FASB delays, eases early adoption for long-duration insurance standard
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Kyle Brasseur2020-11-06T21:10:00
The Financial Accounting Standards Board finalized an update to its standard on accounting for long-duration contracts at insurance companies that will delay the effective date by one year and ease compliance burdens for early adopters.
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