Archive

• IFRS 17: A delay in the balance

  23 October 2018

  Arguments are raging about whether implementation of the new insurance contracts accounting standard should be delayed. Cintia Cheong wraps up the latest developments in the long-running saga

• ABI calls for 'minimum' two-year delay to IFRS 17 implementation

  24 September 2018

  More time needed to deliver high quality financial reporting it is argued

• IFRS 17 implementation costs average €160m per insurer, say CFOs

  04 July 2018

  Stakeholder poll also reveals no worries over volatility of financial figures

• The rise and fall of valuation methodologies

  31 August 2017

  The arrival of Solvency II and revised guidance on embedded value methodologies has led to changes in the financial metrics that European insurers report – and not all of them are welcome. David Walker reports

• IASB consults on temporary IFRS package for insurers

  24 September 2015

  Insurers could face accounting mismatches and balance sheet volatility with implementation of financial instruments standard

• Industry chiefs urge deferral of IFRS 9

  03 July 2015

  Adoption before IFRS 4 Phase II would obscure insurers' financial statements

• Insurers urge no reporting in Solvency II's preparation phase

  24 July 2013

  Responses to Eiopa's consultation on the 2014-2016 preparation phase for Solvency II have come back with a strong message that the reporting is too burdensome and the ORSA should be stripped of its quantitative elements. Christopher Cundy reports