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Appendix E - Statutory Issue Papers

As expressed in the Statutory Hierarchy of the Preamble, issue papers are considered nonauthoritative literature and provide historical documentation of the discussion behind the origination of new or revised statements of statutory accounting principles (SSAPs). Issue papers are published within Appendix E in the printed product of the Accounting Practices & Procedures Manual (AP&P Manual) the first year after adoption of the related SSAP, and are then removed from the subsequent year's AP&P Manual and posted for public reference on the Statutory Accounting Principles (E) Working Group web page.

IP No.

Title

SSAP Reference

    Original Authoritative Literature Current Authoritative Literature

1

Consolidation of Majority-Owned Subsidiaries

3

3 and 97

2

Definition of Cash

2

2R

3

Accounting Changes

3

3

4

Definition of Assets and Nonadmitted Assets

4

4

5

Definition of Liabilities, Loss Contingencies and
Impairments of Assets

5

5R

6

Amounts Due From Agents and Brokers

6

6

7

Asset Valuation Reserve and Interest Maintenance Reserve

7

7

8

Accounting for Pensions

8

102

9

Subsequent Events

9

9

10

Uncollected Premium Balances

6

6

11

Compensated Absences

11

11

12

Accounting for Drafts Issued and Outstanding

2

2R

13

Employers’ Accounting for Postemployment Benefits

11

11

14

Employers’ Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other
Than Pensions

14

92

16

Electronic Data Processing Equipment and Software

16

16R

17

Preoperating and Research and Development Costs

17

17

19

Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment

19

19

20

Gain Contingencies

5

5R

21

Bills Receivable For Premiums

6

6

22

Leases

22

22

23

Property Occupied by the Company

40

40R

24

Discontinued Operations and Extraordinary Items

24

24

25

Accounting for and Disclosures about Transactions with
Affiliates and Other Related Parties

25

25

26

Bonds, Excluding Loan-Backed and Structured Securities

26

26

27

Disclosure of Information about Financial Instruments with
Concentration of Credit Risk

27

27

28

Short-Term Investments

2

2R

29

Prepaid Expenses (excluding deferred policy acquisition
costs and other underwriting expenses, income taxes and guaranty fund assessments)

29

29

30

Investments in Common Stock (excluding investments in
common stock of subsidiary, controlled, or affiliated entities)

30

30

31

Leasehold Improvements Paid by the Reporting Entity as
Lessee

19

19

32

Investments in Preferred Stock (excluding investments in
preferred stock of subsidiary, controlled, or affiliated entities)

32

32

33

Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments

27

27

34

Investment Income Due and Accrued

34

34

35

Accounting for Guaranty Fund and Other Assessments

35

35R

36

Troubled Debt Restructurings

36

36

37

Mortgage Loans

37

37

38

Acquisition, Development and Construction Arrangements

38

38

39

Reverse Mortgages

39

39

40

Real Estate Investments

40

40R

41

Surplus Notes

41

41R

42

Sale of Premium Receivables

42

42

43

Loan-Backed and Structured Securities

43

43R

44

Capitalization of Interest

44

44

45

Repurchase Agreements, Reverse Repurchase Agreements and Dollar Repurchase Agreements

45

103R

46

Accounting for Investments in Subsidiary, Controlled and
Affiliated Entities

46

97

47

Uninsured Plans

47

47

48

Investments in Joint Ventures, Partnerships and Limited
Liability Companies

48

48

49

Policy Loans

49

49

50

Classifications and Definitions of Insurance or Managed
Care Contracts in Force

50

50

51

Life Contracts

51

51R

52

Deposit-Type Contracts

52

52

53

Property Casualty Contracts–Premiums

53

53

54

Individual and Group Accident and Health Contracts

54

54R

55

Unpaid Claims, Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses

55

55

56

Universal Life-Type Contracts, Policyholder Dividends,
and Coupons

51

51R

57

Title Insurance

57

57

59

Credit Life and Accident and Health Insurance Contracts

59

59

65

Property and Casualty Contracts

65

65

66

Accounting for Retrospectively Rated Contracts

66

66

67

Depreciation of Property and Amortization of Leasehold
Improvements

19

19

68

Business Combinations and Goodwill

68

68

69

Financial Guaranty Insurance

60

60

71

Policy Acquisition Costs and Commissions

71

71

72

Statutory Surplus

72

72

73

Nonmonetary Transactions

28

95

74

Life, Deposit-Type and Accident and Health Reinsurance

61

61R

75

Property and Casualty Reinsurance

62

62R

76

Offsetting and Netting of Assets and Liabilities

64

64

77

Disclosure of Accounting Policies, Risks & Uncertainties,
and Other Disclosures

1

1

78

Employee Stock Ownership Plans

12

12

80

Debt

15

15

81

Foreign Currency Transactions and Translations

23

23

82

Stock Options and Stock Purchase Plans

13

104R

83

Accounting for Income Taxes

10

101

84

Quasi-Reorganizations

72

72

85

Derivative Instruments

27 and 86

27 and 86

86

Securitization

33

103R

87

Other Admitted Assets

21

21

88

Mortgage Guaranty Insurance

58

58

89

Separate Accounts

56

56

90

Nonadmitted Assets

20

20

92

Statement of Cash Flow

69

69

94

Allocation of Expenses

70

70

95

Holding Company Obligations

15

15

96

Other Liabilities

67

67

97

Underwriting Pools and Associations Including
Intercompany Pools

63

63

99

Nonapplicable GAAP Pronouncements

Refer to Appendix D – Nonapplicable GAAP Pronouncements

100

Health Care Delivery Assets—Supplies, Pharmaceuticals
and Surgical Supplies, and Durable Medical Equipment

