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A new role for op risk insurance
As expected, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said in late September that it is prepared to consider a role for insurance in reducing operational risk capital charges proposed under the Basel II bank capital adequacy accord.
Independent collapse highlights Basel II op risk insurance dilemma
LONDON - Some of the concerns of banking regulators about the effectiveness of insurance cover when operational disaster strikes a company could be illustrated by the plight of Independent Insurance, the UK general insurance group that collapsed in June…
Basel II delay gives chance for other advanced op risk approaches
The year-long delay to the coming into effect of the Basel II banking accord means global banking regulators can study a broad range of advanced approaches to calculating an operational risk capital charge.
Modeling and measuring operational risk
Recent operational risk events such as occurred at Barings, Daiwa, Sumitomo, and other institutions show the importance of measuring and controlling such operational risk. In this paper the authors present a quantitative operational risk measurement…