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Presentation on Macroprudential Supervision ASSAL Meeting Workshop Yoshihiro Kawai Secretary General International Association of Insurance Supervisors 24 April 2012 Agenda 1) Approach to macroprudential surveillance 2) ICP 24 3) Case studies OCE April 2012 ASSAL 24 April 2012 2 Why we (should) regulate Macroprudential approach • Systemic stability • (Consumers benefit from sound and stable financial institutions) The whole is bigger than the sum of its parts Microprudential approach • Consumer protection • (Financial stability as an afterthought to solvency regulation) OCE April 2012 ASSAL 24 April 2012 3 Macro- and microprudential approaches Microprudential Macroprudential Limit distress of individual institutions Limit system-wide distress Ultimate objective Investor/depositor) protection Avoid macroeconomic costs linked to instability Risk characterisation Exogenous—independent of individual behaviour Endogenous—dependent on collective behaviour Correlations and common exposures Irrelevant Important Calibration of prudential controls Bottom up, risks of individual institutions Top down, in terms of systemwide risk Proximate objective Source: Claudio Borio, “Towards a macroprudential framework for financial stability” (BIS WP 128, 2003 ) OCE April 2012 ASSAL 24 April 2012 4 Agenda 1) Approach to macroprudential surveillance 2) ICP 24 3) Case studies OCE April 2012 ASSAL 24 April 2012 5 The salient principle of ICP 24 The principle of Macroprudential Surveillance and Insurance Supervision The supervisor identifies, monitors and analyses market and financial developments and other environmental factors that may impact insurers and insurance markets and uses this information in the supervision of individual insurers. OCE April 2012 ASSAL 24 April 2012 6 Agenda 1) Approach to macroprudential surveillance 2) ICP 24 3) Case studies OCE April 2012 ASSAL 24 April 2012 7 Instructions 1) Please divide up in to five separate groups 2) Discuss the cases and address the questions given on the next slide 3) Each group will have up to four minutes to present their answers to the plenary OCE April 2012 ASSAL 24 April 2012 8 Questions Discuss these questions for all five risks 1. How will the risk impact a. Life insurers? b. Non-life insurers? 2. What are possible early warning indicators for the risk? 3. What should the supervisor do to mitigate the risk? OCE April 2012 ASSAL 24 April 2012 9 Case 1 for discussion Risk 1 Default of sovereigns and banks Definition The risk of sovereign default followed by wide-spread defaults of banks with credit exposures to that particular sovereign Historic events • Argentina 2001 • Other stress situations during Latin America’s debt crisis in the 1980s Current parallels OCE April 2012 • Greece • Potentially other Eurozone countries ASSAL 24 April 2012 10 Case 2 for discussion Risk 2 Low growth / low investment yields Definition A prolonged period with subpar economic growth and low interest rates leading also to low investment yields OCE April 2012 Historic events • Japan in the 1990s and the current Current parallels • Europe • Possibly the US decade ASSAL 24 April 2012 11 Case 3 for discussion Risk 3 Accelerating inflation Definition A rapid and accelerating increase in the rate of headline or consumer price inflation well above the central bank’s inflation target OCE April 2012 Historic events • Latin America in the 1980s and 1990s • Industrialised economies in the 1970s Current parallels • Argentina • Selected emerging market economies ASSAL 24 April 2012 12 Case 4 for discussion Risk 4 Trend reversal in interest rates Definition Typically a sudden and sharp increase in the prevailing level of interest rates, caused by either a change in inflation expectations or distressed financial markets Historic events • Latin America during 1980s debt crisis • Industrialised economies at the end of the • Current parallels OCE April 2012 high inflation period (late 1970s) South East Asia during the debt crisis in 1997 • The Eurozone periphery (Greece, Ireland, Spain, Portugal) ASSAL 24 April 2012 13 Case 5 for discussion Risk 5 Sovereign downgrades Definition A downgrade (by S&P, for example) of a sovereign’s financial strength rating, questioning the integrity of the domestic benchmark defining the risk free interest rate Historic events • Countries having experienced debt crises • Current parallels in the past (Latin America 1980s – 1990s) South East Asia 1997 • Sovereign debtors in the Eurozone • Selected sovereigns with high sovereign debt (such as France and the US) OCE April 2012 ASSAL 24 April 2012 14