Spain: Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note-Insurance Sector Supervision and Regulation
November 13, 2017
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This Technical Note discusses the findings and recommendations in the Financial Sector Assessment Program for Spain in the areas of insurance sector supervision and regulation. The Spanish insurance market is complex owing to the presence of large numbers of insurance groups. The supervisory culture in the Directorate General of Insurance and Pension Funds (DGSFP) appears to be reactive or compliance focused. The supervisory focus should shift toward qualitative as well as quantitative review of the insurer’s key methods and assumptions, including the proportionate verification of technical provisions and capital requirements. The DGSFP should also develop areas that are now relevant in the Solvency II framework, such as governance and risk management.
Subject: Expenditure, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Insurance, Insurance companies, Labor, Pension spending, Pensions, Solvency, Systemic risk
Keywords: budget constraint, cash flow, CR, DGSFP supervision, distribution insurance market, Europe, government budget constraint, Group supervision, II regime, Insurance, Insurance companies, insurance creditor, insurance intermediary, interest rate, ISCR, life insurer, Pension spending, Pensions, risk management, Solvency, Solvency II, supervisory Risk Assessment Framework
Pages:
37
Volume:
2017
DOI:
Issue:
338
Series:
Country Report No. 2017/338
Stock No:
1ESPEA2017008
ISBN:
9781484327104
ISSN:
1934-7685
