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European Central Bank to Test Cyber Resilience of Banks

The European Central Bank plans to test the cyber resilience of the euro zone’s top banks after a sharp rise in cyberattacks, including after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, ECB supervisory chief Andrea Enria told a Lithuanian newspaper. “Next year we …

UK Non-Bank Institutions (Such as Insurers) Face 1st Stress Test After Pensions Turmoil

Investment funds and other non-bank financial institutions face their first “stress test” next year to apply lessons from the near-meltdown in Britain’s pension fund sector, the Bank of England (BoE) said on Tuesday. The BoE had to step in from …

Georgia Lawmakers Adopt NAIC Rules on Group Capital, Stress Tests

The Georgia General Assembly this week passed a bill that adopts National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ recommendations for insurance holding companies, including calculations for group capital and a framework for liquidity stress tests. House Bill 969 was requested by the …

France to Require Insurers, Banks to Run Climate Change Stress Tests in 2020

France’s financial regulator will subject banks and insurers to climate change stress tests next year, central bank governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Friday. Investors are increasingly putting pressure on companies to make concrete steps to helping implement the …

EU Weighs Stress Tests to Improve Financial Firms’ Buffers Against Climate Risks

The European Commission is considering stress tests and measures to force financial firms to raise their buffers against climate-change risks, the EU financial services chief said on Wednesday. The move would represent a major change in the bloc’s climate policy …

Hiscox CEO Supports Industry-Wide Stress Test for 9/11-Scale Event

UK regulators need to widen stress tests for insurers to show how the whole industry, including themselves, would respond to an event on the scale of the 9/11 attacks, Hiscox Ltd. said. Unless the Prudential Regulation Authority, or PRA, can …

Sovereign Debt Pressure Spreads to Insurers’ Balance Sheets: A.M. Best

Continuing economic weakness in Europe and the debt crisis in the United States have elevated the risk profile of U.S. insurers, stirring insurance rating agency A.M. Best to stress test insurers for how they might be affected by the ongoing …