ESMA supports the endorsement of IFRS 17 insurance contracts
        
    
            
                ESMA Guidelines and Recommendations
            
    
    
            
            
    
        
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                02 February 2021
            
        
            On 29 January 2021, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its 
response to the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group’s (EFRAG) consultation on its draft advice on the endorsement into European law of the new international accounting standards for insurance contracts (IFRS 17). ESMA supports the endorsement of IFRS 17 which will provide a consistent system of requirements to account for insurance and reinsurance contracts.