DNB Publishes Banking and Insurance Newsletters for May 2019
DNB issued the banking and insurance newsletters for May 2019. The newsletters highlight that Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) published a “Call for Action” with six concrete recommendations on making the financial system more sustainable. The key recommendations are related to integrating climate-related risks into financial stability monitoring and micro-supervision, building awareness and encouraging technical assistance and knowledge-sharing, supporting the development of a taxonomy of economic activities, and achieving robust and internationally consistent climate and environment-related disclosures.
The the newsletters include:
- Update on the questions and answers (Q&A) on “DNB Assessment framework for Information security for DNB research” and made it more accessible to administrators and policymakers.
- Update on the recent relevant publications by ECB, EBA, EC, and other international forums.
- Good practices for intra-group agreements and positions of insurers.
- Update on a study, among ten medium-size insurers, into the management of operational and IT risks. The study shows that insurers can implement the application of EIOPA's guidelines on risk management more emphatically in that regard.
- Update on the calendar for banks.
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Keywords: Europe, Netherlands, Banking, Insurance, Newsletter, QIS Calender, Q&A, Climate-Related Financial Risk, Sustainable Finance, DNB
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