IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts: Implementation & Reporting in Practice
IFRS 17 did not change insurance economics — it made them visible, and visibility is what insurers are still learning to manage.
Format
Classroom · Live Virtual
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Years after its effective date, IFRS 17 is still where insurance finance teams struggle: measurement models chosen once and lived with, a contractual service margin that behaves in ways boards do not expect, and disclosures that expose profitability patterns the old standard buried. This programme works the standard in practice — the general model, premium allocation approach and variable fee approach applied to realistic portfolios; the CSM rolled forward through the cases that confuse; reinsurance held; and the reporting layer: KPIs, analyst questions and the reconciliations auditors test first. For finance, actuarial and audit professionals who live with the standard rather than read about it.
What you will do
Who attends
Insurance finance and reporting teams; actuaries working the IFRS 17 engine; internal and external auditors of insurers; supervisors and analysts reading IFRS 17 statements.
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.The measurement models
- The general model: fulfilment cash flows, risk adjustment, CSM
- PAA eligibility and its quiet traps; VFA for participating business
- Level of aggregation: groups, cohorts and the onerous test
II.The engine room
- CSM roll-forward: unlocking, coverage units, the cases that confuse
- Reinsurance held: mismatches managed, not suffered
- Discount rates and the OCI option: policy choices with long shadows
III.The reporting layer
- Statements and disclosures: what they now reveal about the book
- KPIs under IFRS 17: CSM release, new business, experience
- The audit and supervisor conversations, prepared
Frequently asked
Do the programmes cover reinsurance and underwriting discipline?
Yes — the insurance curriculum includes advanced reinsurance, underwriting portfolio management, captives and alternative risk transfer, business interruption and specialty lines such as project cargo. Participants leave able to structure a reinsurance programme, steer an underwriting portfolio by its numbers, and price the risks their market actually writes.
Is there content on risk management and finance for insurers specifically?
Yes. Dedicated programmes cover market and liquidity risk management for insurers, enterprise risk management, running effective risk workshops, and finance for insurance professionals. The material is written for insurers’ balance sheets, not adapted from banking slides.
Can a programme be run privately inside our company?
Yes. Every BIZENIUS programme is available in-house, tailored to your lines of business, your market and your regulatory context, in English or French. Insurers often use private editions to put underwriting, claims and risk teams through the same casework together.
In which languages and formats do the insurance programmes run?
English and French, in classroom, live virtual and hybrid formats. BIZENIUS delivers from Dubai and Bangalore and on client sites, having served 150+ client organisations across 45+ countries on four continents.
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