of U.K. Equitable Life.

Description: This article is an abstract of the Deloitte whitepaper “Financial KPIs in the New World” that will be published in January 2023. It provides a market view of how the new Financial KPIs will be integrated in the insurers’ decision-making process and about the main challenges and opportunities for insurers’ management and external stakeholders in the jurisdictions that have adopted IFRS17 and in particular countries in the EMEA region.

Description: In this article, the author discusses Solvency II and Risk Management in Europe.

Description: Standards for accounting for pension and post-retirement plans around the world are changing. The ultimate goal is a global standard to replace International Accounting Standard 19 IAS 19. The changes in the United States to reflect the global standard fall under their Statements of Financial Accounting Standards SFAS.

Description: This article summarizes IFRS 4, the initial phase of international accounting standards for insurance contracts and provides and outlook for phase II.

Description: The Insurance Working Group of the IASB discussed models for the contract type, term insurance, in the second quarter. This summary of the current models will acquaint you with the key points of the models and a range of open issues.

Description: International Accounting Standards for the Insurance Industry by Bruce D. Moore from International Section News, February 1998, Issue No. 15.