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  "title": "Austria: Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note on Insurance Regulation and Supervision",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, August 18, 2026",
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  "summary": "The Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) conducted a focused review of insurance regulation and supervision in Austria. This Technical Note (TN) provides an update on the insurance sector and highlights risks and vulnerabilities.",
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      "content": "- The Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) conducted a focused review of insurance regulation and supervision in Austria.\n- This Technical Note (TN) provides an update on the insurance sector and highlights risks and vulnerabilities.\n- The TN comments on progress in respect of the implementation of recommendations made by the 2020 FSAP and offers further recommendations to strengthen the regulatory and supervisory regime.\n- Publication date: August 18, 2026."
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      "content": "- The TN analyzes key aspects of regulatory and supervisory oversight:\n  - governance;\n  - the solvency framework;\n  - supervision (micro and macro);\n  - exit from the market and resolution;\n  - group supervision; and\n  - supervisory co-operation and co-ordination.\n- It highlights risks and vulnerabilities in the insurance sector and updates previous FSAP findings."
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      "content": "- The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) is responsible for insurance conduct and prudential supervision at both micro and macro level."
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      "content": "- The TN:\n  - highlights risks and vulnerabilities in Austria’s insurance sector;\n  - assesses progress in implementing the 2020 FSAP recommendations; and\n  - offers further recommendations to strengthen the regulatory and supervisory regime.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Executive Summary\n  - Executive Summary (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Executive Summary (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: August 18, 2026",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229059237.002",
    "The Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) conducted a focused review of insurance regulation and supervision in Austria.",
    "This Technical Note (TN) provides an update on the insurance sector and highlights risks and vulnerabilities.",
    "The TN comments on progress in respect of the implementation of recommendations made by the 2020 FSAP and offers further recommendations to strengthen the regulatory and supervisory regime.",
    "Publication date: August 18, 2026.",
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    "It highlights risks and vulnerabilities in the insurance sector and updates previous FSAP findings.",
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