{"schema_version":2,"canonical_url":"https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/505/944/","source":"FASB Accounting Standards Codification, Basic View","usage":"Study and research edition. Verify current requirements with the official source. Summaries, enrichment, and tags are machine-generated study aids. Paragraph html preserves source markup; snippet is abbreviated. Pending content is not necessarily effective.","number":"505-944","topic":"505","title":"Financial Services—Insurance","area":"Equity","paragraphs":10,"summary":"This Subtopic sets the equity-related disclosure requirements for insurance entities, focusing on statutory capital and surplus and how statutory accounting practices constrain dividends. Entities must disclose statutory capital and surplus, the amount needed to meet regulatory requirements, and restrictions on retained earnings available for dividends (505-944-50-1). When state-prescribed or permitted statutory accounting practices differ from NAIC statutory accounting practices and produce a significantly different statutory surplus or risk-based capital, the entity must describe the practice and quantify its monetary effect on statutory surplus (505-944-50-2 through 50-3).","concepts":["statutory capital and surplus","prescribed statutory accounting practices","permitted statutory accounting practices","naic statutory accounting practices","risk-based capital","dividend restrictions","restricted retained earnings","insurance regulatory disclosure"],"categories":["Disclosure","Industry-specific","Debt and equity","Financial statement presentation"],"level":"intermediate","topic_title":"Equity","sections":[{"number":"05","label":"05 Overview and Background","anchor":"05-overview-and-background","is_sec":false,"groups":[{"block":null,"heading":null,"paragraphs":[{"citation":"505-944-05-1","para":"05-1","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"norm-text\">This Subtopic provides guidance to insurance entities on disclosures about equity and related <a href=\"/glossary/s/#statutory-accounting-practices\" class=\"term\" title=\"Accounting principles required by statute, regulation, or rule, or permitted by specific approval, that an insurance entity is required to follow when submitting its financial statements to state insurance departments.\"><span>statutory accounting practices</span></a>. For a background discussion of statutory accounting practices, see Section <a altsource=\"GUID-BD7022C4-878A-4AD6-A882-2F7C43CDD717.ditamap\" class=\"ditamap\">944-20-05</a>.</div></div>","snippet":"This Subtopic provides guidance to insurance entities on disclosures about equity and related statutory accounting practices. 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id=\"sfr_0607DBA0-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Insurance entities shall disclose in their financial statements </span></span><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0607DD69-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">all of the following information relating to stockholders' equity, statutory capital and surplus, and the effects of <a href=\"/glossary/s/#statutory-accounting-practices\" class=\"term\" title=\"Accounting principles required by statute, regulation, or rule, or permitted by specific approval, that an insurance entity is required to follow when submitting its financial statements to state insurance departments.\"><span>statutory accounting practices</span></a> on the entity's ability to pay dividends to stockholders: </span></span><ol class=\"ol-norm\"><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">a</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0607DEDF-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">The amount of statutory capital and surplus </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">b</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0607E03E-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">The amount of statutory capital and surplus necessary to satisfy regulatory requirements (based on the entity's current operations) if significant in relation to the entity's statutory capital and surplus </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">c</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0607E1BB-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">The nature of statutory restrictions on the payment of dividends and the amount of retained earnings that is not available for the payment of dividends to stockholders. </span></span></div></li></ol></div></div>","snippet":"Insurance entities shall disclose in their financial statements all of the following information relating to stockholders' equity, statutory capital and surplus, and the effects of statutory accounting practices on the e…","pending":false,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:4a1b488e10f22a6f39002fb20b7b0c2d69284925f59735a034d9dc050bacf2ab","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T00:40:34.862Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T00:40:34.862Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147477908","source_sha256":"a81c79a10b48a9977a83aa33d22c311a649ccccc3161c0002e38a513e1c0a4e1"}},{"citation":"505-944-50-2","para":"50-2","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"norm-text\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0607E313-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">The disclosure requirements beginning in the following paragraph apply to annual and complete sets of interim financial statements prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). </span></span><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0607E482-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">The disclosures in the following paragraph shall be made if both of the following conditions are met: </span></span><ol class=\"ol-norm\"><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">a</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0607E5F4-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">The use of prescribed or permitted statutory accounting practices (individually or in the aggregate) results in reported statutory surplus or risk-based capital that is significantly different from the statutory surplus or risk-based capital that would have been reported had National Association of Insurance Commissioners' statutory accounting practices been followed. </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">b</span><div