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Germany: Financial Sector Assessment Program-Insurance Sector Supervision-Technical Notes

June 29, 2016

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Germany: Financial Sector Assessment Program-Insurance Sector Supervision-Technical Notes, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2016) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This paper provides an update on the German insurance sector and an analysis of certain key aspects of the regulatory and supervisory regime. It includes an analysis of German practice in relation to selected Insurance Core Principles in the context of a wider discussion of key issues in regulation and supervision. This technical note focuses mainly on recent developments in the sector and key vulnerabilities, including life insurance issues, those vulnerabilities associated with the continuing low interest rate environment; the preparations of the authorities and industry for the implementation of the Solvency II requirements; and the supervisory approach to large insurance groups.

Subject: Accounting standards, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Global systemically important insurers, Insurance, Insurance companies, Public financial management (PFM), Solvency

Keywords: A number of company, Accounting standards, Approach to group supervision, Business organization, Companies' position, Company level, CR, Fixed income, Global, Global systemically important insurers, Insurance, Insurance companies, Insurance group, ISCR, Parent company, Reinsurance company, Risk assessment, Solvency, Solvency II, Solvency II implementation, Solvency II requirement, Solvency II SCR, Supervisory view, ZZR requirement

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    66

  • Volume:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2016/192

  • Stock No:

    1DEUEA2016004

  • ISBN:

    9781498323710

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685