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  • European Commission to release €90bn of capital in Solvency II reform plans

    22 September 2021

    Greens criticise proposals for having "more holes than Swiss cheese"

  • EU reaches provisional deal on strengthening Eiopa powers

    21 March 2019

    Current funding arrangements retained, and governance proposals watered down

  • German MEP backs Eiopa for “mystery shopping” practice on insurers

    13 September 2018

    Sven Giegold proposes spying to extract information on market abuse

  • 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

  • Leaked papers point to stronger role for Eiopa in internal model approval

    19 September 2017

    Insurance companies will also be tapped for authority's funding

  • European insurers prepare for UFR change pain

    06 April 2017

    Cutting the ultimate forward rate to about 3.65% over the next five years will drag down European insurers' solvency ratios as the pain of low rates feeds into long-term discounting. The big question now is whether MEPs, the Commission and German industry will work together to block Eiopa's methodology. Callum Tanner reports

  • COMMENT: Eiopa stress test reopens old wounds on Solvency II

    16 December 2016

    Some see LTG measures masking life insurers' risks, others see macroprudential stability. By Callum Tanner

  • Use of Solvency II long-term guarantees in EU revealed

    16 December 2016

    852 firms using volatility adjustment, while just 38 using matching adjustment

  • Commission and Parliament negotiate reworking of Priips

    08 November 2016

    Regulation to be delayed by 12 months, says Giegold