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Cross-Border Insurance in Europe: Challenges for Supervision

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  • Dirk Schoenmaker

    (Department of Finance, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.)

  • Jan Sass

    (Oliver Wyman, Fred. Roeskestraat 97E, 1076 EC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Abstract

At the start of Solvency II in January 2016, there is no overview of the insurance market in Europe. This paper develops a methodology to link various data sets on foreign branches and subsidiaries. The result is a new and comprehensive data set of cross-border insurance in Europe. We find that cross-border business in insurance is higher than in banking. We also find that the share of cross-border insurance has increased over the last decade, notwithstanding the global financial crisis. EIOPA, the European supervisory authority, plays a coordinating role among the national supervisors in the approval of internal models under Solvency II. Game theory suggests that there are limits to the coordination model. The increasing share of cross-border insurance, documented in this paper, may tilt the supervisory balance from coordination towards centralisation in an Insurance Union.

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  • Dirk Schoenmaker & Jan Sass, 2016. "Cross-Border Insurance in Europe: Challenges for Supervision," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 41(3), pages 351-377, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:gpprii:v:41:y:2016:i:3:p:351-377
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    1. Pierpaolo Marano & Michele Siri, 2018. "Cross-Border Insurance Groups: Towards a Comprehensive Supervision Under Solvency II," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 43(4), pages 594-614, October.
    2. Martin Eling & Ruo Jia & Philipp Schaper, 2022. "The magic triangle: growth, profitability and safety in the insurance industry," The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan;The Geneva Association, vol. 47(2), pages 321-348, April.
    3. De Rosa, Clemente & Luciano, Elisa & Regis, Luca, 2021. "Geographical Diversification And Longevity Risk Mitigation In Annuity Portfolios," ASTIN Bulletin, Cambridge University Press, vol. 51(2), pages 375-410, May.
    4. Eling, Martin & Jia, Ruo & Schaper, Philipp, 2017. "Get the Balance Right: A Simultaneous Equation Model to Analyze Growth, Profitability, and Safety," Working Papers on Finance 1716, University of St. Gallen, School of Finance.
    5. Darvas, Zsolt & Schoenmaker, Dirk & Véron, Nicolas, 2016. "Reforms to the European Union Financial Supervisory and Regulatory Architecture and Their Implications for Asia," ADBI Working Papers 615, Asian Development Bank Institute.

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