Manage the complete premium accounting lifecycle from policy transaction and billing through receivables, payments, trust accounting, commissions, company payables, carrier settlements, reconciliation, journal entries, financial reporting, and general ledger synchronization.
Premium Accounting manages the policy-level financial activity created throughout the insurance lifecycle. Agencies, MGAs, wholesale insurance brokers, program administrators, and carriers can connect premium billing, receivables, payments, trust accounting, commissions, company payables, carrier settlements, reconciliation, journal entries, and financial reporting through one insurance-native accounting platform. Premium Accounting can operate independently or synchronize summarized financial activity with the organization’s general ledger.
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Insurance premium accounting is the process of recording, tracking, reconciling, and reporting the financial activity created by insurance policies. It includes written premium, billed premium, collected premium, receivables, installment payments, fees, taxes, commissions, company payables, carrier settlements, trust balances, return premium, reconciliation, journal entries, and financial reporting. Unlike general business accounting, premium accounting must remain connected to policy transactions such as new business, renewals, endorsements, audits, cancellations, and reinstatements.
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QuickBooks Online, Xero, Sage, Workday, and other general ledger systems are designed to record financial transactions. They are not designed to manage the detailed policy-level insurance activity that creates those transactions. Insurance organizations require a dedicated premium accounting layer to maintain financial detail across policies, programs, producers, carriers, entities, and lines of business.
Insurance organizations often need to manage:
Premium Accounting fills the gap between policy operations and the general ledger by maintaining detailed insurance financial activity while synchronizing summarized accounting transactions with the existing accounting system.
Premium Accounting operates as the insurance premium subledger between policy administration and the general ledger. The subledger maintains detailed policy-level financial activity including premium, fees, taxes, receivables, payments, commissions, company payables, trust balances, carrier settlements, return premium, reconciliation results, and accounting entries. Detailed operational accounting remains inside Premium Accounting while summarized journal entries and financial transactions synchronize with QuickBooks Online, Xero, Sage, Workday, or another supported general ledger. This structure gives accounting teams complete policy-level visibility without forcing every insurance transaction directly into the general ledger.
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Every insurance policy transaction can create connected accounting activity. Premium Accounting maintains the financial relationship between the policy transaction, invoice, payment, commission, company payable, trust balance, carrier settlement, reconciliation record, and general ledger entry.
This connected workflow preserves financial accuracy and auditability throughout the complete premium lifecycle.
Create policy-level billing for new business, renewals, endorsements, audits, installments, fees, taxes, additional premium, and return premium.
Track open invoices, customer balances, retail agent balances, installment balances, aging receivables, past due premium, and collection activity.
Track premium payments, payment status, cash application, partial payments, failed payments, refunds, unapplied cash, and payment reconciliation.
Monitor fiduciary premium funds, trust balances, carrier obligations, commissions, fees, taxes, return premium, settlements, and reconciliation.
Calculate and track agency commissions, producer commissions, MGA commissions, deductions, payable balances, and settlement activity.
Calculate company obligations, track carrier balances, manage settlement activity, resolve exceptions, and maintain policy-level audit trails.
Reconcile policy transactions, invoices, payments, receivables, company payables, commissions, carrier statements, trust balances, and general ledger records.
Monitor premium and accounting activity while synchronizing summarized journal entries and financial transactions with the general ledger.
Insurance organizations may hold premium funds before commissions, fees, taxes, return premium, and carrier obligations are calculated and settled. Premium Accounting connects trust accounting, company payables, commissions, and carrier settlements with the underlying policies and premium transactions.
Accounting teams can see what has been billed, collected, earned, owed, settled, reconciled, and still requires review. Learn more about Trust Reconciliation Checklist, Insurance Carrier Settlement Checklist, Insurance Commission Reconciliation Checklist.
Premium Accounting connects policy transactions, invoices, payments, receivables, company payables, commissions, carrier statements, trust balances, bank activity, journal entries, and general ledger records. Automated matching and exception management help accounting teams identify discrepancies earlier and reduce month-end close effort.
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Automate premium billing, receivables, payments, installment accounting, reconciliation, journal entries, and financial reporting without replacing the existing general ledger.
Manage premium accounting, trust balances, commissions, company payables, carrier settlements, reconciliation, and reporting across multiple programs and carriers.
Track retail agent receivables, agency bill premium, payments, commissions, company payables, carrier balances, and settlement activity.
Maintain program-level premium accounting, billing, trust activity, commissions, carrier obligations, reconciliation, and reporting.
Improve delegated authority premium reporting, carrier statement reconciliation, settlement visibility, program accounting, and financial controls.
Premium Accounting is not designed to replace the general ledger. It serves as the insurance premium accounting subledger that maintains detailed policy-level activity while the existing accounting system remains the general ledger.
Supported accounting platforms include:
Insurance organizations can begin using Premium Accounting as a standalone premium subledger and add general ledger synchronization as implementation requirements mature.
Use these controller playbooks and accounting resources to standardize premium accounting, reconciliation, settlements, financial controls, and month-end close.
Standardize daily premium, cash, receivable, payable, reconciliation, and exception reviews.
Review aging, unapplied cash, trust balances, commissions, carrier obligations, settlements, and unresolved exceptions.
Organize reconciliation, journal entries, financial reporting, exception resolution, and close approval.
Reconcile policy transactions, premium billed, payments, receivables, payables, and accounting records.
Reconcile trust balances, fiduciary premium funds, bank activity, company payables, and carrier settlements.
Validate premium, commissions, fees, taxes, return premium, company payables, and carrier settlement records.
Reconcile agency commissions, producer commissions, MGA commissions, deductions, payables, and settlement activity.
Plan the transition from spreadsheets and disconnected accounting workflows to an automated insurance premium subledger.
Replace disconnected spreadsheets, manual reconciliations, and generic accounting workflows with an insurance premium accounting platform built for agencies, MGAs, wholesalers, program administrators, brokers, and carriers.