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Blanks (E) Working Group

2025 Membership (PDF)

2026 Proposed Charges

  1. The Blanks (E) Working Group will:
    1. Consider improvements and revisions to the various annual/quarterly statement blanks to:
      1. Conform these blanks to changes made in other areas of the 海角论坛 to promote uniformity in reporting of financial information by insurers.
      2. Develop reporting formats for other entities subject to the jurisdiction of state insurance departments.
      3. Conform the various 海角论坛 blanks and instructions to adopted 海角论坛 policy.
      4. Oversee the development of additional reporting formats within the existing annual financial statements as needs are identified.
    2. Continue to monitor state filing checklists to maintain current filing requirements.
    3. Continue to monitor and improve the quality of financial data filed by insurance companies by recommending improved or additional language for the Annual Statement Instructions.
    4. Continue to monitor and review all proposals necessary for the implementation of statutory accounting guidance to ensure proper implementation of any action taken by the Accounting Practices and Procedures (E) Task Force affecting annual financial statements and/or instructions.
    5. Continue to coordinate with other task forces of the 海角论坛 to ensure proper implementation of reporting and instructions changes as proposed by these taskforces.
    6. Coordinate with the applicable task forces and working groups as needed to avoid duplication of reporting within the annual and quarterly statement blanks.
    7. Consider proposals presented that would address duplication in reporting, eliminate data elements, financial schedules and disclosures that are no longer needed, and coordinate with other 海角论坛 task forces and working groups if applicable, to ensure revised reporting still meets the needs of regulators.
    8. Review requests for investment schedule blanks and instructions changes in connection with the work being performed by the Capital Adequacy (E) Task Force and its working groups.
    9. Review changes requested by the Valuation of Securities (E) Task Force relating to its work on other invested assets reporting for technical consistency within the& investment reporting schedules and instructions.

2025 Charges

  1. The Blanks (E) Working Group will:
    1. Consider improvements and revisions to the various annual/quarterly statement blanks to:
      1. Conform these blanks to changes made in other areas of the 海角论坛 to promote uniformity in reporting of financial information by insurers.
      2. Develop reporting formats for other entities subject to the jurisdiction of state insurance departments.
      3. Conform the various 海角论坛 blanks and instructions to adopted 海角论坛 policy.
      4. Oversee the development of additional reporting formats within the existing annual financial statements as needs are identified.
    2. Continue to monitor state filing checklists to maintain current filing requirements.
    3. Continue to monitor and improve the quality of financial data filed by insurance companies by recommending improved or additional language for the Annual Statement Instructions.
    4. Continue to monitor and review all proposals necessary for the implementation of statutory accounting guidance to ensure proper implementation of any action taken by the Accounting Practices and Procedures (E) Task Force affecting annual financial statements and/or instructions.
    5. Continue to coordinate with other task forces of the 海角论坛 to ensure proper implementation of reporting and instructions changes as proposed by these taskforces.
    6. Coordinate with the applicable task forces and working groups as needed to avoid duplication of reporting within the annual and quarterly statement blanks.
    7. Consider proposals presented that would address duplication in reporting, eliminate data elements, financial schedules and disclosures that are no longer needed, and coordinate with other 海角论坛 task forces and working groups if applicable, to ensure revised reporting still meets the needs of regulators.
    8. Review requests for investment schedule blanks and instructions changes in connection with the work being performed by the Capital Adequacy (E) Task Force and its working groups.
    9. Review changes requested by the Valuation of Securities (E) Task Force relating to its work on other invested assets reporting for technical consistency within the investment reporting schedules and instructions.
Upcoming Meeting
Blanks (E) Working Group

Public Webex Meeting
Thursday, March 05, 2026
12:00 PM ET, 11:00 AM CT, 10:00 AM MT, 9:00 AM PT
Expected Duration: 1 hour

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Blanks (E) Working Group

Public Webex Meeting
Thursday, March 05, 2026
12:00 PM ET, 11:00 AM CT, 10:00 AM MT, 9:00 AM PT
Expected Duration: 1 hour

Blanks (E) Working Group
Items Received for Comment

Last Updated December 17, 2025

Please address comment letters to Roy Eft, Chair of the Blanks (E) Working Group, and direct to 海角论坛 support staff, Mary Caswell and Jill Youtsey.