73

73

101

Health Care Delivery Assets—Furniture, Medical
Equipment and Fixtures, and Leasehold Improvements in Health Care Facilities

73

73

103

Accounting for the Issuance of Insurance-Linked Securities Issued by a Property and Casualty Insurer through a Protected Cell

74

74

104

Reinsurance Deposit Accounting—An Amendment to
SSAP No. 62—Property and Casualty Reinsurance

62R

62R

105

Reporting on the Costs of Start-Up Activities

76

76

106

Real Estate Sales—An Amendment to SSAP No. 40—Real Estate Investments

77

40R

107

Certain Health Care Receivables and Receivables Under
Government Insured Plans

84

84

108

Multiple Peril Crop Insurance

78

78

109

Depreciation of Nonoperating System Software—An
Amendment to SSAP No. 16—Electronic Data
Processing Equipment and Software

79

16R

110

Life Contracts, Deposit-Type Contracts and Separate
Accounts, Amendments to SSAP No. 51—Life Contracts, SSAP No. 52—Deposit-Type Contracts, and SSAP No. 56—Separate Accounts

51, 52, and 56

51R, 52, and 56

111

Software Revenue Recognition

81

16R

112

Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use and Web Site Development Costs

82

16R

113

Mezzanine Real Estate Loans

83

83

114

Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities

86

86

116

Claim Adjustment Expenses, Amendments to SSAP No.
55—Unpaid Claims, Losses and Loss Adjustment
Expenses

85

55

118

Investments in Subsidiary, Controlled and Affiliated
Entities, A Replacement of SSAP No. 46

68 and 97

68 and 97

119

Capitalization Policy, An Amendment to SSAP Nos. 4, 19,
29, 73, 79 and 82

87

4, 19, 29 and 73

121

Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Real Estate
Investments

90

90

122

Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities

91

103R

123

Accounting for Pensions, A Replacement of SSAP No. 8

89

102

124

Treatment of Cash Flows When Quantifying Changes in
Valuation and Impairments, an Amendment of SSAP No. 43

43R

43R

125

Accounting for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Property
Investments

48 and 93

48 and 93

126

Accounting for Transferable State Tax Credits

94

94R

127

Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets, A Replacement of
SSAP No. 28—Nonmonetary Transactions

90 and 95

90 and 95

128

Settlement Requirements for Intercompany Transactions,
An Amendment to SSAP No.25—Accounting for and
Disclosures about Transactions with Affiliates and
Other Related Parties

96

25

129

Share-Based Payment, A Replacement of SSAP No. 13—
Stock Options and Stock Purchase Plans

104

104R

131

Accounting for Certain Securities Subsequent to an Other-
Than-Temporary Impairment

99

26R, 32 and 34

132

Accounting for Pensions, A Replacement of SSAP No. 89

102

102

133

Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than
Pensions, A Replacement of SSAP No. 14

92

92

134

Servicing Assets/Liabilities, An Amendment of SSAP No.
91

91R

103R

135

Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for
Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of
Indebtedness of Others

5R

5R

137

Transfer of Property and Casualty Reinsurance Agreements in Run-Off

62R

62R

138

Fair Value Measurements

100

100

140

Substantive Revisions to SSAP No. 43—Loan-Backed and Structured Securities

43R

43R

141

Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities

103

103R

143R

Guaranty Fund Assessments

35R

35R

144

Substantive Revisions to SSAP No. 91R: Securities
Lending

91R

103R

145

Accounting for Transferable and Non-Transferable State
Tax Credits

94R

94R

146

Share-Based Payments With Non-Employees

104R

104R

147

Working Capital Finance Investments

105

105

148

Affordable Care Act Section 9010 Assessment

35R

106

149

Wholly-Owned Single Real Estate Property in an LLC

40R

40R

150

Accounting for the Risk-Sharing Provisions of the
Affordable Care Act

107

107

151

Valuation for Holders of Surplus Notes

41

41R

152

Short Sales

103

103R

153

Counterparty Reporting Exception for Asbestos and Pollution Contracts

62R

62R

154

Implementation of Principle-Based Reserving

51; 54

51R; 54R

155

Classification of Money Market Mutual Funds as Cash Equivalents

2

2R

156

Bonds

26

26R

157

Use of Net Asset Value

100

100R

158

Unaffiliated Common Stock

30

30R

159

Special Accounting Treatment for Limited Derivatives

108

108

160

Structured Settlements Acquired as Investments

21R

21R

161

Leases

22

22R

162

Property and Casualty Reinsurance Credit

62R

62R

163 Working Capital Finance Investment Updates 105 105R
164 Preferred Stock 32 32R
165 Levelized Commission 71 71
166 Updates to the Definition of an Asset 4 4
167 Derivatives and Hedging 86 86
168 Updates to the Definition of a Liability 5R 5R