The Impact of Financial Crisis on Insurance Sector and the Regulatory Response

Authors

  • NURUL SYUHADA BINTI ZAIDI MISS
  • Nazaria Md Aris
  • Suzila Mohamed Yusof

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33736/uraf.1214.2018

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss what happen during the 2008 financial crisis and the reason behind it. This paper also aims to analyze the impact of the financial crisis to insurance sector and how they react. This paper also discussed the Solvency II (applied by the European Commission) as well as the Malaysian Risk-Based Capital.  Lastly, this paper also provides some observation and suggestion on how similar crisis can be avoided in the future as well as ways to improve the regulations.

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Published

2018-12-27

How to Cite

ZAIDI, N. S. B., Md Aris, N., & Mohamed Yusof, S. (2018). The Impact of Financial Crisis on Insurance Sector and the Regulatory Response. UNIMAS Review of Accounting and Finance, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.33736/uraf.1214.2018

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