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The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) collects and publishes comprehensive statistics on institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) in the European Economic Area.

EIOPA published the technical information on the symmetric adjustment of the equity capital charge for Solvency II with reference to the end of February 2024.

EIOPA published technical information on the relevant risk-free interest rate term structures (RFR) with reference to the end of February 2024.

EIOPA published today its Staff Paper on demand-side factors contributing to the low uptake of natural catastrophe insurance across Europe. The Paper explores the barriers that keep consumers from buying insurance against natural catastrophes and proposes a number of consumer-tested solutions.

EIOPA is launching a call for expression of interest today to select new members of the Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group (IRSG) and the Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group (OPSG).

EIOPA published today its first shocked risk-free interest rate term structures (RFR). These term structures are used to calculate the “Option-adjusted” duration of technical provisions to be reported in the context of the Guidelines for reporting for financial stability purposes

The Board of Supervisors of EIOPA today appointed Mr Steven Vanackere, Vice-Governor of the National Bank of Belgium, to EIOPA’s Management Board.

The Joint Board of Appeal (“the Board”) of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) unanimously decided to dismiss the appeal brought by Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation (“DCCC”) against the European Securities and Markets Authority.

EIOPA published today its February 2024 Insurance Risk Dashboard, which shows that insurers’ exposure to market risk is currently at a high level and the main concern for the sector. Macro and digitalisation risks are still relevant but have decreased to medium levels.

EIOPA has published the technical information on the symmetric adjustment of the equity capital charge for Solvency II with reference to the end of January 2024.

EIOPA published technical information on the relevant risk-free interest rate term structures (RFR) with reference to the end of January 2024.

The IORP risk dashboard, based on individual occupational pensions regulatory reporting, summarises the main risks and vulnerabilities in the IORPs sector of the European Economic Area (EEA) for defined contributions (DC) and defined benefits (DB) pension schemes.

The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) today published a Report setting out the results of a stocktake of BigTech direct financial services provision in the EU. The Report identifies the types of financial services currently carried out by BigTechs in the EU.

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today a study on diversification modelling in the internal models used by insurers. The study published today provides an overview of the current modelling approaches and equips National Competent Authorities with...

EIOPA released today its Consumer Trends Report 2023. It examines the financial well-being of consumers amid the ongoing cost-of-living crisis and explores whether all consumers, regardless of their characteristics are treated fairly. The findings of the report are underpinned by various data sour

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) published today the first set of final draft technical standards under the DORA aimed at enhancing the digital operational resilience of the EU financial sector by strengthening financial entities’ Information...

EIOPA published its fourth annual report on administrative sanctions and other measures imposed during 2022 by national competent authorities under the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD).

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today its second Report on the application of the IDD.

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – the ESAs) today published a Consultation Paper on the draft implementing technical standards (ITSs) regarding the tasks of the collection bodies and the functionalities of the European Single Access Point (ESAP).