Accounting/tax

  • Align Solvency II with IFRS 17 to reduce compliance burdens, Italian regulator says

    23 June 2026

    Ivass board member Rita Laura D'Ecclesia reflects on first three years of IFRS 17

  • IFRS 17 reporting matures but comparability challenges persist, KPMG finds

    24 April 2026

    Global review of 55 insurers shows growing use of the insurance accounting standard metrics

  • UK scraps plans to improve oversight of audit and actuarial profession

    29 January 2026

    U-turn on proposals to reform Financial Reporting Council

  • Hong Kong's capital and accounting regimes promote "more strategic approach" to capital

    23 May 2025

    Fitch Ratings also praises enhanced comparability between insurers

  • EU must act as Trump abandons global minimum tax, urge European insurers

    18 April 2025

    Insurance Europe warns US retaliatory measures would harm competitiveness

  • 4most hires Mike Neill to spearhead insurance accounting service

    15 April 2025
  • Sompo confirms switch to IFRS reporting for 2026 year-end

    26 March 2025
  • Insurance Europe calls for repeal of the anti-tax avoidance directive

    23 September 2024
  • FRC says UK's IFRS 17 disclosures are "good" but could be improved

    05 September 2024

    Liquidity risk disclosures should be developed, says regulator

  • Ageas reports "remarkable" H1 growth in non-life business

    28 August 2024

    IFRS 17 tax issue in China dents life net operating result

  • IFRS 17 is "two steps forward, one step back" for insurance accounting

    03 July 2024

    Updated standard removes asset-liability mismatch, but impedes comparability, says S&P

  • IFRS 17 results comparison remains complex, finds WTW global analysis

    02 July 2024

    Insurers have spent $20bn implementing the insurance contracts accounting standard

  • Prudential to return $2bn of capital after rating agencies clarify IFRS 17 position

    24 June 2024

    Moody's confirms half of CSM included in leverage ratio

  • Monument Re slips to loss after quiet 2023

    24 May 2024

    Bermudian life reinsurer and consolidator only completes one acquisition deal

  • Tax losses and accounting top claims for M&A insurers

    09 May 2024

    More W&I insurance is being used despite lacklustre M&A activity

  • Late adjustments remain a pain point for IFRS 17 reporting

    28 March 2024

    Most surveyed insurers say they are "not fully satisfied" with current reporting systems

  • Bermuda's insurers throw support behind "sensible" tax change

    26 February 2024

    New 15% income tax will put country on level footing with rest of the world