Insurance
King calls for radical shake-up to escape ‘low-growth trap’
Central bank models fail to appreciate demand-side secular stagnation
RBNZ flags insurers’ weak governance and risk controls
Conduct and culture review finds un-updated data, poor customer eligibility and products charging excessive premiums
Bank of Israel proposes measures to stabilise social security system
Benefit payments set to rise faster than GDP in the coming decades, warns central bank
Five insights into China’s green finance transformation
State direction offers quick mechanism to embed green finance, writes PBoC’s Ma
Fed proposes new capital rule for insurance firms
Fed does not anticipate firms would have to raise new capital
RBNZ accepts criticism on supervision of CBL Insurance
The insurer was placed into full liquidation in November 2018
Climate change – Where can central banks contribute?
Climate change is becoming increasingly important to central banks thanks to its implications for financial stability. In a forum sponsored by Amundi, Central Banking convened a panel of experts to discuss the latest innovations, regulations and…
The calm before the storm – The climate change 2019 survey
As climate-related risks to the financial sector become increasingly understood, central banks are demonstrating their willingness to develop capabilities to analyse the impact and modify their policies. A new survey indicates a watershed for central…
BIS’s da Silva says climate change is an ‘epistemological break’
Climate change is starting to revolutionise investors’ thinking about risk, says deputy chief
The IFF China Report 2019
Insight and perspectives from the world's leaders, premier policy-makers and financiers
The IFF China Report 2019: The Bay Area Devlopment
Located at the start of the Maritime Silk Road, the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area seeks to harness advanced technology and green finance to catch up with the economically advanced bay areas of New York, San Francisco and Tokyo.
EU authorities need to improve insurance risk models, Eiopa warns
2018 stress tests show weaknesses in models used by national authorities, report says
Central bankers call for ‘practical action’ to tackle climate risks
The time for talking is over, say NGFS members
The IFF China Report 2019: The Belt and Road Initiative
Over the past five years, China has invested more than $70 billion in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries, of which there are now in excess of 100. Leading Chinese and international policy-makers explain how BRI efforts are progressing. This section…
The IFF China Report 2019: Redesigning the international trading and monetary system
Reform of the financial system that brought about the 2007–08 financial crisis has not gone far enough and advanced and emerging market economies must find a more co-operative way forward to ensure globalisation can continue.
EU regulators warn on no-deal Brexit impact
Firms must make contingency plans, regulators say, as Brexit deadlock continues
Carney says supervisors must develop climate stress-testing
BoE is working with the NGFS to develop climate change scenarios as step toward stress-testing
Climate change: a new challenge for financial stability?
What is the role of central banks when it comes to climate change risks?
RBNZ demands action from insurers accused of conduct failings
Central bank finds “extensive weaknesses” in conduct and governance at life insurers
Innovation prompts firms to hold more cash – IMF paper
Firms must hold enough liquidity to insure against risky research and development
Ireland ready to shield insurance policy-holders in ‘hard Brexit’ – deputy governor
Irish financial system should prove resilient if UK quits EU without a deal, Ed Sibley says
Fed’s Quarles outlines ‘building block approach’ to insurance regulation
Regulator chose not to copy and paste banking sector regulations onto insurers, says vice-chair
Chinese authorities toughen rules on systemic firms
PBoC expands definition of systemically important firms and gains new powers
Carney calls for financial sector to face up to climate risks
Outlook is “concerning” as losses from extreme weather hit record levels, BoE governor says