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RSSOn 17 May 2022, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued a recommendation to the Národná banka Slovenska (NBS) in accordance with its powers laid down in Article 17 of the EIOPA Regulation concerning breach of Union law.A Slovakian insurance company, under the...
The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) issued today a joint supervisory statement regarding the ‘What is this product?’ section of the key information document (KID) for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs). The expectations put forward in the...
The European Insurance and Occupation Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today a Feedback Statement on blockchain and smart contracts in insurance. The document provides a high-level summary of the responses received from stakeholders during a public consultation on the topic as well as EIOPA’s...
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 April 2022.RFR technical information has been calculated on the basis of the content of the technical...
The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) published today their technical advice to the European Commission on the review of the PRIIPs Regulation. The advice will serve as input for developing the Commission’s Retail Investment Strategy.Taking into account the details...
Today the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) published aConsultation Paperseeking input on draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the content, methodologies and presentation of information in respect of the sustainability indicators for Simple, Transparent and...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today its Risk Dashboard based on Solvency II data from the fourth quarter of 2021. The results show that insurers’ exposures to macro risks are currently the main concern for the insurance sector. Macro risks remain at a...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published today its Final Report with its advice to the European Commission on retail investor protection in relation to the sale of Insurance-Based Investment Products (IBIPs).EIOPA’s main findings in the areas which the...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) launched today a public consultation regarding EIOPA’s regular information requests to national competent authorities (NCAs) for occupational pension information.The aim of the public consultation is to improve IORPs reporting...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today two Final Reports on the revision of the EIOPA Guidelines on Contract Boundaries and Guidelines on the Valuation of Technical Provisions.EIOPA has identified several divergent practices regarding the valuation of...
The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – published today its2021 Annual Report,providing a detailed account of its joint work completed over the past year.The Joint Committee, under ESMA’s chairmanship in 2021, continued to play a central role in...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has launched today a public consultation on draft Guidelines on integrating the customer’s sustainability preferences in the suitability assessment under the IDD. The Guidelines stem from Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021...
The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) issued today their first joint risk assessment report for 2022. The report highlights the increasing vulnerabilities across the financial sector as well as the rise of environmental and cyber risks. Russia’s invasion of...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published today an Opinion on the disclosure of individual results in the context of insurance stress tests.EIOPA conducts Union-wide stress test exercises to assess the resilience of the European insurance industry and has...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today the supervisory statement on supervision of run-off undertakings.The aim of the statement is to ensure that a high-quality and convergent supervision is applied to run-off undertakings and portfolios while taking...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today its fourth report on the costs and past performance of insurance and pension products.The analysis shows that insurance-based investment products (IBIPs) offered steadily positive returns in 2020. Unit-linked...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today the calculation of the Ultimate Forward Rate (UFR) for 2023. As of 1 January 2023, the applicable UFR for the euro will remain unchanged at 3.45%.The details of the calculation of the UFR for 2023 are available in...
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 March 2022.Following our news item published on last March 25th on the upcoming publication of the...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has launched today its first climate stress test to gain insights into the effects of environmental risks on the European occupational pension sector. Sustainability and the management of environmental risks have become key...
Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) submitted to the European Commission the draft amendments of regulations (Implementing Technical Standards - ITS) laying down supervisory reporting and disclosure requirements under Solvency II.The draft amendments of ITS as..