Industries & activities

Insurance

Life, health, property and casualty insurers and intermediaries.

Overview

Insurers face solvency regulation, market conduct rules, licensing and, in the US, state-by-state supervision.

Insurers must hold capital against their risks, treat customers fairly in sales and claims, file rates and forms where required, and manage investments, reinsurance and conduct under supervisory review.

Authorities in this glossary active in it include NYDFS, State insurance departments, OSFI, AMF, Provincial insurance regulators and EIOPA. It sits within financial services.

Check the official sources below for legal scope, applicable dates and exceptions. This entry is an explanatory reference, not legal advice.

Why it matters

Regulators increasingly look at activities and outcomes in this space, so obligations follow the business model rather than the label.

Who it affects

Organisations operating in insurance, and the vendors who serve them.

Where it sits

Ten linked steps connect where you operate to the proof that you complied.

  1. 01Jurisdiction
  2. 02Industry
  3. 03Activity
  4. 04Authority
  5. 05Regulation
  6. 06Requirement
  7. 07Guidance
  8. 08Control
  9. 09Evidence
  10. 10Enforcement

Connections

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What to do about it

  1. 1List the activities you actually perform.
  2. 2Identify the authorities and licences those activities trigger.
  3. 3Scope your obligation library to the sector and its activities.
  4. 4Set up controls and evidence for the highest-risk obligations first.
In Regulation Layer

From requirement to evidence.

Tag your organisation with this sector and Regulation Layer scopes the obligation library to it.

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