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• Five EU associations call for Solvency II capital reduction

  04 November 2020

  Coalition of insurance groups say cut needed to help sustainable economic recovery in EU

• Concerns raised about IAIS paper on insurers' recovery planning

  16 January 2019

  GFIA welcomes elements of the paper, but is also critical

• Solving Solvency II's proportionality riddle

  06 April 2018

  Smaller insurers have long complained about the burden of complying with Solvency II, but balancing proportionality with proper supervision continues to be debated. Aggelos Andreou reports

• Capital requirements remain top of the agenda in Solvency II review

  27 March 2018

  Brussels meeting kicks off proposals for 2021 review

• European mutuals trumpet business-boosting initiatives

  09 June 2017

  Project aims to promote mutuals and co-operative insurers, says Amice

• Insurers split on recovery and resolution planning

  16 March 2017

  As the IAIS looks to develop a market-wide approach to systemic risk, Eiopa is developing rules that will require recovery and resolution plans from all insurers regardless of their size. This broader approach to systemic risk has split industry opinion and pitted large firms against small. Callum Tanner reports

• Ireland's Solvency II testing raises proportionality concerns

  06 October 2016

  The Central Bank of Ireland's probe into how smaller insurers are coping with Solvency II has touched a nerve with proponents of proportionality. David Walker reports

• Insurers' spend on EU lobbying rises 50%

  25 August 2016

  Bill for 2015 tops €7m

• Sarah Goddard to lead European mutuals association

  26 May 2016

  Steps into role left vacant by Gregor Pozniak

• Preserving the diversity

  03 December 2015

  Designing Solvency II to fit the spectrum of EU insurers has not been entirely successful and national supervisors should be mindful of its threats to the business model of mutual firms, says Amice's Silvia Herms