Archive

  • European Council signs off Solvency II reforms and introduction of IRRD

    05 November 2024

    One more step towards EU rules coming into effect

  • European Council leaves thresholds vague in recovery and resolution proposal

    21 December 2022

    Member states largely back Commission's IRRD plans

  • European Council calls for biodiversity risk assessment in Solvency II review

    20 June 2022

    Eiopa given two new mandates in Council's plan

  • Brexit extension "must be put to good use", say British insurers

    11 April 2019

    ABI reacts to Article 50 six-month extension

  • Commission confirms Solvency II equivalence decisions on Bermuda and Japan

    26 November 2015

    Bermuda granted full equivalence, Japan on provisional and temporary terms

  • Assume Bermuda and Japan are Solvency II equivalent, says Commission

    19 November 2015

    Olivier Guersent asks Parliament and Council for forbearance

  • Commission orders cut to Solvency II charges on infrastructure and ABS

    01 October 2015

    Capital treatment of private equity up for review

  • EU data breach law puts risk managers on edge

    29 September 2015

    The EU is debating laws that would force companies to report data breaches within 72 hours of detection. Asa Gibson asks what this means for insurers

  • Industry rejects GDPR proposal prohibiting fully automated profiling

    09 September 2015

    European Parliament calls for human intervention on all profile assessments

  • Deal on reinsurance collateral stalls over bureaucratic hurdles

    27 August 2015

    Negotiations between the EU and the US were scheduled for before the summer, but have yet to start. There is a growing concern that the delay thwarts plans to grant the US equivalence status under Solvency II before the regime goes live. Hugo Coelho reports.