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CAMELS Rating System
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CAMELS Rating System
A mnemonic device for the factors by which regulators determine banks' riskiness. The rating system goes on a scale from one to five, with one showing the least risk and five the most risk. The factors break down as follows:

C - Capital Adequacy
A - Quality of Assets
M - Quality of Management
E - Earnings
L - Liquidity
S - Sensitivity of the Bank to Market Risk


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As a result of actions by insurers, the agencies have requested the assistance of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in notifying insurance companies that the practice of requesting or requiring CAMELS ratings should be discontinued.
The Reserve Banks would initially adopt guidelines along the following lines: Domestically chartered depository institutions with CAMELS ratings of 1 or 2 and branches and agencies of foreign banking organizations with Strength of Support Assessment (SOSA) of 1 would be eligible for primary credit unless supplementary information suggested that the institution's financial condition had deteriorated since its last examination.
 
 
 
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