SCHEDULE 3INSURANCE COMPANIES: COMPANIES ACT INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTS

PART 2ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND RULES

SECTION ERULES FOR DETERMINING PROVISIONS

Provisions for claims outstanding

Accounting on a non-annual basis59

1

The figures shown in the technical account or in certain items within it must relate to a year which wholly or partly precedes the financial year (but by no more than 12 months).

2

The amounts of the technical provisions shown in the accounts must if necessary be increased to make them sufficient to meet present and future obligations.

3

The length of time by which the earlier year to which the figures relate precedes the financial year and the magnitude of the transactions concerned must be disclosed in the notes to the accounts.