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Statutory accounting principles

 
Investment Dictionary: Statutory Accounting Principles - SAP

A set of accounting regulations prescribed by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for the preparation of an insuring firm's financial statements.

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Filings prepared using SAP are submitted to individual state regulatory bodies; SAP are regarded as more regulatory and conservative than the GAAP method of preparing financial statements.

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The Statutory Accounting Principles are a set of accounting rules for insurance companies set forth by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. They are used to prepare the statutory financial statements of insurance companies. With minor state-by-state variations, they are the basis for state regulation of insurance company solvency throughout the United States.

The rules are issued as discussion drafts, and public comments are solicited, before they are codified in the NAIC Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual.

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