December 2018 IASB meeting agenda posted, first potential amendments to IFRS 17 to be discussed

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03 Dec 2018

The IASB has posted the agenda for its next meeting, which will be held at its offices in London on 11-13 December 2018. There are twelve topics on the agenda, most notably the first potential amendments to IFRS 17 'Insurance Contracts'.

Of the list with 25 potential issues around IFRS 17 that were first discussed in October 2018, the staff has grouped 13 into six agenda papers for the meeting. The papers are (all links to the IASB website):

The Staff recommends to amend the requirements in IFRS 17 for the presentation of insurance contracts on the statement of financial position as discussed in AP2A, but not to amend the requirements in IFRS 17 for the other topics discussed in AP2A–2F. 

The full agenda for the meeting can be found here. We will post any updates to the agenda, our comprehensive pre-meeting summaries as well as observer notes from the meeting on this page as they become available.

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