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Global Insurance Accounting Rules Under IFRS17 to Be Amended

An international standard setting body has proposed a one-year delay and changes to the first global accounting rule for insurance contracts following industry calls for a cut in compliance costs and more time. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published …

New Global Insurance Accounting Rule Could Be Delayed One Year

A global standards body has proposed a one-year delay to implementing its new accounting rule aimed at increasing visibility in how insurers earn money, after the industry said it needed more time to prepare for such a sweeping change. A …

Global Insurers Face High Compliance Costs with New Accounting Rules

Insurers in over 100 countries face a “once in a lifetime” accounting change from January 2021 with the introduction of a uniform international book-keeping standard, details of which will be published on Thursday. Twenty years in the works, the new …

New York Cyber Regs Take Effect, Mid-Sized Firms Could See Biggest Impact

As the insurance industry has closely followed developments regarding The New York State Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) cybersecurity regulation, concerns remain in terms of how the final regulation, set to go into effect March 1, may impact mid-sized companies …

Obama Labor Rule Would Shift Legal Duty of Retirement Plan Brokers

Brokers and insurance agents providing retirement-savings advice would have to put clients’ interests ahead of their own under an Obama administration plan that will face stiff opposition from Wall Street and Republican lawmakers. The Labor Department proposal announced Tuesday is …