Point/Counterpoint: Analysts Take Opposing Sides on Proposed Accounting Standards

January 26, 2014

Opinions vary widely among property/casualty insurance experts on the desirability of accounting standards being proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board—even between analysts who work for the same firm.

Alan Zimmermann and William Wilt of Assured Research aired their opposing views in an article, “New Insurance Accounting Standards: What two analysts like and dislike,” originally published on the Assured Research website.