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Ep. 186: Policyholder Protection Schemes in a Climate-stressed World

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Show Notes

This TC Note and accompanyng podcast provides practical guidance to supervisors in emerging economies on the role of policyholder protection schemes (PPSs), as climate-related risks are affecting insurer vulnerability and recent events reveal new intracacies about the interaction between catastrophes and insurer failure.

Additionally, the Note: Clarifies what PPSs are and describes the global landscape Explains how climate change affects supervisory assumptions Presents lessons from recent catastrophe-related cases Suggests supervisory priorities in jurisdictions with and without PPSs

Guest:

Michael Hafeman, Program Leader, Toronto Centre

Host:

Mamta Suri, Program Director, Toronto Centre

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