US GAAP - Insurance Entities (US-GAAP-INS) Taxonomy

Explanatory Note

 Summary Information
 This is the home page of the US GAAP - Insurance Entities Taxonomy.  Below is summary information for this taxonomy:

Status

Final

XBRL version

XBRL Specification 2.1 dated 2003-12-31

Release Type

Approved

Date issued

2005-02-28 (28 February 2005)

Issued by

XBRL-US

Name

US GAAP - Insurance Entities

Description

This financial reporting taxonomy is intended to provide element relationships that will allow insurance entities that conform to US GAAP to tag financial statements in XBRL.

Namespace identifier

http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/gaap/ins/2005-02-28

Recommended namespace prefix

us-gaap-ins

Relationship to other XBRL taxonomies

This taxonomy imports key elements of the United States (US) Financial Reporting (FR) Taxonomy Framework in order to create an industry-level taxonomy for insurance entities.

Click here to view a graphical representation of how this taxonomy fits into the US Financial Reporting Taxonomy Framework

Physical location of taxonomy components

http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/gaap/ins/2005-02-28/us-gaap-ins-2005-02-28.xsd (Schema)

http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/gaap/ins/2005-02-28/us-gaap-ins-2005-02-28-label.xml (Labels linkbase)

http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/gaap/ins/2005-02-28/us-gaap-ins-2005-02-28-presentation.xml  (Presentation linkbase)

http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/gaap/ins/2005-02-28/us-gaap-ins-2005-02-28-calculation.xml  (Presentation linkbase)

Explanatory notes

HTML

Printout of taxonomy elements

Presentation Report              PDF, HTML

Calculation Report                PDF, HTML

Elements Listed by Label       PDF, HTML

Elements Listed by Name      HTML

Sample instance documents

Note and Disclaimer:  These XBRL documents are presented solely as theoretical examples of XBRL application and should not be used or relied upon for any other purpose.  XBRL-US makes no representation as to their accuracy or completeness, nor that they fairly represent the financial disclosure(s) of any financial reporting entity, public or private.  Further, neither XBRL-US nor its members have audited, reviewed, compiled or performed any other professional service in regard to the XBRL documents referenced below, nor in regard to any electronic document from which such current document was prepared, nor any schemas, linkbases or other meta data included therein or to which they refer.  We offer no opinion about the correctness, completeness, timeliness, accuracy nor any other characteristic of this XBRL document, documents from which it was prepared, nor any schemas, linkbases, or other meta data to which they refer.  Users should find the original document, if such document exists, and read all disclaimers or opinions therein.  Some of the companies represented in instance documents below are fictitious.

 

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Contact

Brad Homer
XBRL Technical Manager
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
bhomer@aicpa.org

Incompatible taxonomies

There are no taxonomies that are inherently incompatible with the taxonomies of the USFRTF.

Defined roles

http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/lr/role/StatementFinancialPosition                       Statement of Financial Position

http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/lr/role/IncomeStatement                                    Income Statement

http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/lr/role/CashFlowOperationsIndirect                     Cash Flow from Operations - Indirect Method

http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/lr/role/CashFlowOperationsDirect                       Cash Flow from Operations - Direct Method

http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/lr/role/StatementCashFlows                               Statement of Cash Flows

http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/lr/role/StatementStockholdersEquity                   Statement of Stockholders' Equity

http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/lr/role/TotalStockholdersEquityCalculation           Calculations for the Statement of
                                                                                                                 Stockholder's Equity

http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/lr/role/Notes                                                    Notes to the Financial Statements

http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/lr/role/AlternateCalculationRollUps1                    Calculations which would otherwise conflict
                                                                                                                  within other extended links

http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/lr/role/TupleContentModelsCommonTerms         Tuple Content Models - Common Terms

http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/lr/role/TupleContentModelsFinancialServices       Tuple Content Models - Financial Services Terms

Suggested linkbases

None

Errors

N/A

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XBRL US Domain Working Group Chair:

Campbell Pryde, CPA, KPMG

Editors of the Taxonomy (listed alphabetically):

Rob Blake, Aucent

Glen Buter, CPA, BDO Siedman

Charles Hoffman, CPA, UBmatrix

Brad Homer, AICPA

Sal Mileti, CPA, Ernst & Young

Paul Penler, CPA, Ernst & Young

Campbell Pryde, CPA, KPMG

Mike Willis, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Abstract

This Taxonomy Documentation describes the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) US Financial Reporting Taxonomy:  US Financial Reporting Accountants Report (USFR-AR). The USFR-AR Taxonomy has been prepared by the XBRL-US Domain Working Group, with feedback from other members of XBRL International and the public at large.

