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Page ContentThe European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) have appointed three new members to the Board of Appeal of the ESAs.The new appointees are:Professor Marco Lamandini was appointed by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Management Board to fill the position vacated by Mr...

Page ContentThe securities, banking and insurance sectors in the European Union (EU) face multiple risks. See the latest report on risks and vulnerabilities by the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs).

Today, the Board of Supervisors of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) elected Ms Zuzana Silberova, Executive Director of the Financial Market Supervision Department at the Czech National Bank as a new member of the Management Board from 3 June 2018, replacing Ms...

Page ContentToday, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its consultation linked to corrections and amendments of the implementing technical standards on reporting and disclosure. The proposed corrections and amendments will improve the understanding of the...

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Page ContentAs of the end of March 2018 the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) will apply the updated representative portfolios for the calculation of the volatility adjustment to risk-free interest rates as announced on 18 December 2017. Based on more up-to-date and...

Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published the second 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...

Interview with Dimitris Zafeiris, Head of Risks and Financial Stability Department in EIOPA, conducted by Vasso Aggelou for Insider.gr

The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published today its final report on Big Data analysing its impact on consumers and financial firms. Overall, the ESAs have found that while the development of Big Data poses some potential risks to financial services consumers, the...

Keynote address by Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of EIOPA, at the 19. Handelsblatt Annual Conference in Berlin

Today, Finanstilsynet (the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority) issued a direction to Alpha Insurance A/S to cease writing business with immediate effect. The company operated in the following Member States of the European Union: Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, United...

Page ContentThe European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is launching today a call for expression of interest to select new members of the Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group (IRSG) and the Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group (OPSG).The Stakeholder Groups (SHGs)...

Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) submitted its second and final set of Advice to the European Commission.

EIOPA recommends further simplifications to the calculation of insurers' capital requirements

Today, the Central Bank of Ireland issued a direction to CBLIE instructing it to cease writing business with immediate effect, until further notice.EIOPA's Cross-border Platform of Collaboration has been set up based on the Decision on the Collaboration of the Insurance Supervisory Authorities of...

Today, EIOPA published a new set of statistical information on the European insurance sector based on Solvency II regulatory reporting.This set continues the series of quarterly statistics on solo undertakings launched on 28 June 2017. It contains country breakdowns and distributions of key...

Page ContentThe European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) for securities (ESMA), banking (EBA), and insurance and pensions (EIOPA) have today issued a pan-EU warning to consumers regarding the risks of buying Virtual Currencies (VCs). The ESAs warn consumers that VCs are highly risky and unregulated...

ESAs warn consumers of risks in buying virtual currencies

Page ContentToday, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published the first 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...