Publications

The frequency and sophistication of cyber incidents in the financial sector has increased substantiallyover the course of the last few years, as economic and financial activities have been heavily digitalised.Against this backdrop, EIOPA recommends NCAs to dedicate higher attention to the...

The Annual European Insurance Overview is an extension of EIOPA's statistical services in order to provide an easy-to-use and accessible overview of the European (re)insurance sector. The report is based on annually reported Solvency II information. This ensures that the data has a high coverage...

This Opinion provides EIOPA’s views on the decision and observationsof the European Parliament in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2020in accordance with Article 106 of the EIOPA Financial Regulation. It highlights the measures taken by EIOPA to address the...

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) issued today their Autumn 2022 joint risk report. The report highlights that the deteriorating economic outlook, high inflation and rising energy prices have increased vulnerabilities across the financial sectors. The ESAs...

Solvency II established a framework for supervision of Europe’s insurance sector, underpinning the importance of a risk-based approach to assessing and mitigating risks. With the overarching objective of strengthening policyholder protection, the framework continues to work well. Nonetheless, it...

The Retail Investment Strategy is a key plank of the European Commission’s Capital Markets Union and aims to promote more transparency, simplicity, fairness and cost-efficiency for retail investment products across the internal market.EIOPA strongly supports these objectives. Insurance-Based...

The new EU strategy on adaptation to climate changehighlights the fact that affordability and insurability of natural catastrophes insurance coverage is likely to become an increasing concern. Research shows that in the past only a quarter of the total losses caused by extreme weather and climate...

Digital operational resilience refers to the ability of a financial entity to build, assure and review its operational integrity and reliability.The financial sector has always relied heavily on information and communication technology (ICT) and this reliance grew during the COVID-19 pandemic as...

There is no question that urgent action is required to address climate change and that environmental protection should be integrated into economic growth strategies. In the financial sector, insurance and pension funds have the longest investment time horizons and hence the greatest stake in...