Balance-sheet and insurance capacity

The capacity of public and private balance sheets and of insurance to absorb the risks in scope.

In preparation. This GRA chapter is not written yet; it holds no findings.
Contents
  1. ·Edition home
  2. 1Exposure and capital
  3. 2Readiness findings
  4. 3Protection gaps by sector
  5. 4Balance-sheet and insurance capacity
    1. 4.1 What this chapter will report
    2. 4.2 Where the evidence sits now
    3. 4.3 Contribute to this chapter
  6. 5Stress test
  7. 6Readings from the other desks
  8. 7Market actions
  9. 8Instruments and products

4.1What this chapter will report

The capacity of public and private balance sheets and of insurance to absorb the risks in scope.

It answers the frame question "risk and capability" in the terms of the Global Risks Alliance (GRA) Capital Readiness, so the Collection can set it beside chapter 4 of the other desks’ editions.

4.2Where the evidence sits now

The nearest material today is chapter 4 of the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) Systems Evidence edition for South Africa: risks and capability. It is a cross-reference, not a copy, and it is a draft in stewardship review.

GCRI edition, chapter 4

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The print edition of the evidence this chapter cross-references: the GCRI Systems Evidence edition for South Africa.

Draft, not yet releasedThe print and files of the GCRI edition this desk’s edition cross-references. Review copies until release; the DOI is issued at deposit.

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      The GCRI Systems Evidence print edition for this subject, A4: cover, imprint, contents with page numbers, every chapter and annex.

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  • Web edition

  • Data bundle

    • Indicators, CSV

      20 indicators with unit, year, status and source

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      The same indicators with the edition’s identity and licence

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    • Findings, CSV

      12 findings with status, evidence-quality level and references

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4.3Contribute to this chapter

How far finance and insurance are ready for the risks in scope: protection gaps, disclosure practice, portfolio readiness and the capacity of balance sheets, read on a ladder of evidence and never as advice or a rating. Material for this chapter goes to the GRA Capital Readiness desk; what belongs to another desk is forwarded, not refused.

The Alliance reads an edition for capital readiness: whether insurers, banks, investors and public finance can read a finding without distorting it.

If you price or allocate against these risks, send the case and say what you may disclose. The Alliance will cite the part you can share.

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