The IAIS has published a detailed assessment of observance of the IAIS Insurance Core Principles (ICPs) in Albania through its Member Assessment Programme (MAP). The regulatory and supervisory framework of Albania is assessed as having a high level of observance of the ICPs. A large majority of the ICPs are assessed as either Observed or […]
The MAP Albania report is a detailed assessment of regulation and supervision of the insurance sector in Albania. To inform the assessment, meetings were held in Tirana with the Albanian Financial Supervisory Authority, government officials, industry (insurers and intermediaries) and industry associations and professional bodies. The report contains the details of the assessment of the observance levels of the ICPs as well as distinct recommendations to improve observance levels of ICPs. It also includes the authority’s response to the assessment as well as an institutional and market overview. The regulatory and supervisory framework of Albania is assessed as having a high level of observance of the ICPs. A large majority of the ICPs are assessed as either Observed or Largely Observed.
As part of a broader set of lessons learnt from Covid-19, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) and Access to Insurance Initiative (A2ii) have jointly published a note examining the role insurance supervisors could play in the design, development and implementation of insurance-based programmes for pandemic risk. The note considers key characteristics of proposals […]
The IAIS and A2ii have published a joint note focusing on the role of supervisors in the design, development and implementation of insurance-based programmes to address pandemic protection gaps, and outlining the role that supervisors can play as future initiatives are developed.
