globally systemically important insurers (GSIIs) News

Global Regulators Expected to Drop ‘Too Big to Fail’ Test for Insurers

Global financial regulators have decided to ditch a “too big to fail” gauge for assessing the riskiness of insurers, according to a source briefed on the matter, in a big win for companies such as American International Group and Prudential …

Aegon, Transamerica’s Owner, Added to FSB’s List of 9 Too-Big-to-Fail Insurers

Aegon NV, the Dutch owner of U.S. insurer Transamerica Corp., has been added to a list of insurers deemed systemically important by global financial rule makers, while Italy’s Assicurazioni Generali SpA was removed. The updated list of nine too-big-to-fail insurers …

Geneva Association Reacts to G20 Insurers’ Capital Mandate

The Geneva Association, the international insurance think tank, issued a bulletin following the publication of both the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) list of global systemically important insurers (G-SIIs) and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors’ (IAIS) publication of policy measures …

G20 to Require Largest Insurers to Hold More Capital from 2019

The largest global insurers will have to hold more capital from 2019 to cover risks they pose to the financial system should they go bust, global regulators said on Thursday. Regulators also released an initial list of nine insurers, including …