Net Premiums Earned

Net Premiums earned is identified as the adjustment of net percentage for the decrease and increase of the company’s accountability for unearned premiums throughout the year. Whenever an insurance company’s industry multiplies from year to year, the earned percentages usually are less than that of the premiums written. With the amplified volume, the premiums will be considered as fully paid in the inception of the plan, in order that, at the closing stages of the of a calendar cycle, the business company must be setting up premiums which represents the unexpired duration of the plan. On a declining volume, the reverse is quite true.

At the outset, premium can be categorized as written, unearned or earned. Written premium is percentage being registered in the books of a re-insurer or insurer at the duration when a policy is issued and being paid for. Premium intended for a prospect exposure period is alleged to be unearned premium in an individual policy, written premiums less the unearned premium is equivalent to the earned premium. The earned premium is profit for the accounting phase, while unearned premium becomes earning in a prospect accounting period.

On the other hand, whenever a non-life insurance business company secures a contract in order to offer insurance aligned with loss, the revenues or the premiums anticipated to be obtained over the life of the agreement are called “gross premiums written”. Insurance business companies at often times acquire re-insurance so as to guard themselves from the risk of a certain loss on top of a particular threshold; the expense of re-insurance or re-insurance premiums is subtracted from the gross payment written in order to reach at the “net premiums written”.

Underneath the accrual basis in accounting, only revenues affecting the relevant accounting stage are acknowledged as revenues. These premiums are identified as “Net Premiums Earned”.

Considerably, the complete casualty and property, accident, health and surety policies being written by several insurance companies are eligible as short duration agreement. It is also recognized in profits on a pro-rata basis above the term of the relevant policies

Nevertheless, for particular policies, the written premium is distinguished in earnings above the duration of risk in comparison to the sum total of insurance risk as provided. Unearned premium signifies the portion of payment written that connects to the unexpired duration of exposure. The premium for profitable title insurance as well as group life plans is even recognized in merit whenever the premium is due and demandable. Whenever the limitation which is under a specified surplus of loss re-insurance level has been consumed, the premium is expensed effectively for that limitation and defers, amortize the replacement premium above the remaining duration of risk. The direct expenses is deferred so as to underwrite insurance plans, minus the amounts being reimbursed by the reinsurers and then credits or charge the expenses to the earnings in proportionate to the premium earned. These plan acquisition costs would include the underwriter’s bonuses, salaries, fees, commissions, taxes and some other direct underwriting expenses.

Current and historical loss adjustment costs experience and expected investment earning are considered in establishing premium shortages and the regain of the deferred plan acquisition costs.