Established in 1994, the IAIS is a voluntary membership organisation of insurance supervisors and regulators from more than 200 jurisdictions, constituting 97% of the world’s insurance premiums. It is the global standard-setting body responsible for developing and assisting in the implementation of principles, standards and guidance as well as supporting material for the supervision of the insurance sector. The IAIS mission is to promote effective and globally consistent supervision of the insurance industry in order to develop and maintain fair, safe and stable insurance markets for the benefit and protection of policyholders; and to contribute to global financial stability.
The IAIS Executive Committee has approved the final version of the global Insurance Capital Standard (ICS) as a prescribed capital requirement for internationally active insurance groups (IAIGs). The IAIS Executive Committee has also finalised the comparability assessment of the United States (US)-developed Aggregation...
Read the latest news from the IAIS. This month, we present a special feature – Ahead of its planned adoption at the December IAIS Annual General Meeting, several members who have long participated in developing the Insurance Capital Standard share their personal highlights and impressions of the years-long effort.
The IAIS has published the aggregate assessment results and observations on the topic of “Enterprise Risk Management for Solvency Purposes”, covering standards set out in Insurance Core Principle (ICP) 16. The peer review process (PRP) assesses the standards which apply to insurance supervision in all jurisdictions reg...