class=\"p\">Either of the following conditions is met:</div><ol class=\"ol-norm\"><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">1</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0607E75D-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">State-prescribed statutory accounting practices differ from National Association of Insurance Commissioners' statutory accounting practices. </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">2</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0607E8C2-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Permitted state statutory accounting practices differ from either state-prescribed statutory accounting practices or National Association of Insurance Commissioners' statutory accounting practices. </span></span></div></li></ol></li></ol></div></div>","snippet":"The disclosure requirements beginning in the following paragraph apply to annual and complete sets of 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The disclosu…","pending":false,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:bf4ef9ddf6dfcdb48691dab7761df3de51ab8d80fe3ea5688c40ee2802eded2f","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T00:40:34.862Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T00:40:34.862Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147477908","source_sha256":"a81c79a10b48a9977a83aa33d22c311a649ccccc3161c0002e38a513e1c0a4e1"}},{"citation":"505-944-50-3","para":"50-3","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"norm-text\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0607EA22-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">If the criteria in the preceding paragraph are met, insurance entities shall disclose both of the following at the date each financial statement is presented: </span></span><ol class=\"ol-norm\"><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">a</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0607EB91-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">A description of the prescribed or permitted statutory accounting practice </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">b</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0607ECFC-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">The related monetary effect on statutory surplus of using an accounting practice that differs from either state-prescribed statutory accounting practices or National Association of Insurance Commissioners' statutory accounting practices. </span></span></div></li></ol></div></div>","snippet":"If the criteria in the preceding paragraph are met, insurance entities shall disclose both of the following at the date each financial statement is presented:\n(a) A description of the prescribed or permitted statutory 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class=\"sfragment-source\">if the entity prepares U.S. GAAP financial statements: </span></span><ol class=\"ol-norm\"><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">a</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0607F13F-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">A U.S. insurance entity </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">b</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0607F28A-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">A U.S. entity with a U.S. insurance subsidiary </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">c</span><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0607F3DF-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">A foreign entity with a U.S. insurance subsidiary. </span></span></div></li></ol></div></div>","snippet":"The disclosures in the preceding paragraph shall be applied by all of the following entities if the entity prepares U.S. GAAP 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<span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0618E152-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">This Example illustrates disclosures that an insurance entity could make to meet the requirements of paragraphs <div class=\"xref-range displayInline\"><a href=\"/asc/505/944/#505-944-50-2\" class=\"xref\">944-505-50-2 through 50-6</a></div>. </span></span> <ul class=\"ul simple\" id=\"d3e24934-158530__GUID-3DF74098-8435-45AF-B783-127506917BC7\"> <li class=\"li\" id=\"d3e24934-158530__SL6350834-158530\"> <div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0618E2B3-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Note X. Statutory Accounting Practices </span></span> </div> </li> <li class=\"li\" id=\"d3e24934-158530__SL6350835-158530\"> <div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0618E3D1-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">The Entity's statutory financial statements are presented on the basis of accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the [state of domicile] Insurance Department. [State of domicile] has adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' statutory accounting practices as the basis of its statutory accounting practices, except that it has retained the prescribed practice of writing off goodwill immediately to statutory surplus in the year of acquisition. </span></span> </div> </li> <li class=\"li\" id=\"d3e24934-158530__SL6350836-158530\"> <div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0618E4F8-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">In addition, the commissioner of [state of domicile] Insurance Department has the right to permit other specific practices that may deviate from prescribed practices. The commissioner has permitted the Entity to record its home office property at estimated fair value instead of at depreciated cost, as required by National Association of Insurance Commissioners' statutory accounting practices. This accounting practice increased statutory capital and surplus by $2.5 million and $2.3 million at December 31, 20X2 and 20X1, respectively, over what it would have been had the permitted practice not been allowed. The Entity's statutory capital and surplus, including the effects of the permitted practice, was $30.0 million and $27.9 million at December 31, 20X2 and 20X1, respectively. </span></span> </div> </li> <li class=\"li\" id=\"d3e24934-158530__SL6350837-158530\"> <div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0618E60E-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Had the Entity amortized its goodwill over 10 years and recorded its home office property at depreciated cost, in accordance with National Association of Insurance Commissioners' statutory accounting practices, the Entity's capital and surplus would have been $29.9 million and $27.7 million at December 31, 20X2, and 20X1, respectively. </span></span> </div> </li> <li class=\"li\" id=\"d3e24934-158530__SL6350838-158530\"> </ul> </div> </div>","snippet":"This Example illustrates disclosures that an insurance entity could make to meet the requirements of paragraphs 944-505-50-2 through 50-6.