The Term Structure of Interest Rates and its Impact on the Liability Adequacy Test for Insurance Companies in Brazil

<p>The Brazilian regulation for applying the Liability Adequacy Test (LAT) to technical provisions in insurance companies requires that the current estimate is discounted by a term structure of interest rates (hereafter TSIR). This article aims to analyze the LAT results, derived from the use...

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Main Authors: Antonio Aurelio Duarte, Aldy Fernandes da Silva, Luciano Vereda Oliveira, Elionor Farah Jreige Weffort, Betty Lilian Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-08-01
Series:Revista Contabilidade & Finanças
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-70772015000200223&lng=en&tlng=en