Archive

  • Eiopa seeks views on integrating sustainable risks in Solvency II

    17 January 2019

    Feedback sought on how climate change affects underwriting and investments

  • Insurers expected to disclose how they address climate risks

    11 January 2019

    EC publishes first report on climate-related information

  • European Commission drafts rules on ESG integration in investment advice

    07 January 2019

    Amendments to Mifid II and IDD will demand firms take clients' ESG preferences into account

  • Solvency II: what reforms can we expect?

    27 December 2018

    Christopher Cundy examines what will change with the two scheduled reviews of Solvency II and the other issues set to influence the EU's landmark insurance legislation

  • Eiopa's Gabriel Bernardino talks Brexit, Solvency II and sustainability

    07 December 2018

    The chair of Europe's insurance authority was interviewed by Christopher Cundy at the recent Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA conference. In this Q&A he discusses priorities for the year ahead and how Eiopa's powers are likely to grow

  • US-EU covered agreement: a rocky road to implementation

    27 November 2018

    US regulators have raised the ire of their European counterparts with their implementation of the covered agreement for reinsurance collateral negotiated last year. With no resolution in sight, states risk provoking a pre-emption of the law which could see the federal government taking control. US editor Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Commission opens Solvency II standard formula consultation

    12 November 2018

    Comments due by 7 December

  • EC's Solvency II reforms to ignore risk margin, interest rate recalibration

    25 October 2018

    Exclusive: The European Commission is set to endorse most of the Solvency II reforms recommended by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa), according to a draft of the proposals seen by InsuranceERM. Christopher Cundy explains

  • European Commission: Brexit is not a threat to cross-border contracts

    11 July 2018

    Valdis Dombrovskis refutes Banks of England’s concerns about continuity of service after Brexit

  • Aviva cites partnerships with third parties as key to underwriting cyber risk

    27 June 2018

    Businesses and individuals have differing expectations of cyber insurance, says Andries Smit