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GAAP--generally accepted accounting principles

A method of reporting the financial results of an insurer more in accordance with the "going­concern" basis used by other businesses. GAAP assigns income and disbursements to their proper period, as distinguished from the more conservative requirements of statutory accounting affecting insurers.

(See Statutory Accounting Principles (SAP).)

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