The Reporter provides a monthly summary of Canadian federal legislative and regulatory developments of relevance to federally regulated financial institutions. It does not address Canadian provincial financial services legislative and regulatory developments, although this information is tracked by BLG and can be provided on request. In addition, purely technical and administrative changes (such as changes to reporting forms) are not covered.
March 2018
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OSFI |
Guideline — Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test ("LICAT") Public Disclosure Requirements The Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test ("LICAT") guideline replaces the Minimum Continuing Capital and Surplus Requirements ("MCCSR") guideline. It establishes the standards used by OSFI to assess whether a life insurer maintains adequate capital or an adequate margin to support risks specific to the life insurance business. The LICAT guideline does not address public solvency risk disclosures by life insurers. |
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IAIS |
Draft Issues Paper on Climate Change Risks to the Insurance Sector The objectives of this Issues Paper are to raise awareness for insurers and supervisors of the challenges presented by climate change, including current and contemplated supervisory approaches for addressing these risks. The paper provides an overview of how climate change is currently affecting and may affect the insurance sector, provides examples of current material risks and impacts across underwriting and investment activities, and describes how these risks and impacts may be of relevance for the supervision and regulation of the sector. The paper also explores potential and contemplated supervisory responses, and reviews observed practices in different jurisdictions, identifying gaps and emerging areas which need to be resolved. Finally, the paper offers preliminary insights from practice, and initial conclusions relating to the supervision of climate change risks to the insurance sector. |
Comments should be provided by April 29, 2018. |
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BIS/ Basel |
Revisions to the minimum capital requirements for market risk - consultative document The consultative document includes proposed changes to the following aspects of the standard:
In addition, the document proposes a recalibration of the Basel II standardised approach for use by banks with less material market risk exposures to determine their capital requirements. |
Comments should be provided by June 20, 2018. |
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OSFI |
Total Loss Absorbing Capacity ("TLAC") Disclosure Requirements - Draft Guideline This guideline sets out OSFI’s disclosure requirements on TLAC for Canadian Domestic Systemically Important Banks ("D-SIBs"). It incorporates the TLAC disclosure templates published in the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision ("BCBS") Pillar 3 Disclosure Requirements — consolidated and enhanced framework standards issued in March 2017 (also referred to as Phase II of Pillar 3). |
Comments should be provided by April 17, 2018. |
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Financial Stability Board ("FSB") |
Supplementary Guidance to the FSB Principles and Standards on Sound Compensation Practices The supplementary guidance, like the FSB Principles and Standards, will apply to financial institutions that competent authorities consider significant for the purpose of the Principles and Standards. It consist of eight recommendations for firms and supervisors and is structured in three parts: (i) governance of compensation and misconduct risk, (ii) effective alignment of compensation with misconduct risk and (iii) supervision of compensation and misconduct risk. |
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OSFI [Federally Regulated Property and Casualty Insurance Companies] |
Guide to Intervention for Federally Regulated Property and Casualty Insurance Companies The Guide replaces the Supervisory Guide Applicable to Federally Regulated Insurance Companies, and:
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