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The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) provides this Supervisory Statement on the basis of Article 29(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 to promote common supervisory approaches and practices.This Supervisory Statement is based on Directive (EU) 2016/2341 (‘the IORP II...

Letter from the European Commission regarding the application of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 on the sustainability related disclosures in the financial services sector and related technical standards.

The Annual European Insurance Overview is 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 a high coverage in all countries and is reported in a consistent manner across the...

In accordance with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/20104 EIOPA issues these Guidelines addressed to the supervisory authorities to provide guidance on how insurance and reinsurance undertakings should apply the governance requirements foreseen in Directive 2009/138/EC5 (“Solvency II...

The Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) (1) Product Oversight and Governance (POG) requirements aim at ensuring that the interests of customers take prime importance during product design and throughout the lifecycle of a product, including within arrangements for its distribution.This document...

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 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)

PEPP proposed legal instruments and technical advice

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...