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🌐 '''Holistic Framework''' refers to the supervisory architecture developed by the [[Definition:International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) | International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS)]] to address systemic risk within the global insurance sector. Formally known as the Holistic Framework for Systemic Risk in the Insurance Sector, it replaced the earlier approach of designating individual insurers as [[Definition:Global systemically important insurer (G-SII) | global systemically important insurers (G-SIIs)]] with a broader, activities-based methodology. Rather than singling out specific firms for enhanced supervision, the framework focuses on the activities and exposures across the entire industry that could, in aggregate, transmit or amplify shocks through the financial system.

⚙️ The framework operates through a combination of supervisory tools applied at both the individual-entity and sector-wide level. It directs national [[Definition:Insurance regulator | insurance regulators]] to monitor [[Definition:Macroprudential supervision | macroprudential]] vulnerabilities — such as concentrated exposures to [[Definition:Liquidity risk | liquidity risk]], interconnectedness with [[Definition:Capital markets | capital markets]] through derivatives or [[Definition:Securities lending | securities lending]], and the potential for disorderly [[Definition:Run-off | run-off]] of large portfolios. Supervisors are expected to use tools including [[Definition:Stress testing | stress testing]], enhanced [[Definition:Corporate governance | governance]] requirements, [[Definition:Recovery and resolution planning | recovery and resolution planning]], and targeted [[Definition:Capital requirement | capital add-ons]] where systemic exposures are identified. The IAIS coordinates collective assessment through an annual Global Monitoring Exercise, which gathers data from major insurers and supervisors worldwide to evaluate emerging trends and potential sources of systemic concern.

💡 Shifting from entity-based designation to an activities-based lens marked a fundamental change in how global regulators think about insurance and financial stability. The G-SII designation process had drawn criticism for imposing enhanced requirements on a handful of firms — often large [[Definition:Reinsurer | reinsurers]] or diversified financial groups — while potentially overlooking risks arising from widespread industry practices. By contrast, the Holistic Framework acknowledges that systemic risk in insurance tends to stem not from the failure of a single carrier but from correlated behaviors across many firms, such as aggressive [[Definition:Asset-liability management (ALM) | asset-liability management]] strategies or heavy reliance on [[Definition:Short-term funding | short-term funding]]. For the industry, this approach distributes the supervisory burden more evenly and encourages all participants, not just the largest, to manage systemic exposures proactively.

'''Related concepts:'''
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* [[Definition:International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS)]]
* [[Definition:Global systemically important insurer (G-SII)]]
* [[Definition:Macroprudential supervision]]
* [[Definition:Stress testing]]
* [[Definition:Recovery and resolution planning]]
* [[Definition:Insurance Core Principles (ICPs)]]
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