N.J. Admin. Code § 11:2-26.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 11:2-26.5 - Contents of annual audited financial report

(a) The annual audited financial report shall reflect the financial position of the insurer as of the end of the most recent calendar year and the results of its operations, cash flows and changes in capital and surplus for such calendar year in conformity with statutory accounting practices prescribed, or otherwise permitted, by the Department.

(b) The annual audited financial report shall include:

1. A report of an independent certified public accountant;

2. A balance sheet reporting admitted assets, liabilities, capital and surplus;

3. A statement of operations;

4. A statement of cash flows;

5. A statement of changes in capital and surplus; and

6. Notes to financial statements. These notes shall be those required by the appropriate National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Annual Statement Instructions and the NAIC Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual. The notes shall also include a reconciliation of differences, if any, between the audited statutory financial statements and the annual statement filed pursuant to 17:23-1 and 17B:21-1 with a written description of the nature of these differences.

(c) The financial statements included in the audited financial report shall be prepared in a form and using language and groupings substantially the same as the relevant sections of the annual statement filed with the Commissioner:

1. The financial statement shall be comparative, presenting the amounts as of December 31 of the current year and the amounts as of the immediately preceding December 31. (However, in the first year in which an insurer is required to file an audited financial report, the comparative data may be omitted.)

N.J. Admin. Code § 11:2-26.5

Amended by R.1993 d.68, effective 2/1/1993.
See: 24 N.J.R. 1940(a), 24 N.J.R. 2708(a), 25 N.J.R. 588(a).
NAIC requirements added to (b)6; rounding and combining provisions at (c)2 and 3 deleted.
Amended by R.2001 d.6, effective 1/2/2001.
See: 32 N.J.R. 3530(a), 33 N.J.R. 85(a).
Rewrote (b)6.
Amended by R.2010 d.026, effective 1/19/2010.
See: 41 N.J.R. 3364(a), 42 N.J.R. 486(b).
In (b)6, substituted "National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)" for "NAIC".