Guides

  1. Accounting for business interruption insurance claims in AustraliaAustralia has experienced a relentless stretch of natural catastrophes. The 2019–2020 Black Summer bushfires devastated communities across eastern Victoria and…
  2. Integrating ESG Metrics Into Insurance Investment DecisionsInsurance investment teams are being asked to make better use of environmental, social and governance information while protecting solvency, liquidity and…
  3. the Impact of Updated Mortality Tables on Life Insurance ReservesAustralia's life insurance industry has long navigated a careful balance between policyholder obligations and shareholder expectations, and nothing tests that…
  4. Natural language processing for insurance policy compliance reviewInsurance executives across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are watching their compliance teams drown in paper. Product disclosure statements, schedules,…
  5. Remote financial close: best practices for insurance finance teamsThe financial close sits at the heart of every insurance company's reporting cycle, and the shift to distributed teams has fundamentally changed how that cycle…
  6. Preparing a Multinational Insurance Group for GAAP ConversionA GAAP conversion in a multinational insurance group is a finance transformation project, not a simple change to presentation formats. It affects product…
  7. Finance’s Role In A Total Cost Of Risk FrameworkRisk decisions are often presented as a choice between insurance premium, deductible and limit. That view is too narrow for clients managing complex…
  8. Strategies for Enhancing Vendor Payment Processes in Insurance OperationsInsurance operations depend on a wide network of vendors, from claims assessors and repairers to technology providers, medical services, legal advisers and…
  9. Building a Standard Chart of Accounts for Australian InsurersA shared chart of accounts gives an insurance group a consistent financial language across subsidiaries, branches, and product lines. When each entity uses…
  10. Deferred Tax Assets When Interest Rates Stay LowLow interest rates can make deferred tax assets harder to assess, even when an insurer or financial services group has a strong balance sheet. The accounting…