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Published date: 23 March 2018

Insurance stress test 2018 (updated 26 April 2019)

Stress tests are one of the regular supervisory tools used to assess the resilience of the insurance sector to possible adverse developments.

Objective

The 2018 exercise is tailored to assess the vulnerability of the European insurance sector to specific adverse scenarios and will be based on a sample of 42 insurance groups. The scenarios encompass a wide range of risks, including market and insurance specific risks providing more insight into potential vulnerabilities from a financial stability perspective. In addition to the adverse scenarios, a separate investigation on the potential implications of cyber risks has been included.

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