This USFR-AR Taxonomy is compliant with the XBRL 2.1 Specification, dated 2003-12-31. It is for the creation of complete instance documents that need to represent auditors/independent accountants’ reports that typically accompany external financial statements.

This document assumes a general understanding of accounting and XBRL. If the reader desires additional information relating to XBRL, the XBRL International web site (http://www.xbrl.org) is recommended.


Table of Contents

Abstract. 1

1.       Overview.. 3

1.1.     Purpose & Scope. 3

1.2.     Taxonomy Status. 4

2.       Updates and Changes. 4

2.1.     Updates to this Taxonomy. 4

2.2.     Comments and Feedback. 4

 

1.   Overview

1.1.           Purpose & Scope

The XBRL-US Domain Working Group is leading the development of this eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) Accountants Report (USFR-AR) Taxonomy for the purpose of expressing the auditors opinion on company financial statements according to U.S. Generally Accepted Auditing Standards.

The purpose of the USFR-AR Taxonomy is to provide a framework for the consistent creation of XBRL documents for expressing the auditor’s opinion upon financial reporting by private sector and public sector entities. The purpose of this and other taxonomies produced using XBRL is to supply a framework that will facilitate data exchange among software applications used by companies and individuals as well as other financial information stakeholders, such as lenders, investors, auditors, attorneys, and regulators.

The authority for this US-GAAP-CI Taxonomy is based upon US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).  The development of the taxonomy is based upon input from accounting firms, technology companies and other domain experts in the field of financial reporting.  In addition, the specific content of the taxonomy is based upon standards identified by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and other related standards organizations.

This taxonomy is part of the XBRL US Financial Reporting Taxonomy Framework and can be used in conjunction with the other taxonomies as depicted in Figure 1:

Figure 1: Interrelationship of Taxonomies and Instance Document

 

1.2.           Taxonomy Status

The USFR-AR Taxonomy is an Approved Final Taxonomy. Its content and structure have been reviewed by both accounting and technical teams that comprise XBRL-US and XBRL International. 

XBRL Taxonomies can exist in two states insofar as XBRL International TAP is concerned:

  • Acknowledged – A royalty-free taxonomy that the creators have asked XBRL International to list at XBRL.org; XBRL International confirms only that the taxonomy is compliant with the XBRL specification and is available free of royalties. This classification indicates to the business user the degree of endorsement by XBRL International.
  • Approved – A taxonomy which is technically compliant with XBRL, is available on royalty free terms, follows best practices prescribed by XBRL International (e.g. FRTA) and either has been developed by XBRL International itself or that has followed a public review process similar to XBRL International's own.

2.   Updates and Changes

2.1.           Updates to this Taxonomy

This taxonomy will be updated with revisions for errors and new features within the following guidelines:

·         Since financial statements created using a taxonomy must be available indefinitely, the taxonomy must be available indefinitely. All updates will take the form of new versions of the taxonomy with a different date. For example, the taxonomy http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/rpt/ar/2004-08-15/usfr-ar-2004-08-15.xsd will never change. New versions will be issued under a different name, such as http://www.xbrl.org/us/fr/rpt/ar/2004-12-31/usfr-ar-2004-12-31.xsd. This will ensure that any taxonomy created will be available indefinitely.

  • It is anticipated that this taxonomy will be updated as required to incorporate changes in generally accepted accounting principles and business reporting norms.

2.2.           Comments and Feedback

Comments and feedback on either accounting concepts within the taxonomy or technical aspects of the US Financial Reporting Taxonomy Framework are welcome, particularly ideas to improve this taxonomy. If you have a comment or feedback or wish to report an error, email comments to Brad Homer (bhomer@aicpa.org).

Detailed responses will not be provided for every comment submitted, however a summary of which feedback has been incorporated will be provided.