Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

NOVA Information Management School

Solvency Models

Code

200097

Academic unit

NOVA Information Management School

Credits

7.5

Teacher in charge

Pedro Alexandre da Rosa Corte Real

Teaching language

Portuguese. If there are Erasmus students, classes will be taught in English

Objectives

Knowing the importance of the concepts of Enterprise Risk Management, Capital Economic and Regulatory Capital. Understanding the risks associated with the Banking and Insurance industry. Measurement of risks associated with the Banking and Insurance industry. Study of risk measures such as VaR and TVAR. Examples of application of the Standard Model.Understand the purpose and importance of the projects Basel II / III and Solvency II.

Prerequisites

None.

Subject matter

1.Enterprise Risk Management concept
2.Economic and Regulatory Capital
3.Risk and Coherent Risk Measures
4.Reinsurance as a Risk Management Tool
5.Parametric and Non-Parametric Models for VaR e TVaR estimation
  
1. Supervisory architecture of the European financial system
- Origins and evolution of the current financial crisis
- European initiatives in response to the crisis
- Role of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) and of the European financial supervision authorities (ESA's: EBA, EIOPA and ESMA)
- Specificities of banking vs. insurance 2. Solvency regime of the insurance sector (Solvency II)
- Framework and objectives
- Pillar I - quantitative requirements
- Valuation of assets and liabilities
- Technical provisions: best estimate and risk margin
- Own funds
- Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR)
- standard formula (with description of its risk modules, namely market, counterparty default, life underwriting, non-life underwriting, health underwriting and operational risks)
- internal models.
- Minimum Capital Requirement (MCR)
- Pillar II - qualitative requirements
- System of governance
- Risk management system, including the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA)
- Internal control system
- Key functions
- Capital add-ons
- Pillar III - transparency, reporting and disclosure of information
3. Solvency regime of the banking sector (Basel II and III)
- Framework and objectives
- Pillar I - quantitative requirements
- Own funds
- Trading book and Banking book
- Credit risk: standard method and internal models
- Market risk: standard method and internal models
- Operational risk: basic indicator approach (BIA), standard / alternative method and advanced measurement method (AMA)
- Pillar II - qualitative requirements
- Supervisory review process
- Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP)
- Pillar III - market discipline
- Basel III - changes introduced to the regulatory framework
- Framework
- Own funds
- Counter-cyclical capital buffer and capital conservation buffer
- Liquidity coverage ratio and Net stable funding ratio

Bibliography

- Diretiva 2009/138/EC (Solvência II), disponível em http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:335:FULL:EN:PDF; Solvency II Directive (2009/138/EC); Other papers from EIOPA and BIS; - Especificações técnicas do exercício QIS5 do Solv

Teaching method

Theoretical and applied lectures supported by study and research.

Evaluation method

Written exam

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