IFRS 17 – Contracts in Scope

March 9, 2021

This article is an introduction of various parameters to take into consideration for identifying the Contracts that fall within the purview of IFRS 17.

To be IFRS17 ready, the bouquet of all insurance product covers can be analysed into two categories:

Identification Process Overview

The process recommended for determining the insurance contracts that fall under the scope of IFRS17measurement is as below:

Significant Insurance Risk in an insurance contract may constitute of an insured event that could cause the insurer to pay a significant additional amount in any scenario that has commercial substance. The threshold level for ‘Significant’ is not specified under IFRS17and is to be determined and justified by companies when designing their accounting policies and procedures in conjunction with the auditors and actuaries.

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