FRS 103 Insurance Contracts

FRS 103 Insurance Contracts

This FRS consolidates existing financial reporting requirements and guidance for insurance contracts. Entities that are applying FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland, whether or not they are ‘insurance companies’, shall also apply this FRS to insurance contracts (including reinsurance contracts) that the entity issues and reinsurance contracts that the entity holds, and to other financial instruments that the entity issues with a discretionary participation feature.

The Table of Differences describes the relationships between UK and Ireland financial reporting standards and IFRS Accounting Standards.

Related impact assessments and feedback statements to the following publications.

Current edition

January 2022

The full edition of the Standard published in January 2022, plus any amendments made subsequently, together constitute the current edition.

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Name FRS 103 Insurance Contracts (January 2022)
Publication date 31 January 2022
Type Standard
Notes These editions of FRS 103 and the accompanying Implementation Guidance update the previous editions issued in March 2018 and reflect the amendments to that edition.
Format PDF, 479.6 KB
Name Amendments to FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland and other FRSs – Periodic Review 2024
Publication date 27 March 2024
Effective from 1 January 2026 (Early application permitted)
Type Amendment
Notes The effective date for a new requirement in Section 6 Transition to this FRS is 1 January 2024.
Format PDF, 31.2 KB
Implementation guidance

The edition of the guidance published in January 2022, plus any amendments made subsequently, together constitute the current edition.

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Name Implementation Guidance to accompany FRS 103 Insurance Contracts (January 2022)
Publication date 31 January 2022
Type Guidance
Format PDF, 1.5 MB
Name Amendments to FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland and other FRSs – Periodic Review 2024
Publication date 27 March 2024
Type Amendment
Format PDF, 31.2 KB

Superseded editions

March 2018
Name FRS 103 Insurance Contracts (March 2018)
Publication date 28 March 2018
Type Standard
Format PDF, 491.1 KB
Name Implementation Guidance to FRS 103 Insurance Contracts (March 2018)
Publication date 28 March 2018
Type Guidance
Format PDF, 349.8 KB
Name Amendments to UK and Republic of Ireland accounting standards - UK exit from the European Union
Publication date 21 December 2020
Effective from 1 January 2021 (Early application permitted)
Type Amendment
Format PDF, 726.6 KB
February 2017
Name FRS 103 Insurance Contracts (Feb 2017)
Publication date 1 February 2017
Type Standard
Format PDF, 489.3 KB
Name Implementation Guidance to accompany FRS 103 Insurance Contracts (Feb 2017)
Publication date 1 February 2017
Type Guidance
Format PDF, 347.1 KB
Name Letter from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to the FRC – Solvency II clarification
Publication date 3 February 2017
Type Letter
Format PDF, 98.0 KB
March 2014
Name FRS 103 Insurance Contracts (Mar 2014)
Publication date 20 March 2014
Type Standard
Format PDF, 521.0 KB
Name Implementation Guidance to accompany FRS 103 Insurance Contracts (Mar 2014)
Publication date 20 March 2014
Type Guidance
Format PDF, 378.8 KB
Name Amendments to FRS 103 Insurance Contracts – Solvency II
Publication date 26 May 2016
Type Amendment
Format PDF, 369.0 KB
Name Triennial review 2017 amendments
Publication date 14 December 2017
Type Amendment
Format PDF, 790.8 KB