01813cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF016890 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498323710 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department. Germany : Financial Sector Assessment Program-Insurance Sector Supervision-Technical Notes. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016. 1 online resource (66 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper provides an update on the German insurance sector and an analysis of certain key aspects of the regulatory and supervisory regime. It includes an analysis of German practice in relation to selected Insurance Core Principles in the context of a wider discussion of key issues in regulation and supervision. This technical note focuses mainly on recent developments in the sector and key vulnerabilities, including life insurance issues, those vulnerabilities associated with the continuing low interest rate environment; the preparations of the authorities and industry for the implementation of the Solvency II requirements; and the supervisory approach to large insurance groups. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2016/192 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2016/192/002.2016.issue-192-en.xml IMF e-Library