Monday, August 02, 2010

IASB proposes reform of insurance accounting


Exposure draft aims to make “impenetrable” insurance accounting more accessible

The International Accounting Standards Board has put out proposals for changes to insurance accounting, in order to make the current “impenetrable” financial information more accessible to users of accounts.

The exposure draft for the IFRS standard on Insurance Contracts follows the initial publishing of interim standard IFRS 4 in 2004, and a discussion paper on potential improvements in 2007.

See full Article.