... This document should serve as a basic benchmark for insurance supervisors in all jurisdictions. It can be used when establishing a supervisory regime or for identifying areas in existing regimes that needto be improved ...

... On-site inspection, whether by the supervisory authority or its representatives, is a vitally important part of the supervisory process, closely related to the on-going monitoring process ...

... The Technical Committee of IAIS has decided to build upon the principles relating to coordination and information-sharing between supervisors with respect to international insurance groups and other international financial groups which are significantly involved in insuranceactivities....

The purpose of this standard is to bring together for insurance supervisors in one document the conditions that should apply to the exchange of information ...

The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) was established in 1994 to promote cooperation among insurance regulators and liaise with regulators in other financial sectors.

The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) was established in 1994 to promote cooperation among insurance regulators and also with regulators in other financial sectors.

This article summarises the work currently in progresswithin the IAIS to develop a new framework for insurancesupervision and in particular, the work to develop acommon structure and common standards for theassessment of insurer solvency.

The objective of this report is to set out the full process and product of the IAIS Task Force (Task Force Re)'s work in response to the request from the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) to improve the transparency of the global reinsurance market and risk-oriented disclosures of individual...

... This paper will be restricted to focus on the technical provisions, as they are the most relevant for insurance operations. Other liabilities tend to be less material or are subject to less uncertainty in their estimation, or are subject to evaluation using the same accounting and valuation...