The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today its Costs and Past Performance Report, which provides an overview of the returnsand costs of insurance and pensions products in 2021. The report aims to improve transparency in the sector, facilitate comparisons...

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) published today a joint thematic Report on national financial education initiatives on digitalisation, with a focus on cybersecurity, scams, and fraud. The Report identifies good practices that national competent authorities...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published the technical information on the symmetric adjustment of the equity capital charge for Solvency II with reference to the end ofDecember 2022.Click here to view the documentation.Legal BackgroundThe symmetric...

Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published technical information on the relevant risk-free interest rate term structures (RFR) with reference to the end of December 2022.RFR technical information has been calculated on the basis of the content of...

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) published today the list of identified financial conglomerates for 2022.The 2022 list includes 63 financial conglomerates with the head of group located in the European Union or European Economic Area.View the...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today a Supervisory Statement on inflation, which addresses inflation-related issues in (re)insurance from a prudential perspective.The statement supports consistent Solvency II calculations by raising awareness of the...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today its third annual report on administrative sanctions and other measures imposed during 2021 by national competent authorities (NCAs) under the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD).National competent authorities in...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today a report on recent developments in the cross-border arrangements of Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORPs).31 cross-border IORPs were active in the European Economic Area (EEA) at the end of 2021...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today itsDecember 2022 Financial Stability Report which sheds light on key developments and risks in the European insurance and pension sectors. Additionally, the report presents four topical focuses, notably about the...

Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published the updated representative portfolios that will be used for calculation of the volatility adjustments (VA) to the relevant risk-free interest rate term structures for Solvency II.EIOPA will start using these...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today the results of its climate stress test of European Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provisions (IORPs).In the first climate stress test of the sector, EIOPA set out to assess the resilience of IORPs against...

Reviewing the European securitisation framework offers an opportunity to improve the efficiency and risk sensitiveness of the securitisation prudential framework.The ESAs are therefore proposing targeted amendments to the capital framework for banks.In the ESAs’ view, however, changing the...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today its Discussion paper on the Prudential Treatment of Sustainability Risks and is now seeking comments by stakeholders on the approaches presented.As long-term investors and society’s risk managers, insurance...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) released today its dashboard, which depicts the insurance protection gap for natural catastrophes across Europe. This tool is the first dashboard which presents the drivers of a climate-related insurance protection gap to identify...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published the technical information on the symmetric adjustment of the equity capital charge for Solvency II with reference to the end ofNovember 2022.Click here to view the documentation.Legal BackgroundThe symmetric...

Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published technical information on the relevant risk-free interest rate term structures (RFR) with reference to the end of November 2022.RFR technical information has been calculated on the basis of the content of...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today aDiscussion Paper on Methodological Principles of Insurance Stress Testing with focus on Cyber Risk.This discussion paper contains a set of theoretical and practical approaches to support the design phase of...

As the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) draws to a close, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority underlines its commitment to supporting the insurance and pensions sectors in tackling climate change.Greening the economy will not happen overnight, but every...

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) today published a Call for Evidence on greenwashing to gather input from stakeholders on how to understand the key features, drivers and risks associated with greenwashing and to collect examples of potential greenwashing...