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Switzerland : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: An Assessment of Insurance Core Principles for the Reinsurance Industry

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This technical note discusses key findings of the assessment of Insurance Core Principles (ICP) for the reinsurance … industry for Switzerland. It reveals that the Swiss reinsurance market is dominated by three large players with a strong … international presence. The reinsurance industry comprises 20 professional reinsurers and 50 reinsurance captives with gross …

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France : financial sector assessment program ; detailed assessment of observance of insurance core principles

2013

This paper discusses key findings of the Detailed Assessment of Observance of Insurance Core Principles for France. The assessment reveals that insurance regulation and supervision are still predominantly carried out using a Solvency I approach. The insurance sector remained resilient through...

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Guernsey : Financial Sector Assessment Program Update-Detailed Assessment of Observance on Insurance Core Principles

International Monetary Fund - 2011

Guernsey’s status as the largest international insurance center in Europe hinges on its progressive infrastructure and operational flexibility. Guernsey updates its regulatory regime continually and has implemented all the recommendations arising from the 2003 Offshore Financial Center (OFC)...

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South Africa : Detailed Assessment of Observance on the International Association of Insurance Supervisors' Insurance Core Principles

International Monetary Fund - 2010

Insurance regulation in South Africa is sound and takes a thorough approach to regulation, recognizes the scale and development of the market, and the need for effective market conduct as prudential regulation. There are particular challenges in improving standards of market conduct, in both...

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Portugal : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Detailed Assessment of Observance of IAIS Insurance Core Principles

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This Detailed Assessment of the Observance of International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) Insurance Core Principles for Portugal highlights the market analysis of the insurance market. Investment in domestic government bonds has decreased and is outweighed by nondomestic government...

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Slovak Republic : Financial System Stability Assessment Update, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision and Insuranc...

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This paper presents the Slovak Republic’s Financial System Stability Assessment Update including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Banking Supervision and Insurance Regulation. Commercial banks are by far the dominant financial institutions, though nonbank financial...

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United States : Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation: Detailed Assessment of Observance of IAIS Insurance Core Principles

International Monetary Fund - 2010

This paper discusses key findings of the Detailed Assessment of Observance of International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) Insurance Core Principles for the United States. Most U.S. insurers write primary insurance on U.S. risks. The U.S. market is characterized by low market...

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Gibraltar : Assessment of Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, Insur...

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This paper presents Gibraltar’s assessment of Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation including reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on banking and insurance supervision. The Financial Services Commission has been assigned significant additional resources and has developed a...

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Denmark : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Detailed Assessment of Observance of the Insurance Core Principles

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This paper discusses key findings of the Detailed Assessment of the Observance of the Insurance Core Principles for Denmark. Key recommendations arising from the assessment cover two main issues. First is the fact that the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority Finanstilsynet bases its system to...

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United Kingdom : Financial System Stability Assessment including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, Insurance Supervisio...

International Monetary Fund - 2003

This paper presents key findings of the Financial System Stability Assessment for the United Kingdom, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Banking Supervision, Insurance Supervision, Securities Regulation, Payments Systems, Monetary and Financial Policy Transparency, and...

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