The raison d'être of insurance is the assumption, pooling and spreading of risk so as to mitigate the risk of adverse financial consequences to individuals and businesses that are policyholders. For this reason, a thorough understanding of risk types, their characteristics and interdependencies, the sources of the risks and their potential impact on the business is essential for insurers. Insurers should exhibit an understanding of their enterprise risk issues and show a willingness and ability to address those issues. Supervisors should, therefore, seek to require that the insurer has a competent understanding of risk and implements sound risk management practices. The ultimate aim of insurance is to create and protect value for policyholders while using capital resources efficiently. A purpose of both risk and capital management is to protect policyholders and capital providers from adverse events. It is therefore natural for insurers to combine the management of risk and capital.