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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>🔄 '''Reconciliation''' in insurance refers to the systematic process of matching, verifying, and resolving discrepancies between two or more sets of financial records — such as [[Definition:Premium | premium]] bordereaux against general ledger entries, [[Definition:Claim | claims]] payments against [[Definition:Reinsurance | reinsurance]] billings, or [[Definition:Commission | commission]] statements against [[Definition:Broker | broker]] accounts. Given the layered flow of money across [[Definition:Policyholder | policyholders]], [[Definition:Insurance agent | agents]], [[Definition:Managing general agent (MGA) | MGAs]], carriers, and [[Definition:Reinsurer | reinsurers]], reconciliation is one of the most operationally intensive — and error-prone — activities in the insurance value chain.<br />
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⚙️ The process typically begins with data extraction from policy administration, [[Definition:Claims management | claims]], and accounting systems, followed by automated or manual matching of individual transactions. Discrepancies can arise from timing differences, currency conversions, misapplied policy references, or simple data-entry errors. In [[Definition:Delegated underwriting authority (DUA) | delegated authority]] arrangements, for example, an [[Definition:Insurance carrier | insurer]] must reconcile the [[Definition:Bordereaux | bordereaux]] submitted by its [[Definition:Coverholder | coverholders]] against internal records to ensure that bound risks, collected premiums, and reported losses align with the terms of the [[Definition:Binding authority agreement | binding authority agreement]]. Many organizations run reconciliation on a monthly or quarterly cycle, though best practice is moving toward near-real-time processing.<br />
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📊 Accurate reconciliation underpins financial integrity, regulatory compliance, and counterparty trust. Unreconciled balances can distort an insurer's [[Definition:Statutory accounting | statutory financial statements]], inflate [[Definition:Receivable | receivables]], and obscure actual [[Definition:Loss ratio (L/R) | loss ratios]]. [[Definition:Regulator | Regulators]] and [[Definition:Auditor | auditors]] scrutinize reconciliation controls during [[Definition:Financial examination | examinations]], and persistent weaknesses can lead to supervisory action. The [[Definition:Insurtech | insurtech]] sector has responded with platforms that use [[Definition:Application programming interface (API) | APIs]], smart matching algorithms, and blockchain-based settlement layers to automate much of the heavy lifting, reducing both cycle time and the risk of material misstatement.<br />
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'''Related concepts'''<br />
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* [[Definition:Bordereaux]]<br />
* [[Definition:Premium accounting]]<br />
* [[Definition:Receivable]]<br />
* [[Definition:Commission]]<br />
* [[Definition:Binding authority agreement]]<br />
* [[Definition:Statutory accounting]]<br />
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