Read our selection of interviews and contributions that EIOPA's Chair, Executive Director or other members of staff gave to the media.
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RSSInterview with Dimitris Zafeiris
EIOPA published recently the first paper of a series on systemic risk and macroprudential policy in the insurance sector. What are the lessons learnt from the financial crisis and the banking sector affecting the European insurance sector?Although the insurance sector differs substantially from...
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Interview with Gabriel Bernardino
Insurers struggle with the combination of capital requirements and low interest rates. “Interest rates could remain low for years”, thinks Gabriel Bernardino, who is Chairman of EIOPA, their European regulator. Pension funds tend to like EIOPA, because it is less strict on interest rates than the...
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- Gabriel BernardinoSolvency II
Interview with Gabriel Bernardino
Key objectives of the stress test exercise Mr Bernardino, today EIOPA published the results of its fourth Insurance Stress Test. What are the key objectives?The key objectives of this year’s stress test is to assess the resilience of insurance groups throughout Europe to a set of severe but...
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- Gabriel BernardinoStress test
Interview with Fausto Parente
What are the main challenges for national pensions systems?Pension systems, including national pensions systems, face severe challenges of an ageing population. For example, by 2020, one quarter of Europeans will be older than 60. While population ageing accelerates, population growth is slowing...
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- Fausto ParenteOrganisationPEPP
Interview with Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of EIOPA
Interview by Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of EIOPA, conducted by withPatrick Eisele, Portfolio Institutionnell (Germany).
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- Solvency II
Q&A with Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of EIOPA
Q&A with Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of EIOPA, conducted by Cécile Sourbès, Investment & Pensions Europe (the United Kingdom).
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- IORP IIGabriel Bernardino
Interview with Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of EIOPA
Interview with Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of EIOPA, conducted by Nicholas Comrie, Bermuda Reinsurance magazine (the United Kingdom).
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- Solvency IIGabriel Bernardino
Interview with Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of EIOPA
Interview with Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of EIOPA, conducted by Ulrike Dauer and Alexandra Edinger, The Wall Street Journal.
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- Solvency IIGabriel Bernardino
Interview with Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of EIOPA
Interview with Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of EIOPA, conducted by Jan Cigánik, Insurance Horizon magazine (Czech Republic).
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- Solvency IIGabriel Bernardino
Interview with Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of EIOPA
Interview with Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of EIOPA, conducted by Silke Wettach, WirtschaftsWoche (Germany).
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- Stress testIORP IIGabriel Bernardino