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Comment Deadline

2025-17BWG Add an annual general interrogatory that indicates the method used for reporting residuals and update Notes to Financials (Note 1C6 and 5D) for consistent reporting between SSAP No. 26, SSAP No. 43, and SSAP No. 21.

2/6/2026

2025-18BWG Add instructions for Health General Interrogatory 10.21 through 10.24 to add clarifying instructions and an example to the Health General Interrogatory Part 2 Instructions. Also add a crosscheck from the general interrogatory to Exhibit 7, Part 1.

2/6/2026

2025-19BWG Add a code of 鈥淪鈥 to the Active Status column on Schedule T to identify if a license has been suspended.

2/6/2026

2025-20BWG Update Schedule D, Part 6, Section 1, reporting categories and Asset Valuation Reserve lines to update the classification of investment subsidiaries.

2/6/2026

2025-21BWG Revise the definition of Accepted Actuarial Designation based on the Actuarial Opinion Working Group鈥檚 assessment of the educational materials of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), completed in 2025. See proposal for full description of change.

2/6/2026

2025-22BWG Add an electronic-only column to Schedule D, Part 1, Section 1 and 2; Schedule D, Part 2, Sections 1 and 2; Schedule BA; Schedule DA; and Schedule E, Part 2, to identify whether the investment is publicly registered, Rule 144, private placement security, or not applicable. Add a new part to Note 5 鈥 Investments to report the total book adjusted carrying value, fair value (with fair values determined by level 2 and level 3 reported), the total amount of aggregate deferred interest and paid-in-kind interest, and the total BACV supported by private letter ratings.

2/6/2026

2025-23BWG Update the Separate Account Assets page by adding a 鈥淣onadmitted Assets鈥 and 鈥淣et Admitted General Account Assets.鈥 Add a new line on the Separate Account Summary of Operations for 鈥淐hange in Nonadmitted Assets鈥 within the surplus account. Insert a new page, 鈥淓xhibit of Nonadmitted Assets,鈥 that details the current and prior total nonadmitted assets and the change in nonadmitted assets.

2/6/2026

2025-24BWG Update Notes to Financials, Note 18B 鈥 ASC Plans, for the disclosure clarifications in SSAP No. 47鈥擴ninsured Plans.

2/6/2026

2025-25BWG Update Notes to Financials, Note 2 鈥 Accounting Changes and Corrections of Errors, by adding the reference to VM-20: Requirements for Principles Based Reserves for Life Products.

2/6/2026

2025-26BWG Update the annual statement expense categories and instructions to remove outdated expense terminology and update to reflect the current types of expenses that exist for companies.

2/6/2026

2025-27BWG Add a section to Life/Fraternal Asset Valuation Reserve (AVR) to report Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs). Also, add a footnote to Schedule D, Part 1, Section 2, to report the book adjusted carrying value by 海角论坛 designation for CLOs.

2/6/2026

2025-28BWG Add two investment characteristics categories to the annual Schedule A, Part 1, to clarify if an investment is owned by a qualifying statutory trust. Also, update the annual and quarterly Schedule B instructions for reporting guidance for mortgages held in qualifying investments in statutory trusts and to add loan type codes to identify the mortgage loans.

2/6/2026

2025-29BWG Update Investment Schedules General Instructions restricted asset codes to add codes that were previously added to Notes to Financials, Note 5L 鈥 Restricted Assets, for reporting funds withheld and modco arrangements.

2/6/2026

2025-30BWG Update Notes to Financials, Note 12 鈥 Retirement Plans, Deferred Compensation, Postemployment Benefits and Compensated Absences and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, to clarify reporting retirement plan assets at net asset value (NAV).

2/6/2026

 

 

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Jill Youtsey
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