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Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

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Proposed Statement Of Position : Guidance For Assessing Risk Transfer In Property And Liability Reinsurance Contracts;Guidance For Assessing Risk Transfer In Property And Liability Reinsurance Contracts; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1991, Sept. 10, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Reinsurance Auditing And Accounting Task Force Jan 1991

Proposed Statement Of Position : Guidance For Assessing Risk Transfer In Property And Liability Reinsurance Contracts;Guidance For Assessing Risk Transfer In Property And Liability Reinsurance Contracts; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1991, Sept. 10, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Reinsurance Auditing And Accounting Task Force

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 60, Accounting and Reporting by Insurance Enterprises, provides guidance to insurance enterprises on how to determine whether reinsurance contracts provide for indemnification against loss or liability and on how to account for such contracts. In applying this guidance, each insurance enterprise has to interpret the expression "indemnification . . . against loss or liability," which could be interpreted differently for similar contracts. This proposed statement of position (SOP) provides guidance for assessing risk transfer in property and liability reinsurance contracts. It discusses the various kinds of risks involved, such …