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In her introductory statement, Ms Hielkema focused on the importance of closing the insurance protection gaps and the pensions savings gap, as well as on strengthening consumer protection, on digitalisaiton and sustainability.

The Joint Committee of the ESAs published today its Work Programme for 2025, placing particular emphasis on ongoing collaboration to tackle cross-sectoral risks, promoting sustainability in the EU financial system and strengthening financial entities’ digital resilience.

EIOPA published today its methodology on setting value-for-money benchmarks for unit-linked and hybrid insurance products. Such benchmarks are central to EIOPA's and national supervisors’ efforts to adopt an increasingly data-driven and risk-based approach to the supervision of value for money.

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 September 2024.

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 of September 2024.

EIOPA has launched today a series of consultations on regulatory technical standards and implementing technical standards regarding changes that are expected to be introduced to the regulatory framework as part of the Solvency II review process.

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) have appointed Marc Andries to lead their new joint Directorate in charge of oversight activities for critical third-party providers established by the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).

IORPs that hold derivative instruments are exposed to substantial liquidity risks. In some EU member states, IORPS make considerable use of derivatives to reduce interest rate and foreign exchange risks. However, these hedging positions also make them vulnerable to rapid changes in...

Today the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) publishes an updated technical documentation for calculating the risk-free interest rate term structures (RFR).

EIOPA published a Staff Paper on the future of the Pan-European Pension Product (PEPP). The paper sets out the reasons behind the limited uptake of the PEPP and suggests improvements to its design to overcome supply-side, demand-side and structural barriers hindering its broader adoption.

The ESAs issued their Autumn 2024 Joint Committee Report on risks and vulnerabilities in the EU financial system. The Report underlines ongoing high economic and geopolitical uncertainties. The ESAs warn national supervisors of the financial stability risks stemming from these uncertainties.

EIOPA publishes monthly technical information for Solvency II Relevant Risk-Free Interest Rate Term Structures – end-August 2024

Monthly update of the symmetric adjustment of the equity capital charge for Solvency II – end-August 2024

The extreme weather events of the past few years from flash floods in Germany, torrential rain in Slovenia as well as crippling heatwaves and wildfires across the Mediterranean have shown that no region is safe from the harmful effects of a changing climate.

German holding company FWU AG has recently gone into insolvency and its Luxembourgish subsidiary FWU Life Insurance Lux S.A. (“FWU Luxembourg”) filed for a suspension of payment with the District Court of Luxembourg. With this note, EIOPA provides an initial overview of the current situation.

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today a follow-up report to the 2020 Peer Review on EIOPA’s Decision regarding the collaboration of insurance supervisory authorities.

The Joint Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities unanimously decided that the appeal brought by NOVIS against the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is admissible.

The Joint Board of Appeal (The Board) of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) – the EBA, ESMA, EIOPA - unanimously decided that the appeal brought by Euroins Insurance Group AD (Euroins) against the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is inadmissible.

EIOPA publishes monthly technical information for Solvency II Relevant Risk-Free Interest Rate Term Structures – end-July 2024