Le monde de l'assurance joue un rôle croissant dans les économies nationales, ce qui ne fait que renforcer l'importance de la solvabilité des compagnies d'assurance. Or, comment se tenir informé des règles et pratiques régissant le contrôle de la santé financière des compagnies...

This volume is the fourth of a series devoted to major policy issues in insurance. It comprises an in-depth analysis on the assessment and the management of the major technical and financial risks insurance companies have to face. It responds to the growing concerns of economic, financial,...

The insurance sector plays a growing role in national economies. This reinforces the importance of the solvency of insurance companies. Yet how can we stay informed about the rules and practices related to the supervision of the financial health of these insurance companies in OECD countries?...

The similarities and differences between the transition experiences of the Central European countries and the People's Republic of China are often, wrongly, taken as alternative approaches to the same problem. In reality, there is great complexity, not only in the environments of these two great...

This report looks at how investors have responded to the need to internalise investment risk in power generation and how these responses have affected the organisation of the power sector and technology choices. This study looks at several cases of volatile prices in IEA countries’ electricity...

The non-financial corporations' debt to surplus ratio provides an indication of the capacity of non-financial corporations to meet the cost of interest and debt repayments with the operational profits generated. Debt is calculated as the sum the following liability categories: currency and...

This indicator presents the ratio between selected financial assets of the banking sector and their total equity; it is also known as the equity multiplier ratio (or financial leverage). The banking sector covers the central bank, and monetary financial institutions, as well as other financial...