Definition of "Eitf 93-6"

Rule adopted by the financial accounting standards board that requires that obligations owed to re-insurers under multiyear insurance contracts must be reported as liabilities by the ceding companies and as assets by the re-insurers. Conversely, if the ceding companies make a profit under the contract, it must report the profit as an asset and the re-insurers must report the profit as a liability.

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