EIOPA issues reports, thematic reviews, peer reviews and research papers on areas such as: supervision, consumer protection, financial stability and risk.
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RSSESAs Final Report on EMIR draft RTS with regards to intragroup contracts
This final report presents new draft amending regulatory technical standards (RTS) on the risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivative contracts not cleared by a CCP (bilateral margining) that the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have developed under Article 11(15) of EMIR1 . The draft RTS...
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- Report
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- Regulation
Joint ESAs Report on the withdrawal of authorisation for serious breaches of AML/CFT rules
Report, which provides a comprehensive analysis on the completeness, adequacy and uniformity of the applicable laws and practices on the withdrawal of license for serious breaches of the rules on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT).
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- Report
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- Supervision
Discussion paper on physical climate change risks
Building on its ambitious agenda for sustainable finance, and in particular on the sensitivity analysis of asset-side transition risks published in 2020, EIOPA launched a follow-up exercise on physical risks in the second half of 2021. This discussion paper presents the first results of this...
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- Discussion paperReport
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- Sustainability
Joint Committee Annual Report 2021
In 2021, the Joint Committee under the chairmanship of the ESMA, continued to have a central role for the coordination and exchange of information between the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), the European Commission (EC) and the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB). The main areas of cross...
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- Annual reportReport
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- Organisation
Joint Committee Report on risks and vulnerabilities in the EU financial system - Spring 2022
The report highlights the increasing vulnerabilities across the financial sector as well as the rise of environmental and cyber risks. It also includes a preliminary assessment of the consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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- Report
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- Risk assessment
Costs and past performance report 2022
Costs and past performance report 2022
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- Costs and past performance reportPublicationReport
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- Consumer protection
Joint ESAs Report on Digital Finance
This report sets out the findings and advice of the ESAs in response to the European Commission’s Call for Advice on digital finance and related issues. It covers cross-sectoral and sector-specific market developments in the three key areas identified in the Call for Advice, and the risks and...
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- Report
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- Digitalisation
Consumer Trends Report 2021
The Consumer Trends Report 2021 and the risk heat-map provide a snapshot of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the insurance and pension sector from a consumer protection perspective, highlitinga fast-forwarded digitalisation trend with underlying opportunities, but also some concerns from a...
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- Consumer trends reportReport
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- Consumer protection
Report on the application of the Insurance Distribution Directive
Amongst others, this report examines:any changes in the insurance intermediaries' market structure;any changes in the patterns of cross-border activity;the improvement of quality of advice and selling methods and the impact of the IDD on insurance intermediaries which are small and medium-sized...
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- Report
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- IDD
Report on limitations and exemptions from Solvency II reporting during 2020 and Q1 2021
The report is based on the Solvency II annual and quarterly quantitative reporting templates with reference during 2020 and the first quarter of 2021, as submitted to EIOPA by solo undertakings or insurance groups from the European Economic Area.The results show that proportionality is implemented...
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- Report
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- ReportingSolvency II
Annual report on sanctions under the Insurance Distribution Directive during 2020
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its second annual report on administrative sanctions and other measures imposed during 2020 by national competent authorities under the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD).In 2020, national competent authorities...
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- Report
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- IDD
2021 Insurance stress test report
2021 Insurance stress test report
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- Report
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- Stress test
Financial Stability Report December 2021
The December 2021 Financial Stability Report examined key macroeconomic developments, including the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the prevalence of risks that are key for the insurance and pension sectors.
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- Financial stability report
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- Financial stability
Report on Cross-border IORPs
Report on Cross-border IORPs
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- Occupational pensions statisticsReport
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- IORP
Final Report Consumer Testing of digital disclosures on PTS across Europe
Final Report Consumer Testing of digital disclosures on PTS across Europe
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- Report
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- Pensions
Report on the independence of National Competent Authorities
The report takes stock of the situation on NCAs independence along key aspects i.e. operational independence, financial independence, personal independence as well as accountability and transparency. It should be noted that this report does not represent an assessment of NCAs independence. Rather...
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- Report
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- Supervision
Failures and near misses in insurance
The report aims at enhancing supervisory knowledge on the prevention and management of insurance failures, based on the information contained in the EIOPA database, which comprises a sample of 219 affected insurance undertakings in 31 European countries,dating back from 1999 to 2020.
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- Report
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- Supervision
European Insurance Overview 2021
The Annual European Insurance Overview is published by EIOPA as an extension of its statistical services in order to provide an easy-to-use and accessible overview of the European (re)insurance sector. The report is based on annually reported Solvency II information. This ensures that the data has...
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- Insurance overview reportReport
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- Statistics
Report on EIOPA's approach for the implementation of IBOR transitions
This report highlights EIOPA's policy approach for the implementation of Interbank Offered Rates (IBOR) transitions.This report includes a summary of the comments received by the stakeholders, the final methodology to perform the IBOR transitions, as well as the results of the information request...
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- Report
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- Risk-free rate
Criteria for the independence of supervisory authorities
The independence of supervisory authorities is crucial for the legitimacy and credibility of the supervisory process. For public bodies, independence and good governance are necessary to avoid possible conflicts of interest and to reduce the likelihood of undue external influence on supervisory...
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- Report
- Topics type
- Supervision