The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has grown steadily since it was officially established in 2011, but the next few years marks a considerable step up in its budget, staffing and responsibilities. The authority holds an unusual position in the oversight of insurers...

The UK transition period according to the Withdrawal Agreement ends on 31 December 2020. Following this date, all Union primary and secondary law will no longer apply to the United Kingdom, including the Solvency II Directive as well as the Directive on Insurance Distribution (IDD). The insurance...

The UK transition period according to the Withdrawal Agreement will end on 31 December 2020. Following this date, all Union primary and secondary law will no longer apply to the United Kingdom, including the Solvency II Directive as well as the Directive on Insurance Distribution (IDD). The...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has today published the responses from national competent authorities on their compliance, intention to comply or non-compliance with the recommendations set out in EIOPA's 'Recommendations for the insurance sector in light of the...

EIOPA has identified cyber, including silent cyber, aggregation as a key risk. What must the (re)insurance sector do to ensure it can to write this risk prudently and effectively – and how might governments or government agencies help, for example, through the provision of data? The issue of...

The European Union's (EU) banking, insurance, pensions and securities sectors continue to face a range of risks, the latest report on Risks and Vulnerabilities in the EU Financial System published today by the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) shows. The 2019 Spring...

Today, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued Recommendations for the insurance sector in light of the United Kingdom (UK) withdrawing from the European Union without a withdrawal agreement. The Recommendations addressed to National Competent Authorities (NCAs)...

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to this year’s annual conference. In particular, it is my pleasure to welcome our distinguished speakers and panellists. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Insurance and Pensions: Securing the Future.’ What do we...

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and all National Competent Authorities (NCAs) of the European Economic Area (EEA) with competencies in insurance have agreed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Bank of England in its capacity as the Prudential Regulation...