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The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) issued today their Autumn 2022 joint risk report. The report highlights that the deteriorating economic outlook, high inflation and rising energy prices have increased vulnerabilities across the financial sectors. The ESAs...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today its report on data quality in Solvency II reporting.Since reliable data forms the basis for successful data-driven supervision, evidence-based decision making as well as micro- and macro-prudential analysis, EIOPA -...

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 ofAugust 2022.Click here to view the documentation.Legal BackgroundThe symmetric adjustment...

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 August 2022.RFR technical information has been calculated on the basis of the content of thetechnical...

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 July2022.RFR technical information has been calculated on the basis of the content of the technical...

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 ofJuly 2022.View the documentationLegal BackgroundThe symmetric adjustment is regulated...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority (EIOPA) published today the final version of the application guidance on climate change materiality assessments and climate change scenarios in the Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA).The publication follows a public consultation on the...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is launching today a public consultation relating to a draft supervisory statement on the use of governance arrangements in third countries.EIOPA’s aim with the supervisory statement is to enhance the supervision and monitoring of...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today its Risk Dashboard based on Solvency II data from the first quarter of 2022. The results show that insurers’ exposures to macro, market and digitalisation risks are currently the main concern for the insurance...

The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) published the first annual report on the extent of voluntary disclosure of principal adverse impact under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) – Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088...

The Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities, in the appeal brought by “C” against the EBA, unanimously decided on 21 July 2022 to dismiss the appeal as inadmissible in accordance with Article 60 (2) of the EBA Regulation. The Board of Appeal concluded that the appeal was directed...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today its guidance on integrating the customer’s sustainability preferences in the suitability assessment under the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD). The Guidance is based on Commission Delegated Regulation (EU)...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today the report of the peer review on outsourcing.The peer review assessed the overall maturity of the framework implemented by national supervisory authorities (NSAs) to supervise the outsourced activities of insurance...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is launching today a three-month-long public consultation relating to a draft supervisory statement on differential pricing practices.For the purpose of the statement, EIOPA understands differential pricing practices as those...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today a staff paper that provides an overview of the proposal for an Insurance Recovery and Resolution Directive (IRRD) put forward by the European Commission in September 2021. In its staff paper, EIOPA welcomes the...

The Board of Supervisors of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) today re-elected Åsa Larson, Executive Director of Insurance at the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen, as member of the EIOPA’s Management Board. Her term on the Management...

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) would like to draw the attention of stakeholders to a Statement by the European Commission concerning the application date of new rules for the Key Information Document (KID) for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs).The...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today its annual report on supervisory activities in 2021. The report highlights the most important deliverables achieved during the year, including a review of the priorities in the field of supervisory convergence to...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today its June 2022 Financial Stability Report in which it examines the main trends for the European (re)insuranceand pensions sectors as well as the macroeconomic landscape with its implications.EIOPA notes that the...