work. Recently, more emphasis has also been placed on the role of insurance for financial stability analysis. This paper … reviews the current state of system-wide solvency stress tests for insurance based on a comparative review of national … consistent implementation of such exercises. The paper also offers recommendations on improving the current insurance stress …

of IFRS 17. The paper is based on the results of a survey of 20 insurance supervisors. Overall, IFRS 17 is a welcome … development but there will be challenges of implementation. Not many insurance supervisors currently intend to use IFRS 17 as a …

exports of all five broad categories of the U.K.'s financial and insurance services. No trade barriers are found for the bulk … suggests that post-Brexit disruptions of the U.K.'s export of financial and insurance services may be minor …

still in their infancy. Similarly, despite the introduction of new private sector insurance companies coverage of insurance … public ownership in banks and insurance companies, expansion of the contractual savings system through more rapid expansion … of the insurance and pension systems, greater spread of mutual funds, and development of institutional investors. It is …

ex-ante preparedness is needed to manage the risks. The paper discusses sovereign experience with disaster insurance as a … key instrument to mitigate the risks; proposes ways to judge the adequacy of insurance; and considers ways to enhance its … use by vulnerable countries. The paper especially aims to inform policy decisions on disaster insurance. Through …