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  "title": "Switzerland: Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: An Assessment of Insurance Core Principles for the Reinsurance Industry",
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  "summary": "This technical note discusses key findings of the assessment of Insurance Core Principles (ICP) for the reinsurance industry for Switzerland. It reveals that the Swiss reinsurance market is dominated by three large players with a strong international presence.",
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      "heading": "Scope and purpose",
      "content": "- Assessment of Insurance Core Principles (ICP) for the reinsurance industry in Switzerland.\n- Focus on market structure, supervisory issues, and industry composition."
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      "heading": "Market structure and concentration",
      "content": "- The Swiss reinsurance market is dominated by three large players with a strong international presence.\n- Swiss Re, European Re, and Converium have consistently maintained more than 75 percent market share.\n- The reinsurance industry comprises 20 professional reinsurers and 50 reinsurance captives."
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      "heading": "Business composition and geography",
      "content": "- Gross premiums written totaled SwF 37.4 billion for 2005.\n- More than 95 percent of reinsurance premiums came from foreign business."
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      "content": "- Subjects: Corporate governance; Economic sectors; Financial institutions; Financial regulation and supervision; Financial sector policy and analysis; Insurance; Insurance companies; Insurance supervision; Solvency.\n- Keywords: conglomerate supervision; corporate governance; Corporate governance; CR; FOPI official; FOPI staff; FOPI's power; Global; Insurance; Insurance companies; insurance group; Insurance supervision; ISCR; risk management; Solvency; supervisory authority.\n\nSource: Switzerland: Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: An Assessment of Insurance Core Principles for the Reinsurance Industry\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Recommended Action Plan to Improve Observance of Insurance Core Principles\n  - Recommended Action Plan to Improve Observance of Insurance Core Principles (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Recommended Action Plan to Improve Observance of Insurance Core Principles (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/switzerland-financial-sector-assessment-program-technical-note-an-assessment-of-insurance-21050"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451807356.002",
    "Assessment of Insurance Core Principles (ICP) for the reinsurance industry in Switzerland.",
    "Focus on market structure, supervisory issues, and industry composition.",
    "The Swiss reinsurance market is dominated by three large players with a strong international presence.",
    "Swiss Re, European Re, and Converium have consistently maintained more than 75 percent market share.",
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    "Gross premiums written totaled SwF 37.4 billion for 2005.",
    "More than 95 percent of reinsurance premiums came from foreign business.",
    "Subjects: Corporate governance; Economic sectors; Financial institutions; Financial regulation and supervision; Financial sector policy and analysis; Insurance; Insurance companies; Insurance supervision; Solvency.",
    "Keywords: conglomerate supervision; corporate governance; Corporate governance; CR; FOPI official; FOPI staff; FOPI's power; Global; Insurance; Insurance companies; insurance group; Insurance supervision; ISCR; risk management; Solvency; supervisory authority.",
    "**Recommended Action Plan to Improve Observance of Insurance Core Principles**"
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