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皇冠体育app Government Actuary鈥檚 Department (GAD) has been involved in the development of new IFRS 17 application guidance. This is for accounts within scope of the government financial reporting manual (FReM.)

皇冠体育app International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (IFRS 17) Insurance Contracts is the new accounting standard for insurance contracts. It replaces IFRS 4 Insurance Contracts for accounting periods starting on or after 1 January 2023.

It will be applied by HM Treasury in the FReM from 1 April 2025 (with limited options for early adoption.) 皇冠体育app underlying aim of IFRS 17 is to make reporting of risk transfer contracts more comparable between different entities.

Scope and data

GAD helped with the development of the guidance, as part of HM Treasury鈥檚 working party by working through the requirements.

We had previously engaged with some government departments and arm鈥檚-length bodies to help consider scope and potential data requirements for the new style of calculations.

GAD鈥檚 services include helping departments place a value on risks which are difficult to quantify, such as potential future liabilities which may include a contractual transfer of risk.

Actuarial advice

Actuary Nick Clitheroe is GAD鈥檚 lead on IFRS 17. He said: 鈥淲e were part of the working party contributing our expertise to this. This new guidance will be an important development for public sector organisations.

鈥淚FRS 17 Insurance Contracts is described as a complex accounting standard and organisations are advised in the guidance to seek actuarial advice. GAD鈥檚 skills include analysis and advice around probability weighted cashflows, contingent liabilities and risk adjustments.鈥