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RSSPage ContentToday, the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) wrote a letter to the European Commission expressing their concerns regarding the possibility of duplicating information requirements for investment funds from 1 January 2020 and the importance of legislative changes to avoid such a...
Page ContentThe Joint Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs – European Banking Authority, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, and European Securities and Markets Authority) publishes today its decision in an appeal brought by "V" against the European...
Page ContentOn 19 September 2018, at its inaugural meeting, the EIOPA Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group Members elected Greg van Elsen as its Chair. Greg is academic advisor to the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and does research on European Union financial consumer protection at...
Page ContentInterview with Fausto Parente, Executive Director of EIOPA on personal pensions conducted by Lukas Blekaitis, the Lithuanian news agency ELTA.
Page ContentThe European Union’s (EU) securities, banking and insurance sectors continue to face a range of risks, the latest report on risks and vulnerabilities in the EU financial system by the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) shows.
Page ContentThe three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – today published the results of their monitoring exercise on automation in financial advice. The Report shows that while the phenomenon of automation in financial advice seems to be slowly growing, the overall...
Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published an updated technical documentation for the calculation of the volatility adjustment to risk-free interest rates (RFR) for the Danish krone and Denmark. The risk-free rate methodology includes updated representative...
Page ContentThe European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) recently became a member of the Sustainable Insurance Forum (SIF), a network of insurance supervisors and regulators from around the world working together on sustainability challenges facing the insurance sector.The...
Page ContentToday, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its report "Understanding Cyber Insurance - A Structured Dialogue with Insurance Companies".Cyber risk is a growing concern for institutions, individuals, and financial markets. In less than five...
Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published the third in a series of papers with the aim of contributing to the debate on systemic risk and macroprudential policy. Until now, the debate has mainly focused on the banking sector due to its prominent role in...
Page ContentToday, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its Discussion paper on resolution funding and national insurance guarantee schemes as a follow-up to the EIOPA Opinion on the harmonisation of recovery and resolution frameworks for (re)insurers across...
Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its updated Risk Dashboard based on the first quarter 2018 data. The results of the first quarter 2018 show that the risk exposure of the insurance sector in the European Union remains stable overall with a decline...
Page ContentEuropean Supervisory Authorities publish further guidance on the Key Information Document for PRIIPs
Page ContentThe Board of Supervisors of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has appointed new members to the Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group (IRSG) and Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group (OPSG). The new members will take up their appointment on 4...
Page ContentToday, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published a report on "Failures and near misses in insurance: Overview of the causes and early identification" to enhance the understanding of the causes of insurers' failures and near misses.The financial crisis...
Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) launched a thematic review on consumer protection issues in travel insurance. The purpose of the review is to identify consumer protection issues in travel insurance and possible actions to ensure better consumer protection...
Page ContentToday, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its Mediation Opinion regarding the determination of the correct insurance class for the insurance policy known as "statutory risks" in France.The mediation conducted by EIOPA's Mediation Panel involved...
Page ContentToday, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) launched a European Union-wide thematic review on Big Data as a follow-up to the European Supervisory Authorities' cross-sectorial review of the use of Big Datapublished in March this year.The purpose of the...
Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority published the Opinion addressed to national supervisory authorities about the duty of insurance undertakings and insurance intermediaries to inform customers about the possible impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the...