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APRA is updating the general insurance reinsurance framework to enhance access to alternative reinsurance arrangements while safeguarding policyholder interests.
APRA is consulting on proposed non‑confidentiality determinations for general insurance (GI) and life insurance (LI) data, alongside updates to its GI and LI statistical publications to align with the new insurance reporting framework.
Effective governance of banks, insurers and RSE licensees is fundamental to prudential regulation and sound risk management. Well-governed institutions are likely to be more resilient in times of stress.
Climate change presents risks to the financial system and the APRA-regulated entities that operate within it. This includes physical, transition, and liability risks which are collectively referred to as climate risks in this Information Paper.
This information paper aims to help accountable entities and their accountable persons understand and meet their obligations under the Financial Accountability Regime, while outlining how the Regulators will jointly administer the FAR and exercise their regulatory and enforcement powers.
APRA has decided to maintain its existing macroprudential policy settings. The mortgage serviceability buffer will remain at 3 percentage points, and the countercyclical capital buffer will stay at 1 per cent of risk-weighted assets.
The Agencies are working closely with industry to ensure the proposed collection is practical and fit for purpose. As such, these draft data points and definitions are subject to change as feedback is received from industry and other stakeholders.
The management of operational risk is of critical importance, as demonstrated by operational risk failures and business disruptions in the past. All APRA-regulated entities need to ensure that they are well placed to manage operational risk and respond to business disruptions when they inevitably occur.
This Information Paper provides an update on APRA’s macroprudential policy settings. It sets out what the current settings are and explains the key factors that have informed APRA’s decision-making, enhancing transparency on macroprudential policy.