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When they aren’t used up or expired, these payments show up on an insurance company’s balance sheet. This includes policies providing only nursing home care, home health care, community based care, or any combination.<\/p>\n
If you prepay for a period of time on your business insurance policy, this payment is a type of asset, or something you own. This prepayment has value because it frees you from having to make additional payments during the period for which you have prepaid, and if you cancel your policy or close your business, you should be able to get your prepaid premiums refunded. For this reason, prepaid insurance plays a part in the equation showing your company’s net worth, which is the subject of your balance sheet.<\/p>\n
Covered Lives – The total number of lives insured, including dependents, under individual policies and group certificates. Contract Reserves – reserves set up when, due to the gross premium structure, the future benefits exceed the future net premium. Continuation of Care Requirement – statutory or contractual provision requiring providers to deliver care to an enrollee for some period following the date of a Health Plan Company’s insolvency. Conditions – requirements specified in the insurance contract that must be upheld by the insured to qualify for indemnification. Community Rating – a rating system where standard rating is established and usually adjusted within specific guidelines for each group on the basis of anticipated utilization by the group’s employees.<\/p>\n
Premiums paid for an insurance policy that help cover the earnings lost due to a sickness or disability or life insurance policy can\u2019t typically be written off as a deduction. The amount you pay to set up a self-insured reserve also won\u2019t be considered a business expense. The bottom line is that in order for a shareholder to claim an above-the-line deduction, the health insurance premiums must ultimately be paid by the S corporation and must be reported as taxable compensation in the shareholder’s W-2.<\/p>\n
Insurance companies typically use statutory accounting as opposed to generally accepted accounting principles accounting to calculate their expense ratios, as statutory accounting yields more conservative ratios. Julia Kagan has written about personal finance for more than 25 years and for Investopedia since 2014. The former editor of Consumer Reports, she is an expert in credit and debt, retirement planning, home ownership, employment issues, and insurance. She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College (A.B., history) and has an MFA in creative nonfiction from Bennington College. Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee (“DTTL”), its network of member firms, and their related entities. DTTL and each of its member firms are legally separate and independent entities. DTTL (also referred to as “Deloitte Global”) does not provide services to clients.<\/p>\n
A journal entry is posted for the amounts received from insurance companies by crediting the actual figures of lost assets against which we claimed insurance. If the insurance company accepts our claims after a thorough investigation of the loss, we can record them as debtors.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
As per general accounting norms, insurance expense is the cost of insurance that has been used, incurred & relevant period that has been expired. Insurance means an assurance provided by one person to another to make good the loss if incurred.<\/p>\n