This Technical Note provides an update on the Austrian insurance industry and an analysis of its regulatory and supervisory regime. The structure of the domestic insurance sector has remained largely stable since the last update. At Q3-2012 there were 50 insurance companies with assets of Euro...

This Technical Note analyzes crisis preparedness and management framework in Austria. The global crisis revealed weaknesses in Austria's financial stability policy framework. Austria needs to put in place a special bank resolution regime to resolve problem banks in a manner that does not...

This Technical Note discusses key results of stress testing of the banking sector in Austria. The Austrian banking system is in a recovery phase following the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. Stress testing results suggest that Austrian banks, on aggregate, have sufficient capital buffers to...