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<p>Bot: Creating new article from JSON</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>🌐 &#039;&#039;&#039;Systematic risk&#039;&#039;&#039; is the type of risk that affects the insurance industry broadly and cannot be eliminated through [[Definition:Portfolio diversification | diversification]] across individual [[Definition:Insurance policy | policies]] or [[Definition:Class of business | classes of business]]. In insurance, systematic risk manifests through events and forces that simultaneously impact large portions of an insurer&#039;s book — macroeconomic downturns that depress [[Definition:Investment income | investment income]], regulatory shifts that alter [[Definition:Reserve | reserving]] requirements, or widespread [[Definition:Catastrophe | catastrophic events]] like pandemics and systemic financial crises that trigger correlated [[Definition:Loss | losses]] across many lines at once.<br /> <br /> 🔍 Unlike [[Definition:Idiosyncratic risk | idiosyncratic risk]], which an [[Definition:Insurance carrier | insurer]] can manage by spreading exposure across many uncorrelated [[Definition:Policyholder | policyholders]], systematic risk requires different tools. Insurers address it through robust [[Definition:Capital management | capital management]], [[Definition:Stress testing | stress testing]], [[Definition:Reinsurance | reinsurance]] programs (particularly [[Definition:Catastrophe reinsurance | catastrophe covers]]), and strategic [[Definition:Asset-liability management (ALM) | asset-liability matching]]. [[Definition:Insurance regulator | Regulators]] also play a role by imposing [[Definition:Solvency | solvency]] frameworks — such as [[Definition:Solvency II | Solvency II]] or [[Definition:Risk-based capital (RBC) | risk-based capital]] standards — that force carriers to hold buffers specifically calibrated to withstand market-wide shocks.<br /> <br /> ⚠️ Ignoring systematic risk has historically led to some of the industry&#039;s most painful episodes, from the correlated credit losses during the 2008 financial crisis to the industrywide [[Definition:Underwriting loss | underwriting losses]] triggered by COVID-19. Because these risks strike across the entire market simultaneously, they can erode [[Definition:Surplus | surplus]], trigger [[Definition:Rating agency | rating]] downgrades, and destabilize even well-managed carriers. Increasingly, insurers and [[Definition:Insurtech | insurtechs]] use advanced [[Definition:Catastrophe model | catastrophe modeling]] and scenario analysis to quantify systematic exposures, building resilience into their business models before the next market-wide shock arrives.<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Related concepts:&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=20em}}<br /> * [[Definition:Catastrophe risk]]<br /> * [[Definition:Diversification]]<br /> * [[Definition:Solvency II]]<br /> * [[Definition:Stress testing]]<br /> * [[Definition:Risk-based capital (RBC)]]<br /> * [[Definition:Systemic risk management plan]]<br /> {{Div col end}}</div>

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