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Petra Hielkema started in her new position as Chairperson of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) today.On this occasion, Ms Hielkema, said: “It is a great hounour to take up this important role, at such a challenging time. Climate change, recovery from the pandemic...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has today published its second set of quarterly comprehensive statistical information (Q1 2021) on the European occupational pensions sector. The data is based on pensions data regulatory reporting.The statistics contains up-to...

The European Insurance and Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today a follow-up report to the 2018 peer review on the supervisory practices for the application of proportionality principle in government requirements regarding key functions. The follow-up report assesses how national competent...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has submitted to the European Parliament its opinion on the discharge decision.The document, adopted by the Board of Supervisors, provides an overview of the measures taken by EIOPA in the light of the observations and comments...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today its annual report on supervisory activities in 2020. The report highlights activities and achievements from the year, covering both prudential and conduct of business supervision.In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued today a consultation on the supervisory statement regarding the supervision of run-off undertakings. The aim of the supervisory statement is to ensure that a high-quality and convergent supervision is applied to run-off...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today a consultation on the amendments of supervisory reporting and disclosure requirements under Solvency II.After a number of years of the implementation of Solvency II and the information received by national...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today the supervisory statement on Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA) in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. With the aim to foster supervisory convergence, EIOPA in this supervisory statement focuses on the...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) launched two consultations today on the revision of the Solvency II Guidelines on contract boundaries and the valuation of technical provisions, in place since the implementation of Solvency II in 2016.As part of the 2020 review of...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) launched today two consultations on the development of pension tracking services and pension dashboards. The two consultations are a response to the European Commission’s request for technical advice and are part of the...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published today an Opinion on the use of risk mitigation techniques by insurance undertakings.Since the implementation of Solvency II new risk mitigation techniques such as new reinsurance structures have appeared in the...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today the statement on supervisory practices and expectations in case of breach of the Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR).With this supervisory statement EIOPA aims to foster supervisory convergence in the situations...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued today three publications as part of its activities on sustainable finance. The work addresses key issues of climate change-related risk for the insurance sector and continues to encourage insurers to play their role of...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today its Financial Stability Report that addresses key financial stability risks in the European insurance and pension sector.EIOPA emphasizes that the pandemic crisis is still not over and many uncertainties remain...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) amended the Decision on the collaboration of the insurance supervisory authorities of the Member States in the European Economic Area. The new Decision will further strengthen and enhance the cooperation between the national...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today its Discussion Paper on the Methodological Framework for Stress-Testing Institution for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORPs) for consultation with stakeholders. The public consultation of the methodological...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published its Annual Report 2020, setting out its activities and achievements of the past year.In a year dominated by COVID-19, EIOPA played a key role in insurance and pensions supervision in Europe.EIOPA’s actions related to...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today a report from its consultative expert group on digital ethics setting out artificial intelligence (AI) governance principles for an ethical and trustworthy AI in the European insurance sector.The report builds on...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its first set of quarterly comprehensive statistical information on the European occupational pensions sector. The data is based on pensions data regulatory reporting.The statistics contains up-to-date and high-quality...