Accounts of Insurance Companies


The insurance companies prepare final accounts periodically to determine their profits or losses.From the accounting point of view, the business of insurance may be divided into two,
1. Life insurance business, and
2. General Insurance Business

The major income of insurance companies is premium. The other sources of income may be in interest or 'dividends on investments, rent earned from properties let out etc. The major expenses of the insurance companies may be the settlement of claims, surrenders, annuities, bonus payments, commission paid to insurance companies and other taxes paid by the insurance company etc.The real gain is then a certain amount of the "Reserve for Unexpired Risks"

Books for Maintenance of Accounts

Insurance companies are required to keep up two types of books for the purpose of maintenence of accounts. Statutory Books and Subsidiary Books

1. Statutory Books 

 Statutory books comprise three registers which have to be statutorily maintained by the insurance companies

a. Register of Policies: -
It contains the particulars in respect of each policy issued by the insurer such as Tame of the policyholder, date of the policy etc.

 b. Register of Claims:-
 This register contains the particulars of each clairm like the date of claim, name and address of claimant etc. 

 c. Register of Licensed Insurance Agents: -
It contains the particulars of various insurance agents, their names, occupations, addresses, number of license, commission due to every agent etc.

2. Subsidiary Books 

subsidary Books are maintained on the basis of the magnitude of the business and the convenience of the concern, some of the important among them are; registration of proposals, premium registration, cash receipt register, general cash book, commission register etc.

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