Macroprudential Solvency Stress Testing of the Insurance Sector

Over the last decade, stress testing has become a central aspect of the Fundâ s bilateral and multilateral surveillance 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 practices and the experiences from Fundâ s FSAP program with the aim of providing practical guidelines for the coherent and consistent implementation of such exercises. The paper also offers recommendations on improving the current insura

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Jobst, Andreas A.
Other Persons:	Sugimoto, Nobuyasu (contributor) ; Broszeit, Timo (contributor)
Publisher:	Washington : International Monetary Fund
Subject:	Internationales Versicherungsrecht \| International insurance law \| Versicherungsaufsicht \| Insurance supervision \| Versicherung \| Insurance

Extent:	Online-Ressource (85 p)
Series:	IMF Working Papers ; v.Working Paper No. 14/133
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Contents; Glossary; I. Introduction; Figures; 1. Overview of IMF FSAPs and Completion of Insurance Stress Tests; 2. Number of Completed Insurance Stress Tests in FSAPs Before and After the Global Financial Crisis; II. Overview and Framework; A. Macroprudential Stress Testing for Insurance; B. Differences between Banks and Insurance Companies and Their Implications for Stress Testing; 3. Stylized Insurance Balance Sheet and Solvency Control Levels; Boxes; 1. General Macro-Financial and Systemic Risk Implications for Insurance; III. Process and Methodologies; 4. Stress Testing Process 2. The Taxonomy of Stress Testing ApproachesA. Object of Analysis; B. Determination of Scope; C. Methodological Framework and Data Quality; D. Valuation and Capital Resources; 5a. Overview of Solvency Regimes-Risk Measurement; 5b. Overview of Solvency Regimes-Valuation Standards; E. Scenario Design and Other Assumptions; 6. Elements of Risk Assessment and Scope of FSAP Stress Testing; 3. Recessionary Scenarios in the Insurance Sector; 4. Assessing the Impact of Low Interest Rates on Insurance Activities; F. Risk Factors and Aggregation Approaches; 5. Liquidity Risk in Insurance 6. Examples of Supervisory Approaches of Insurance Stress TestingG. Output Measures; 7a. Presentation Templates of Outputs (hypothetical singe-period test); 7b. Presentation Templates of Outputs (hypothetical multiple-period test); H. Validation of Results; 7. Case Study: Belgium Insurance Stress Test for the FSAP; I. Communicating the Outcome of Stress Tests; Tables; 1. Overview of Possible Validation Checks; 2. Summary of Key Assumptions in IMF Stress Testing of Insurance Sectors; IV. Discussion and Conclusion; References; Appendix I-Tables; Appendix II―Additional Background 8. National and IMF Stress Testing for Non-life (Re) insurance-A Case Study of Bermuda
ISBN:	978-1-4843-4636-5 ; 978-1-4983-9425-3 ; 978-1-4843-4636-5
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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