## Austria: Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note on Insurance Regulation and Supervision

_IMF Staff Country Reports, August 18, 2026_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: August 18, 2026
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229059237.002

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### Overview
- 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.

### Key analyses and thematic coverage
- The TN analyzes key aspects of regulatory and supervisory oversight:
  - governance;
  - the solvency framework;
  - supervision (micro and macro);
  - exit from the market and resolution;
  - group supervision; and
  - supervisory co-operation and co-ordination.
- It highlights risks and vulnerabilities in the insurance sector and updates previous FSAP findings.

### Regulatory and supervisory responsibilities
- The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) is responsible for insurance conduct and prudential supervision at both micro and macro level.

### Findings and recommendations (summary)
- The TN:
  - highlights risks and vulnerabilities in Austria’s insurance sector;
  - assesses progress in implementing the 2020 FSAP recommendations; and
  - offers further recommendations to strengthen the regulatory and supervisory regime.

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