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Insurance regulation in South Africa is sound and takes a thorough approach to regulation, recognizes the scale and … improving standards of market conduct, in both long-term and short-term insurance. The Financial Services Board is appropriately …
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Insurance regulation and supervision is of a high standard, and most of the enhancements suggested have been put in …
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One plausible mechanism through which financial market shocks may propagate across countries is through the effect of past gains and losses on investors'' risk aversion. We first present a simple model on how heterogeneous changes in investors'' risk aversion affect portfolio decisions and stock...
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The Belgian insurance industry was adversely affected by the global financial crisis and continued to confront … in updating the insurance regulatory regime and supervisory practice. The updated regulatory framework has a high level … of observance with the Insurance Core Principles (ICPs), supported by robust prudential supervision. The authorities are …
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This report discusses key findings of the Financial Sector Stability Assessment on Canada. Canada’s financial system successfully navigated the global financial crisis, and stress tests suggest that major financial institutions would continue to be resilient to credit, liquidity, and...
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The insurance industry in Australia has weathered the global financial crisis well and was resilient to the … catastrophic events in 2010/11. The insurance industry is mature but relatively small compared to the banking sector. Assets held … insurance market has been consolidating steadily as the total number of players fell from 190 to 172 although branches of …
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This report is a full assessment of Brazil’s compliance with the Insurance Core Principles (ICPs) of the … International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) as adopted in October 2011. In the last few years, the Brazilian insurance … industry experienced an explosive growth doubling the premium between 2005 and 2010. Investments by the insurance sector are …
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€™s insurance market and the supervisory framework. The assessment was benchmarked against the Insurance Core Principles (ICPs …) issued by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAISs). It is advised that the National Insurance … Commission (NAICOM) of Nigeria can expand the objective to include the creation of a fair, safe, and stable insurance sector for …
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floods, with real GDP growing by 6.5 percent. Private consumption rose 6.7 percent, reflecting pent-up demand and government … investment grew by 14.4 percent. With growth driven by domestic demand, the current account surplus is expected to reach a small …
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This technical note covers the insurance sector supervised by the CBR. The analysis was carried out as part of the 2016 … during the mission. The assessment has been supported by discussions with the CBR and the insurance market participants. the … Russian insurance industry ranked 27th in the world. Non-life insurance premium accounted for 89 percent of GPW while life …
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