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AASB 17 Insurance Contracts - July 2017
88In applying paragraph 87A(b), unless paragraph 89 applies, an entity shall make an accounting policy choice between:
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88 In applying paragraph 87A(b), unless paragraph 89 applies, an entity shall make an accounting policy choice between:
(a) including insurance finance income or expenses for the period in profit or loss; or
(b) disaggregating insurance finance income or expenses for the period to include in profit or loss an amount determined by a systematic allocation of the expected total insurance finance income or expenses over the duration of the group of contracts, applying paragraphs B130–B133.
89 In applying paragraph 87A(b), for insurance contracts with direct participation features, for which the entity holds the underlying items, an entity shall make an accounting policy choice between:
(a) including insurance finance income or expenses for the period in profit or loss; or
(b) disaggregating insurance finance income or expenses for the period to include in profit or loss an amount that eliminates accounting mismatches with income or expenses included in profit or loss on the underlying items held, applying paragraphs B134–B136.
90 If an entity chooses the accounting policy set out in paragraph 88(b) or in paragraph 89(b), it shall include in other comprehensive income the difference between the insurance finance income or expenses measured on the basis set out in those paragraphs and the total insurance finance income or expenses for the period.