The IAIS published for consultation its draft Issues Paper on structural shifts in the life insurance sector. Feedback is sought by 19 May 2025.
The list provides transparency to markets, policyholders and the larger public that the reported insurers and relevant authorities are working to be prepared for the insurers’ entry into resolution if it ever becomes necessary. The IAIS welcomes this publication and coordinates closely with the FSB with respect to resolvability, to support the globally consistent application of the resolution standards.
At its AGM today, the IAIS adopted the first comprehensive global capital standard for insurance supervision, the ICS, and also adopted important updates to existing qualitative global standards for insurance supervision, the ICPs and ComFrame, related to climate risk, recovery and resolution, and valuation and capital adequacy.
The IAIS today published its 2024 Global Insurance Market Report (GIMAR), sharing the outcomes of this year’s Global Monitoring Exercise (GME), the IAIS’ risk assessment framework to monitor key risks and trends and detect the potential build-up of systemic risk in the global insurance sector
The Global Insurance Market Report (GIMAR) 2024 presents outcomes of the Global Monitoring Exercise (GME), the IAIS’ framework for monitoring risks and trends in the global insurance sector and assessing the possible build-up of systemic risk. In addition to an aggregate overview of insurers’ solvency, profitability and liquidity, the report shares in-depth analyses conducted on two key themes: (1) key risks in the current macroeconomic environment; and (2) structural shifts in the life insurance sector, including greater allocation of capital to alternative assets and increased use on cross-border asset-intensive reinsurance.
This consultation document seeks feedback on a set of proposed ancillary risk indicators to further aid the IAIS assessment of potential systemic risk in the global insurance sector within the Individual Insurers Monitoring component of the Global Monitoring Exercise.
