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In Short: IAIS Update

  • The IAIS are planning to introduce a risk-based insurance-capital-standard (“ICS”) for global insurance groups by 2016. It is expected to take until 2019 for the full implementation of the ICS. 
  • By late-2014, the IAIS are proposing to implement backstop capital-requirements (BCRs), for global, systemically important insurers. Further details can be found in the press release from 9 October 2013.
  • The Joint Forum of the BCBS, IOSCO and the IAIS released its final paper on mortgage insurance containing a number of recommendations to deal with potential mortgage insurance stress and failure.
    The Joint Forum published the following two consultative papers:
    • Longevity risk transfer markets: market structure, growth drivers and impediments, and potential risks (available here) and
    • Point of sale disclosure in the insurance, banking and securities sectors (available here).