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14-December-2023

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2023 OECD-OJK Roundtable on Leveraging Technology for Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction in Insurance

14-15 December 2023, Bali-Indonesia. This event will discuss the findings from an OECD report on leveraging technology for risk assessment and risk reduction in insurance.

8-November-2023

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OECD Recommendation on Building Financial Resilience to Disaster Risks

Adopted by the OECD Council on 23 February 2017, this Recommendation provides high-level policy guidance for designing a strategy for addressing the financial impacts of disasters on individuals, businesses and sub-national levels of governments, as well as the implication for public finances.

4-October-2022

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Impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on insurance markets

This note assesses the immediate impact of Russia’s large-scale aggression against Ukraine on global insurance markets. It addresses direct impacts of the war on the industry, such as losses arising in certain specialty lines and restrictions on the provision of insurance services, and indirect impacts, such as increased macroeconomic and financial market volatility, that in turn affects insurers.

30-September-2022

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Could insurance provide an alternative to fiscal support in crisis response?

The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant economic disruptions and revenue losses for business impacted by workplace closure measures aimed at restraining the spread of the virus. Governments provided extensive monetary and fiscal support to address liquidity risks and mitigate the potential for mass insolvencies as few businesses had applicable insurance coverage for these types of losses. This paper examines the fiscal and insurance sector responses to the economic disruptions resulting from COVID-19 workplace closures, the challenges to the availability of insurance coverage for this risk and some of the challenges and risks related to large-scale fiscal support for businesses. It also includes a discussion of the potential contribution of a loss-sharing arrangement between governments and insurance markets for pandemic-related business interruption losses as a means of enhancing the contribution of insurance markets to providing financial protection in the context of future pandemics.

18-July-2022

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Global insurance market trends

This annual report analyses insurance market statistics collected by the OECD to monitor the insurance industry’s overall performance and health. It covers all OECD countries plus selected Asian, African and Latin American countries.

18-July-2022

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Global insurance market trends - Preliminary data 2022

18 July 2022 - The ebb and flow of COVID-19 waves continued to affect trends in the insurance sector in 2021 according to preliminary data available on global insurance market trends. COVID-19 drove claims payments up in the life sector, while payments remained stable in the non-life sector.

10-June-2022

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Global pension statistics

The Global Pension Statistics Project measures and monitors the pension industry, allowing inter-country comparisons of current statistics and indicators on key aspects of retirement systems.

30-June-2021

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Insurance Markets in Figures, 2021

30 June 2021 - As preliminary data become available for 2020 around the globe, insurance companies seem to have experienced a slowdown in gross premiums written in 2020 in the COVID-19 context, especially in the life sector.

11-March-2021

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OECD Insurance Statistics 2020

This annual publication shows official insurance statistics for all OECD countries including data on premiums collected, claims, and commissions by type of insurance; investments by type of investment; and numbers of companies and employees. The data, which are standardised as far as possible, are broken down under numerous sub-headings, and a series of indicators makes the characteristics of the national markets more readily comprehensible.

29-June-2020

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Insurance Markets in Figures, 2020

29 June 2020 - Preliminary data for 2019 show that gross premiums rose in most countries, especially in the non-life sector, continuing the global growth observed in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic may however curb the positive premium and investment income growth.

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