The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) published its Roadmap 2026-2027, setting out its strategic priorities and workplan for the next two years under the Strategic Plan 2025-2029. The programme focuses on monitoring and responding to key sector risks and trends, developing global supervisory standards, supporting supervisors with good practices and capacity building, and assessing consistent implementation of IAIS standards. Work in 2026 will prioritise structural shifts in the life insurance sector, with enhanced monitoring and supervisory guidance on increased allocations to alternative assets and the growth of asset-intensive reinsurance. The Roadmap also advances work on climate risks and natural catastrophe protection gaps through practical guidance on climate metrics, scenario analysis and strategies to narrow protection gaps, and maintains a focus on digital innovation and cyber risks, including artificial intelligence, supervisory technology and operational resilience. On implementation, the IAIS will initiate assessments of the Insurance Capital Standard (ICS) and the qualitative aspects of the Common Framework for the Supervision of Internationally Active Insurance Groups (ComFrame), alongside other assessment activities, and will continue support for emerging market and developing economy jurisdictions through peer exchange, capacity-building programmes and resources. The Roadmap document also sets out timing for upcoming consultations, publications and stakeholder engagements.

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