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Insurance A: Solvency and Reinsurance - AFCP955

This unit examines the principles of solvency regimes that apply to insurance companies and describes the importance of provisioning practices used to account for future losses. It also describes risk measurement and management practices and outlines solvency stress tests. It describes the role of reinsurance in the insurance industry, and outlines the different types of reinsurance currently available and how these are used by insurance companies to mitigate extreme risks. It describes approaches taken by regulators to monitor, supervise and assess the levels of risk retention in insurance companies, and the approaches taken to regulating and supervising reinsurance companies.

Credit Points: 2
When Offered:

TBD - Not offered in the current year; next offering is to be determined

Staff Contact(s): Associate Professor Robert Trevor
Prerequisites:

Admission to MFinReg Prerequisite Information

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Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies

Faculty of Business and Economics

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