AFE Exam Dumps : Accredited Financial Examiner

GAAP have two important functions. First, they provide a set of standards that endeavor to measure with reasonable accuracy the assets held, liabilities owed, revenue earned, and expenses incurred by the company. For life insurance companies these measurement rules have been prescribed specifically for their specialized products. The second important function of GAAP is:

________ are contracts with the insurer which provide for periodic payments over a specified period or in specified amounts. In most respects they are administered and accounted for much like supplementary contracts without life contingencies since there are no mortality or morbidity considerations that affect the amount to be paid.

A basic premise underlying the application of is that it is reasonable to assume that plausible relationships among data exist and continue in the absence of known conditions to the contrary.