GAAP accounting (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles)

These principles, as practised in the UK under the Companies Act, require company accounts to give a true and fair view. There are moves towards a globally accepted GAAP for insurance accounting. GAAP is associated with annual accounting, which by 2005 will supersede the three-year accounting system at Lloyd’s to bring them into line with insurance company accounting. See ANNUAL VENTURE.

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