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This Single Programming Document sets out the activities that EIOPA plans to undertake in the period 2021-2023 in order to deliver on our four strategic objectives:Driving forward conduct of business regulation and supervision to the benefit of consumersLeading supervisory convergence to ensure...

The purpose of this Opinion is to provide EIOPA’s views on the decision of the European Parliament and on any other observations made by the European Parliament in the discharge procedure in accordance with Article 64(11) of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the...

The outbreak of the Coronavirus has brought huge social disruptions and unprecedented economic challenges, with inevitable impact on the EU financial sector. Valuation, liquidity, credit and solvency risks have increased across the board. While liquidity positions of EU banks remained relatively...

PEPP proposed legal instruments and technical advice

PEPP Impact Assessment

Report on consumer testing of PEPP information documents

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EIOPA’s proposed level 2 regulations for the PEPP

Letter from EIOPA to EC (PEPP)

AbstractIn an environment of a quick unfolding crisis with high uncertainty, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority issued on 2nd April 2020 a statement requesting (re)insurers to suspend all discretionary dividend distributions and share buy backs aimed at remunerating...

This article investigates how much investment held by insurers may be eligible to the EU sustainable finance taxonomy.To this aim, Solvency II item-by-item investment data is employed. As part of the Green Deal, the Commission presented the European Green Deal Investment Plan, which will mobilize...

During the last months, the Covid-19 outbreak further proved the importance of the Solvency II regulatory framework. The market-consistent and risk based approach helped insurers to better align capital to risk, build-up resilience and enhance the risk management practices, while the adjustments...

The paper recognises that private insurance solutions alone will not be sufficient to protect society against the financial consequences of future pandemics. Solutions will require both public and private sector involvement, and build on the following four key elements:Proper risk assessmentRisk...

Following EIOPA’s Recommendations of 20 March 2020 on annual and quarterly reporting and publication deadlines, EIOPA considers that insurance and reinsurance undertakings should now be in condition to comply with the deadlines provided in the Solvency II framework.

Supervisory Statement on the Solvency II recognition of schemes based on reinsurance with regard to COVID-19 and credit insurance

In this letter, the three Supervisory Authorities inform the Director General of DG FISMA, John Berrigan, about the outcome of the review by the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) of the PRIIPs key information document (KID) following the Consultation Paper published on 16 October 2019 on the...

In the current macro-financial environment, one of the major concerns for the insurance market is the exceptionally ultra-low/negative level of interest rates.In addition, the Covid-19 outbreak has severely affected the macroeconomic and market conditions worldwide, with the launch of support...

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) welcome the European Commission’s consultation on a Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy as part of its European Green Deal. The ESAs support the Commission’s ambition to strengthen the European policy framework to enhance the resilience of the financial...