IMF Staff Country Reports

Sweden: Financial Sector Assessment Program Update-Detailed Assessment of Observance on Insurance Core Principles

September 16, 2011

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International Monetary Fund. "Sweden: Financial Sector Assessment Program Update-Detailed Assessment of Observance on Insurance Core Principles", IMF Staff Country Reports 2011, 282 (2011), accessed 12/7/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781463903534.002

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Summary

The staff report highlights that the insurance sector in Sweden is well developed and mature. The captive insurance segment is mainly driven by tax advantages. This assessment provides an update on the significant regulatory and supervisory developments in the insurance sector of Sweden since 2002. The assessment is based solely on the laws, regulations, and other supervisory requirements and practices that were in place at the time of the assessment.

Subject: Corporate governance, Economic sectors, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Insurance, Insurance companies, Internal controls, Revenue administration, Solvency

Keywords: Baltics, board of directors, corporate governance, Corporate governance, CR, Europe, FI regulation, Global, holding company, Insurance, Insurance companies, insurance group, Internal controls, ISCR, risk assessment, risk management, Solvency, supervisory authority