Derivation of a framework for annual financial statements of a property-casualty insurance firm: From Adam Smith to the modern insurance firm
| Autor: | Robert W. Vivian, Hugh-David Hutcheson |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Finance
Solvency II long tail legal liability risks Insolvency Actuarial science International accounting Statement (logic) business.industry insurance provisions Solvency Assessment and Management (SAM) Accounting Adam smith General Business Management and Accounting Property insurance insurance reserves Economics IFRS 4's Insurance Contracts Incurred But Not Reported provisions (IBNR) solvency of insurers Point of departure Risk Based Capital (RBC) business General Economics Econometrics and Finance insurance accounting International Accounting Standards Board's (IASB) Insurance Contracts |
| Zdroj: | South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 14-31, Published: 2015 |
| Popis: | This article derives a framework for annual financial statements of a property-casualty insurer from first principles using Adam Smith’s statement of the operation of an insurer as the point of departure. The derivation incorporates’ current standard accounting principles and regulatory requirements. In the end it will be seen that a substantial correlation exists between the final derived framework and current published statements of a modern property-casualty insurer. It remains to be seen if a similar correlation will continue to exist once the long awaited international accounting standard for insurers is finalised. The article accordingly demonstrates that Adam Smith’s statement can be used to derive a workable framework for the accounting and hence management of modern property-casualty insurers. A number of important conclusions flow from the article. Firstly the distinction between provisions and reserves must be understood and maintained failing which solvent insurers may be portrayed as being insolvent, second a new provision should be raised, a Year to Close Provision where it is unclear that existing provisions adequately cover outstanding liabilities and third the IBNR provision should be restricted to claims in the pipeline for the year under consideration. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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