보험산업의 분기손익 조정에 관한 연구

Abstract

This paper analyzed how the unique accounting method and accounting environment of insurer different from non-financial companies affect earnings pattern of quarterly earnings by focusing on the settling-up effect using data from the past 34 quarters of domestic insurers. And the analysis was conducted by testing whether 4th quarter's degree of response between sales and expenses differs from other quarters. As a result of the analysis, it was found that the settling-up effect occurred in the insurance industry and these effect tended to be differentiated in the 4th quarter compared to interim quarters, and this differentiation was intensifying in the non-life insurance industry. These results are interpreted to be due to the difference between in interim and annual statements and the use of cash and accrual base accounting. In addition, this is interpreted to be more pronounced in the non-life insurance industry, where the complexity of payment process and the probability of earnings managements related to the loss reserves are high. The results are significant in that it compares and analyzed the characteristics of insurance accounting information in the transitional stage of converting to full accrual basis with the adoption of IFRS 17 and predicts changes in insurance accounting information.