Laying the Groundwork for Climate Risk Insurance in the Solomon Islands: Insights from CBSI's Learning Experience at the Inclusive Insurance Training
The Solomon Islands, an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific, is renowned for its stunning natural beauty and rich biodiversity. However, underlying the idyllic veneer, the threats of rising sea levels, intensifying cyclones, and shifting weather patterns jeopardise the islands' infrastructure, economy, and way of life.
Report on the Sustainability and ESG Regulatory Landscape in the CEET Region
This publication shares results from a survey conducted in 2023 to delve deeper into how environmental, social, and governance standards are integrating into the insurance sector across Central, Eastern Europe, and Transcaucasia region.
Unlocking Resilience: The Role of Climate-Related Data in Insurance Supervision - A2ii-IAIS Public Dialogue Report
The insurance industry and insurance regulators are increasingly recognising the importance of climate-related data in assessing and managing risks associated with climate change. In the landscape of risk management, the impact of climate change is becoming increasingly evident. The insurance industry and regulators alike are now turning their attention to a vital tool in navigating this reality—climate-related data.
Assessing the Impact of Inclusive Insurance Regulations in Brazil
This study shares insights from regulatory impact assessment conducted in Brazil, including its challenges and provides a framework for supervisors wanting to assess the impact of their regulatory frameworks in the future.
Why Data Matters: Presenting A2ii’s FeMa Meter, a Tool for Collecting Sex-disaggregated Data
Today, on International Women's Day, A2ii is launching the FeMa-Meter, a tool for collecting sex-disaggregated data across two categories: access to and use of insurance, and organisational diversity. The tool helps collect key insurance indicators and provides immediately a quick analysis. The tool is targeted at insurance supervisors and regulators, policymakers, and insurance companies.
Gender Equity Survey of the Argentinian Insurance Market
This report provides an initial and general overview of gender equity in the Argentinian Insurance Market and reflects the main outcomes and findings of the Gender Equity Survey.
Index Insurance: Unlocking Opportunities and Addressing Challenges - A2ii-IAIS-UNCDF Public Dialogue Report
Index insurance, also known as parametric insurance, has gained significant popularity in recent years due to its potential benefits. The use of satellite technology and predetermined trigger indexes allows for a swift response and efficient processing of pay-outs.
Risk-based Capital and Supervision - A2ii-IAIS Supervisory Dialogue Report
The shift to risk-based capital (RBC) approaches has many benefits for stakeholders in the insurance sector including consumers, industry players and supervisors. Not only does it support the development of the insurance market by providing flexibility and encouraging innovation, but it is also more efficient, allocating capital more appropriately to risk and reducing the amount of dormant capital. Additionally, RBC gives supervisors improved measures of financial soundness, insights into insurers’ risk management practises and corporate governance structures, comparability and proportionate ladders of intervention, leading to better supervision.
Innovating for Financial Inclusion - the Role of Insurance Supervisors
To be able to provide well-designed insurance solutions that address the needs of the low-income and excluded customers in a manner that is customer friendly but also economically sustainable, calls for innovation - i.e. to do new things or to do things differently.
A2ii FSI IAIS Joint Note on SupTech in Insurance Supervision
This paper aims to contribute to filling this gap by citing concrete examples of how suptech tools are used by 22 insurance supervisors from both prudential and conduct perspectives.