TY - BOOK ID - 135646404 TI - Republic of Argentina : Principles for Insurance Supervision. AU - International Monetary Fund. AU - World Bank. PY - 2011 PB - Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Accounting KW - Arbitration KW - Bankruptcy KW - Bonds KW - Capacity Building KW - Capital Markets KW - Capital Requirements KW - Confidentiality KW - Conflict of Interest KW - Consumer Protection KW - Consumers KW - Cooperatives KW - Corporate Governance KW - Debt Markets KW - Economics KW - Finance and Financial Sector Development KW - Financial and Private Sector Development KW - Financial Crisis KW - Financial Regulation & Supervision KW - Financial Services KW - Financial Stability KW - Foreign Banks KW - Foreign Ownership KW - Fraud KW - Gross Domestic Product KW - Health Insurance KW - Human Resources KW - Inflation KW - Information Technology KW - Insurance & Risk Mitigation KW - Insurance Industry KW - Insurance Law KW - International Financial Architecture KW - Law and Development KW - Legal Framework KW - Legal System KW - Life Insurance KW - Limited Liability Companies KW - Money Laundering KW - Non Bank Financial Institutions KW - Profitability KW - Public Finance KW - Reciprocity KW - Regulation and Competition Policy KW - Risk Assessment KW - Risk Management KW - Securities KW - Standards and Financial Reporting KW - Terrorism KW - Trade and Integration KW - Transparency KW - Underwriting UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135646404 AB - This assessment is focused on the Superintendencia de Seguros de la Nacion (SSN) in Argentina. SSN has responsibility for regulation and supervision of all players in the insurance market. In addition to its role as a supervisor, SSN has powers to issue regulations, is responsible for advising the executive on issues related to insurance, and can propose draft bills. The laws are passed by the national legislative branch and enacted by the national executive branch. The assessment was performed using the 2007 version of the core principles for insurance supervision issued by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). This paper is structured into following four parts: part one is information and methodology used for the assessment; part two is institutional and macro prudential setting, part three gives summary assessment; and part four gives authorities' responses. ER -