PET - Plain English Taxonomy

Attribute: PL15449
Concept:
Label: Total Underwriting Expense
Concept Guidance:
This is the value, during the relevant period, for the relevant period, of any underwriting expenses. This item is determined in accordance with the relevant Accounting Standards. Underwriting expenses includes:- acquisition costs and the results of liability adequacy tests;- levies and charges; and- commission expense (and commission revenue reported as negative). Acquisition costs are incurred in obtaining and recording insurance contracts. They include commission or brokerage paid to agent or brokers for obtaining business for the insurer, selling and underwriting costs such as advertising and risk assessment, the administrative costs of recording policy information and premium collection costs.Liability adequacy test means an assessment of whether the carrying amount of an insurance liability needs to be increased (or the carrying amount of the related deferred acquisition costs or related intangible assets decreased) based on a review of future cash flows. 
Dimensions
Dimension Member Description
(InterRegional)
This dimension categorises the reported data according to transactions that must be removed to eliminate double counting.
The information reported is in relation to inter-regional transactions that must be eliminated in accordance with the relevant Prudential Standard.