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Blanks (E) Working Group

2024 Membership

2025 Proposed Charges

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 NAIC 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 NAIC blanks and instructions to adopted NAIC 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 NAIC 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 NAIC 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.

2024 Adopted Charges

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 NAIC to promote uniformity in the 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 NAIC blanks and instructions to adopted NAIC policies.
    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 NAIC to ensure proper implementation of reporting and instructions changes as proposed by these task forces.
  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 NAIC 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.

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Mary Caswell
Senior Manager – Data Quality
816-783-8409
Blanks (E) Working Group 
Financial Reporting

Jill Youtsey
Manager - FDR Data Quality 
816-783-8419
Annual/Quarterly Statement Instructions Publication

Julie Gann
Assistant Director - Solvency Policy
816-783-8966

Linda Hunsucker
Senior Insurance Reporting Analyst
816-783-8404
State Filing Checklists
Annual/Quarterly Statement Blanks Publication

Please see the current Committee List for a complete list of committee members.