我國基於與國際接軌之政策，會計制度預計於2013年全面採用國際財務報導準則(IFRS），其中以IFRS 4影響保險業最深，40號公報即轉譯IFRS 4而成，可以預期台灣保險業的會計及財務報導將有很重大的轉變。 由目前國外相關實施IFRS 4對會計與財務報表的潛在影響的各種文章、學者討論中可知，壽險公司的將面臨險峻的挑戰。這些挑戰包含會計盈餘波動增加、資金成本之上升、與報表使用者溝通策略的改變、財務報導成本增加、商品設計的改變等等。 為了評估實施40號公報造成的影響，本研究透過分析不同保險商品之負債適足性測試，並利用相關圖表說明本公報第二階段之實施損益及相關資產負債科目造成之影響以及利率敏感度分析。 研究發現實施40號公報可能使保險公司面臨增提鉅額負債的壓力，並建議保險公司應調整商品組合，更注重資產負債管理，以緩和對損益及相關準備金科目的影響。此外，由於我國目前係共同採用監理會計與一般公認會計原則的相關規定，建議壽險公司與監理機構應研擬相關配套之修正方法，以避免因以公平價值作為衡量基礎時，遭遇監理法令規定衍生之相關問題。 / Adapting to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) will be required in Taiwan in the near future. Among the standards, IFRS 4 has the most important impact on the insurance industry. SFAS 40 was translated from IFRS 4, so the insurance industry in Taiwan is going to undergo a substantial change in accounting and financial reporting requirements. According to the assessment of the potential impact of the new IFRS accounting and reporting system to date which largely been found in foreign trade literature, insurance industry business leaders’ comments and conflicting conclusions of expert commentators, the insurance industry faces serious challenges because of IFRS 4. The challenges include increase of accounting volatility, higher cost of capital, shift in communication policy, increase in the cost of reporting, substantial change of product design and so on. n order to evaluate the impact of SFAS 40, this paper offers several numerical examples to show the results of the liabilities adequacy test. Further, this paper analyze the difference from the figures and offers some scenario simulations to discuss the impact of interest rate changing. The result of this paper shows, if we adapt SFAS 40 phase II , the liability of the insurance company will increase largely. The paper suggest that the Taiwanese insurance industry should change life insurance product design, emphasize the importance of asset and liability management, moreover, our government and the insurance industry need to find some modified methods to solve some critical problems arisen from solvency regulations.