IFRS – International Financial Reporting Standards

  • APPENDIX – The nature of contracts with discretionary participating features
    • US– In the US, almost all participating business is sold by mutual insurance companies.
      • In addition, certain Universal Life Contracts, while often non-participating in contract form, do have discretionary elements similar to participating contracts and we believe they should be treated similarly to Participating Contracts.

 —  2006 1221 – Letter – GNAIE to IASB – re: IASB consideration of Insurance Contracts Phase II: Unconditional obligation requirements in relation to the accounting for future participating benefits – 9p