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Proposed Statement Of Position : Accounting For Foreign Property And Liability Reinsurance;Accounting For Foreign Property And Liability Reinsurance; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1991, Aug. 22, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Reinsurance Auditing And Accounting Task Force
Proposed Statement Of Position : Accounting For Foreign Property And Liability Reinsurance;Accounting For Foreign Property And Liability Reinsurance; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1991, Aug. 22, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Reinsurance Auditing And Accounting Task Force
Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position
This proposed statement of position (SOP) provides guidance on how U.S. companies should account for property and liability reinsurance assumed from foreign insurance companies (foreign reinsurance). The periodic method should be used to account for foreign reinsurance premiums except when, because of local revenue recognition policies, the foreign ceding company cannot provide the information required by the assuming company to estimate both the ultimate premiums and the appropriate periods of recognition in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. In such circumstances, the open year method should be used. The periodic and open year methods are not interchangeable in the …
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
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 …
Proposed Statement Of Position : Auditing Insurance Entities' Loss Reserves : Proposed Supplement To Aicpa Audit And Accounting Guide, Audits Of Property And Liability Insurance Companies;Auditing Insurance Entities' Loss Reserves : Proposed Supplement To Aicpa Audit And Accounting Guide, Audits Of Property And Liability Insurance Companies; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1991, Sept. 16, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Insurance Entities' Loss Reserves Task Force
Proposed Statement Of Position : Auditing Insurance Entities' Loss Reserves : Proposed Supplement To Aicpa Audit And Accounting Guide, Audits Of Property And Liability Insurance Companies;Auditing Insurance Entities' Loss Reserves : Proposed Supplement To Aicpa Audit And Accounting Guide, Audits Of Property And Liability Insurance Companies; Exposure Draft (American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants), 1991, Sept. 16, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Insurance Entities' Loss Reserves Task Force
Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position
This proposed statement of position (SOP) is designed to provide guidance to auditors when auditing management's estimate of the liability for loss reserves of property and liability insurance entities. Following is a summary of some of the more significant matters discussed in the proposed SOP: 1. Methods available for estimating the liability for loss reserves and the types of data that may be used in developing such estimates, including an example of the application of a commonly used estimating method illustrating how the method may be used with two different types of data and a discussion of the difference in …