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Capital adequacy

Term · Insurance and risk management · MLC-T-INS-000669

The sufficiency of an insurer's financial resources to cover its liabilities and absorb potential losses, as determined by regulatory requirements and internal risk assessments. It measures the extent to which an insurer holds enough capital to meet its obligations under adverse scenarios. Regulators often set minimum capital adequacy ratios based on risk-weighted assets.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-INS-000669
FieldInsurance and risk management
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-INS-000669",
  "term": "Capital adequacy",
  "field": "Insurance and risk management",
  "definition": "The sufficiency of an insurer's financial resources to cover its liabilities and absorb potential losses, as determined by regulatory requirements and internal risk assessments. It measures the extent to which an insurer holds enough capital to meet its obligations under adverse scenarios. Regulators often set minimum capital adequacy ratios based on risk-weighted assets.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/insurance/capital-adequacy/"
}

Record 436 of 3,682 in Insurance and risk management terminology (MLC-0106). Request the full dataset.