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Accounting Standard AASB 2020-5 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Insurance Contracts
3This Standard shall be applied by all entities to all types of financial instruments, except:
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3 This Standard shall be applied by all entities to all types of financial instruments, except:
(d) insurance contracts as defined in contracts within the scope of AASB 17 Insurance Contracts or investment contracts with discretionary participation features within the scope of AASB 17. However, this Standard applies to:
(i) derivatives that are embedded in contracts within the scope of AASB 17, if AASB 9 requires the entity to account for them separately.; and
(ii) investment components that are separated from contracts within the scope of AASB 17, if AASB 17 requires such separation, unless the separated investment component is an investment contract with discretionary participation features.
(iii) an issuer’s rights and obligations arising under insurance contracts that meet the definition of Moreover, an issuer shall apply this Standard to financial guarantee contracts, if the issuer applies AASB 9 in recognising and measuring the contracts. However, the issuer, but shall apply AASB 17 if the issuer elects, in accordance with paragraph 7(e) of AASB 17, to apply AASB 17 in recognising and measuring the contracts them.
(iv) an entity’s rights and obligations that are financial instruments arising under credit card contracts, or similar contracts that provide credit or payment arrangements, that an entity issues that meet the definition of an insurance contract if the entity applies AASB 9 to those rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph 7(h) of AASB 17 and paragraph 2.1(e)(iv) of AASB 9.
(v) an entity’s rights and obligations that are financial instruments arising under insurance contracts that an entity issues that limit the compensation for insured events to the amount otherwise required to settle the policyholder’s obligation created by the contract, if the entity elects, in accordance with paragraph 8A of AASB 17, to apply AASB 9 instead of AASB 17 to such contracts.
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44DD AASB 17, issued in July 2017, amended paragraphs 3, 8 and 29 and deleted paragraph 30. AASB 2020-5 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Insurance Contracts, issued in July 2020, further amended paragraph 3. An entity shall apply those amendments when it applies AASB 17.
AASB 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures (August 2015, as amended, including by AASB 16)
| In the amendments to AASB 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures, paragraphs 3 and 44DD are amended. New text is underlined and deleted text is struck through. |
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3 This Standard shall be applied by all entities to all types of financial instruments, except:
(d) insurance contracts as defined in contracts within the scope of AASB 17 Insurance Contracts or investment contracts with discretionary participation features within the scope of AASB 17. However, this Standard applies to:
(i) derivatives that are embedded in contracts within the scope of AASB 17, if AASB 9 requires the entity to account for them separately.; and
(ii) investment components that are separated from contracts within the scope of AASB 17, if AASB 17 requires such separation, unless the separated investment component is an investment contract with discretionary participation features.
(iii) an issuer’s rights and obligations arising under insurance contracts that meet the definition of Moreover, an issuer shall apply this Standard to financial guarantee contracts, if the issuer applies AASB 9 in recognising and measuring the contracts. However, the issuer, but shall apply AASB 17 if the issuer elects, in accordance with paragraph 7(e) of AASB 17, to apply AASB 17 in recognising and measuring the contracts them.
(iv) an entity’s rights and obligations that are financial instruments arising under credit card contracts, or similar contracts that provide credit or payment arrangements, that an entity issues that meet the definition of an insurance contract if the entity applies AASB 9 to those rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph 7(h) of AASB 17 and paragraph 2.1(e)(iv) of AASB 9.
(v) an entity’s rights and obligations that are financial instruments arising under insurance contracts that an entity issues that limit the compensation for insured events to the amount otherwise required to settle the policyholder’s obligation created by the contract, if the entity elects, in accordance with paragraph 8A of AASB 17, to apply AASB 9 instead of AASB 17 to such contracts.
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44DD AASB 17, issued in July 2017, amended paragraphs 3, 8 and 29 and deleted paragraph 30. AASB 2020-5 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Insurance Contracts, issued in July 2020, further amended paragraph 3. An entity shall apply those amendments when it applies AASB 17.