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An elusive panacea? The impact of the regulatory valuation regime on insurers' investment behaviour

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  • Lepore, Caterina
  • Tanaka, Misa
  • Humphry, David
  • Sen, Kallol

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This paper develops a framework to examine how the interactions between the valuation regime and solvency requirements influence investment behaviour of long-term investors with stable liabilities, such as life insurers. The results contribute to the debate over market-based valuation regimes, and shed light on new hybrid regimes explored in policy circles. We show that solvency requirements based on fair value regime can induce procyclical asset sales, but those based on historical cost valuation encourage insurers to engage in risk-shifting to the detriment of policyholders. A hybrid valuation regime, intended to address these unfavourable outcomes, does not strictly dominate the other two regimes on its own. However, market-based regimes can be made effective, if regulators calibrate their responses to solvency breaches using supervisory information about insurers' asset quality.

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  • Lepore, Caterina & Tanaka, Misa & Humphry, David & Sen, Kallol, 2022. "An elusive panacea? The impact of the regulatory valuation regime on insurers' investment behaviour," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finana:v:81:y:2022:i:c:s1057521918301856
    DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2018.12.007
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    1. Palea, Vera, 2019. "Accounting for Sustainable Finance: Does Fair value Accounting Fit for Long-term Investing in Equity?," Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers 201912, University of Turin.

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    Keywords

    Valuation; Mark-to-market; Risk-shifting; Fire-sales; Insurance;
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    JEL classification:

    • M41 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Accounting - - - Accounting
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies

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