The Belgian insurance industry was adversely affected by the global financial crisis and continued to confront challenges related to legacy assets and economic uncertainties in Europe. The Belgian authorities have made significant progress in updating the insurance regulatory regime and...

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...

Nigeria undertook a Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP), which included a review of the structure of Nigeria’s insurance market and the supervisory framework. The assessment was benchmarked against the Insurance Core Principles (ICPs) issued by the International Association of...

With the establishment of the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) in May 2002 Germany followed the trend towards integrated financial supervision. The main reason for unification of supervision is the growing integration of financial sectors leading to the blurring of...

Die Arbeit untersucht die derzeit auf europäischer Ebene im Rahmen des Solvency II-Projektes reformierte Finanzaufsicht über Versicherungsunternehmen aus betriebswirtschaftlicher Perspektive, wobei von der Anwendung von Solvency II auf deutsche Lebensversicherungsunternehmen ausgegangen wird....

Die Solvency II Standardformel erlaubt zusätzlich zum Ansatz einer Verlust- absorbierung durch Rückstellungen auch den Ansatz einer Verlustabsorbierung durch latente Steuern. Die Verlustabsorbierung durch latente Steuern hängt davon ab, wie werthaltig aktivierte latente Steuern in einer...