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RSSPage 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...
Page ContentThe European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published today a consultation paper on draft Regulatory Technical Standards adapting the base euro amounts for professional indemnity insurance (PII) and for financial capacity of intermediaries under the Insurance...
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Page ContentTotal assets of the IORPs market equal to EUR 3.8 trillion of which 76 % can be attributed to the Netherlands and United KingdomOn average 15 % of the working population in the European Economic Area are active members of IORPs pension scheme arrangementsNumber of active cross-border...
Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority published its[node:2127:link]{Risk dashboard as Link} based on the third-quarter 2017 data.The results show that the risk exposure of the insurance sector in the European Union remained overall stable. Despite positive macro and...
Page ContentEIOPA published today the translations of the Guidelines under the Insurance Distribution Directive on insurance-based investment products (IBIPs) that incorporate a structure which makes it difficult for the customer to understand the risks involved into all official languages of the...