Insight
The transitional mechanism for the alternative extrapolation
Implications of the European Commission’s proposal for the Solvency II Directive.
IFRS 17 requires preparers of accounts to derive discount rates for the valuation of the cash flows associated with their insurance contracts. Conceptually setting a discount rate to reflect the time value of money and thereby to allow an expression of amounts to be paid or received at different future times in terms of a single consistent “currency” is relatively straightforward.
Insight
Implications of the European Commission’s proposal for the Solvency II Directive.
Setting discount rates under IFRS 17: Getting the job done
IFRS 17 requires preparers of accounts to derive discount rates for the valuation of the cash flows associated with their insurance contracts.