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  "title": "United States: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation: Detailed Assessment of Observance of IAIS Insurance Core Principles",
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  "summary": "This paper discusses key findings of the Detailed Assessment of Observance of International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) Insurance Core Principles for the United States. Most U.S. insurers write primary insurance on U.S. risks. The U.S.",
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      "heading": "Overview and purpose",
      "content": "- Discusses key findings of the Detailed Assessment of Observance of International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) Insurance Core Principles for the United States.\n- Publication date: May 14, 2010.\n- Series: Country Report No. 2010/126, Issue: 126, Volume: 2010, Pages: 80.\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455206681.002\n- ISBN: 9781455206681\n- ISSN: 1934-7685\n- Stock No: 1USAEA2010008"
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      "heading": "Market structure and scope",
      "content": "- Most U.S. insurers write primary insurance on U.S. risks.\n- The U.S. market is characterized by low market concentration in most sectors, indicating a high degree of competition."
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      "heading": "Sector performance and resilience",
      "content": "- Overall, the insurance sector, and the property and casualty companies in particular, has been resilient through the financial crisis.\n- However, there have also been significant stresses in the insurance sector in the last two years."
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      "content": "- Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT)\n- Crime\n- Financial institutions\n- Financial regulation and supervision\n- Insurance\n- Insurance companies\n- Insurance regulation\n- Internal controls\n- Revenue administration"
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      "content": "- Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT)\n- casualty insurance\n- CR\n- financial condition\n- Global\n- holding company\n- Insurance\n- Insurance companies\n- insurance department\n- insurance regulation\n- Insurance regulation\n- insurance regulator\n- Internal controls\n- ISCR\n- supervisory authority\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. United States: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation: Detailed Assessment of Observance of IAIS Insurance Core Principles, IMF Staff Country Reports 2010, 126 (2010).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 1. U.S. Insurance Companies—Capital Adequacy\n  - 1. U.S. Insurance Companies—Capital Adequacy (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 1. U.S. Insurance Companies—Capital Adequacy (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/united-states-publication-of-financial-sector-assessment-program-documentation-detailed-23868"
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