Insurance
The dawn of a safer and sounder European banking sector
Implementation of two pillars of banking union has led to significant improvements
Banks outpacing insurers with cloud adoption – BoE
UK financial institutions lean towards software when it comes to cloud outsourcing
Fiji’s central bank faces climate change challenge
Governor notes disaster risk management is evolving at rapid pace
Cyber stress tests reveal risks in Singaporean firms
Insurance firms report potential losses as high as $3.4 billion in MAS stress test
New Zealand’s life insurers failing to improve conduct risk management – Orr
RBNZ “underwhelmed” by response from life insurers to conduct recommendations
Climate risks may be uninsurable – DNB’s Elderson
NGFS chairman calls on the implementation of a carbon tax to help mitigate these risks
FSB warns gaps remain in resolution frameworks
Issues remain for central counterparties, global banks and insurers, report finds
France’s ACPR will not comply with Eiopa Brexit recommendation
ACPR is concerned over risks shifting from UK to France
RBNZ may raise insurance firms’ solvency levels
Governor expects review of insurers will lead to “series of thresholds”
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 Development
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.