Newsletter – November 2017

Are You Ready for the New Revenue Recognition Standard? Oliver Brooks, CPA, CFO Consulting Partners LLC INTRODUCTION On May 14, 2014 the FASB issued the standard ASC 606 Recognition of Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The FASB issued an Accounting Standards update to the Standard (ASU 2016 -10) in April 2016. The implementation date for… Continue reading Newsletter – November 2017

Newsletter – June 2017

Insurance Company Credit Rating Advisory Practice, Part 2 Marc Liebowitz, CFO Consulting Partners LLC There are three primary drivers of insurance credit ratings: Risk adjusted capital levels Operating results Market profile which is the overall evaluation of strategies, products, underwriting strength and risk diversification. In a previous article, we covered risk adjusted capitalization. Click here… Continue reading Newsletter – June 2017

Newsletter – May 2017

Insurance Company Credit Rating Advisory Practice CFO Consulting Partners has begun to work with insurance companies to help maximize a company’s rating potential. This article is the first of a two-part series which will discuss the credit rating process for insurance companies. Here we discuss how ratings firms look at capital levels, and how management… Continue reading Newsletter – May 2017

Newsletter – March 2017

The New CECL Approach Tom Van Lenten, CPA, CFO Consulting Partners LLC In mid-2016 the FASB issued its long-awaited standard on accounting for credit losses (ASU 2016-13). The new standard adds to US GAAP an impairment model known as the current expected credit loss model or CECL. In a shift from current practice the CECL… Continue reading Newsletter – March 2017

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