The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America's board has approved a set of principles to guide development of international accounting standards.

Jim Olsen, director of insurance accounting, said PCI opposed the “mark-to-model” basis that he believes the International Accounting Standards Board will support.

“Key to our approach is that property and casualty insurance accounting must reflect the way the insurance business is actually conducted,” Mr. Olsen said.

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