DOES THE REGULATION OF THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY HAVE A PERNICIOUS EFFECT ON INNOVATION BY THE SECTOR IN SOUTH AFRICA?

Journal of Governance and Regulation

关键词: Financial Regulation;    Innovation;    Pernicious;    Compliance;    Insurance;    South Africa;   

DOI  :  10.22495/jgr_v4_i3_c1_p1

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Virtus Interpress

【 摘 要 】

Financial regulation could be a double edged sword in that despite its major thrust being that to secure the financial sector and bring about financial stability; it might have the unintended consequence of stifling innovation by the sector. We investigate the nexus between financial regulation and innovation by specifically focusing on the insurance industry in South Africa. We demonstrate that there are plethora pieces of legislation that govern the insurance industry in South Africa. As such this has driven the cost of compliance to unsustainable levels thereby curtailing the spending by companies on innovation. We thus would like to caution the policy makers’ that this “heavy-touch” regulatory mode is having a pernicious effect on research and development by the insurance sector. As such we encourage them to embrace the “light-touch” regulatory mode whereby self-regulation and moral suasion are other avenues to be considered.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC