Best’s Commentary: IFRS 17 Update — Changes Still Possible
In a new Best’s Commentary, “IFRS 17 Update ‒ Changes Still Possible”, AM Best highlights some uncertainties yet to be tackled by the amendments. It notes that although the IASB’s proposed changes do not modify the nature of IFRS 17, some would have quite material effects.
Non-life insurers (including reinsurers and the Lloyd’s market) remain uncertain over whether to adopt the Premium Allocation Approach or
One of the IASB’s proposals is to spread policy acquisition costs over expected renewals despite such renewals being non-contractual future sales. AM Best states in the commentary that customer “stickiness” is an important management measure in many industries, but that does not normally mean primary accounts should consider non-contractual future sales. Silverman adds: “AM Best would be surprised if users favoured the change given its inherent departure from the normal function of primary accounts.”
The published draft response of EFRAG — an EU body whose approval is essential for the standard’s adoption by EU insurers — to the Exposure Draft makes a case to have no annual cohorts for a significant portion of participating life business. AM Best believes this would, for the affected business, turn IFRS 17 into something more akin to Embedded Value (EV) reporting. EV reporting has lost credibility with external users and it is AM Best’s opinion that IFRS 17 would immediately suffer from similar failings if EFRAG’s suggestion were to gain traction. Silverman also notes that: “The cohort requirement of IFRS 17 addresses a key weakness of previous value-oriented reporting frameworks. Its loss for a large portion of participating business would be a fundamental change that would be disappointing for external users of financial reporting.”
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