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Inconsistent Capital Regulation

"Using variation across insurers within the same country, and across countries for the same insurance group, we show that market risk insurance via guaranteed return products is more prevalent in countries with more lax capital requirements. Moreover, we show that the interest rate exposure of insurance companies increased as interest rates declined in recent years, and this effect is more pronounced for companies with a larger share of guaranteed return products. "