\nNote X. 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Statutory Accounting Practices </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li\" id=\"d3e24955-158530__SL6350840-158530\"><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0618E869-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">The Entity's statutory financial statements are presented on the basis of accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the [state of domicile] Insurance Department. [State of domicile] has adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' statutory accounting practices as the basis of its statutory accounting practices, except that it has retained the prescribed practice of writing off goodwill immediately to statutory surplus in the year of acquisition. </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li\" id=\"d3e24955-158530__SL6350841-158530\"><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0618E981-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">In addition, the commissioner of the [state of domicile] Insurance Department has the right to permit other specific practices that may deviate from prescribed practices. The commissioner has permitted the Entity to record its home office property at estimated fair value instead of at depreciated cost, as required by National Association of Insurance Commissioners' statutory accounting practices. </span></span></div></li><li class=\"li\" id=\"d3e24955-158530__SL6350842-158530\"><div class=\"p\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0618EA8C-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">The monetary effect on statutory capital and surplus of using accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the [state of domicile] Insurance Department is as follows. </span></span></div><ul class=\"ul simple\" id=\"d3e24955-158530__GUID-9F781879-C209-4F89-A2C1-5D94D0E64DD8\"><li class=\"li\" id=\"d3e24955-158530__SL6350843-158530\"><div class=\"p\"><div class=\"fig figure fignone\" id=\"d3e24955-158530__tbl-d3e24979\"><img src=\"/asc-img/GUID-C6E3075C-7E04-4174-B659-ECECD8B4DD3C-low.gif\" altsource=\"GUID-C6E3075C-7E04-4174-B659-ECECD8B4DD3C-low.gif\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_0618F021-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\"></span></span><div class=\"figcaption\"> December 31 20X2 20X1 $m $m Statutory capital and surplus per statutory financial statements $30.0 $27.9 Effect of permitted practice of recording home office property at estimated fair value (2.5) (2.3) Effect of [state of domicile's] prescribed practice of immediate write-off of goodwill(a) 2.4 2.1 Statutory capital and surplus in accordance with the NAIC statutory accounting practices $29.9 $27.7 (a)\tThis amount compared to the prior year reflects the net impact of an additional year's amortization and the fact that admitted goodwill is based on the level of statutory capital and surplus and thus can fluctuate. </div></div></div></li></ul></li></ul></div> </div>","snippet":"This Example illustrates alternative disclosures that an insurance entity could make to meet the requirements of paragraphs 944-505-50-2 through 50-6.\nNote X. 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Entities must disclose statutory capital and surplus, the amount needed to meet regulatory requirements, and restrictions on retained earnings available for dividends (505-944-50-1). When state-prescribed or permitted statutory accounting practices differ from NAIC statutory accounting practices and produce a significantly different statutory surplus or risk-based capital, the entity must describe the practice and quantify its monetary effect on statutory surplus (505-944-50-2 through 50-3).","key_points":["Insurance entities must disclose the amount of statutory capital and surplus, the amount necessary to satisfy regulatory requirements if significant in relation to statutory capital and surplus, and the nature of statutory dividend restrictions plus retained earnings unavailable for dividends (505-944-50-1).","The prescribed/permitted practice disclosures apply to annual and complete sets of interim GAAP financial statements, and are triggered only if the practices cause a significant difference in reported statutory surplus or risk-based capital versus NAIC statutory accounting practices AND state-prescribed or permitted practices differ from NAIC (or state-prescribed) practices (505-944-50-2).","If triggered, the entity discloses at each financial statement date a description of the prescribed or permitted statutory accounting practice and the related monetary effect on statutory surplus (505-944-50-3).","These disclosures apply to a U.S. insurance entity, a U.S. entity with a U.S. insurance subsidiary, and a foreign entity with a U.S. insurance subsidiary that prepares U.S. GAAP financial statements (505-944-50-4).","A foreign insurance entity without a U.S. insurance subsidiary that prepares (or is included in a parent's consolidated) U.S. GAAP financial statements must disclose permitted regulatory accounting practices that significantly differ from its regulator's prescribed practices and their monetary effects (505-944-50-5).","If risk-based capital would have triggered a regulatory event but for a permitted practice, that fact must be disclosed (505-944-50-6).","Section 55 illustrates compliant note disclosures (e.g., immediate goodwill write-off as a prescribed practice and carrying home office property at fair value as a permitted practice, with quantified surplus effects) (505-944-55-1 through 55-2)."],"categories":["Disclosure","Industry-specific","Debt and equity","Financial statement presentation"],"audience_level":"intermediate","student_note":"Remember this is a disclosure-only subtopic: statutory accounting (SAP) is not GAAP, but GAAP financial statements of insurers must reveal SAP-based surplus and the dividend limits it imposes. 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