Insurance and Financial Stability

This paper presents a supervisory perspective on the (re)insurance sector and on financial stability issues. It analyses the sector’s role in the financial markets, including its interaction with other financial institutions, and its impact on the real economy. In addition, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) endeavours to clarify the rationale of its proposed methodology to identify any institutions “whose disorderly failure, because of their size, complexity and systemic interconnectedness, would cause significant disruptions to the wider financial system and economic activity.”