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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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This technical note focuses on the Austrian banking system that exhibits considerable resilience against shocks determined by stress tests. The main sources of risk lie in the credit risk arising from exposures to Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESE) and the Commonwealth of...
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This report presents a Detailed Assessment of the Observance of the Insurance Core Principles Report on Jersey. Other … than the international business, most cover is obtained from insurers based overseas by the large insurance broker … community on the island. There is no ombudsman and no policyholder compensation arrangements for insurance business on the …
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simulation of the effect of a potential double-dip recession on solvency of Guernsey banks and insurance companies. The STs … assess the sensitivity of banks and insurance companies to single-factor shocks to risk types affecting solvency and …
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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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This paper reviews the Financial System Stability Assessment Update on the Philippines. The assessment reveals that the banking sector has been strengthened considerably since the Asian crisis of the late 1990s and today appears generally resilient to a broad range of macroeconomic risks. The...
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Compact tariffs are not only used in pension insurance, but also in life insurance. However, in many cases it is … necessary to have separate views on those tariffs, since policy management systems developed for life insurance companies are … particulars relevant for life insurance and important aspects with regard to accounting are explained. Finally, an algorithm is …
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This book focuses on experiences with and lessons learned from the sweeping reforms to the pension systems of Latin America and the Caribbean during the 1990s and early 2000s, which shifted the burden of old-age security from the public to the private sector. The book's main objective is to...
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This book focuses on experiences with and lessons learned from the sweeping reforms to the pension systems of Latin America and the Caribbean during the 1990s and early 2000s, which shifted the burden of old-age security from the public to the private sector. The book's main objective is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772422
Based on a survey of 275 clients of a microfinance institution (MFI) in Lusaka. Analyses the economic stresses to which low-income entrepreneurs are vulnerable, examines their coping strategies and assesses the potential demand for microinsurance and other risk-managing financial services such...
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