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  • EU looks to incorporate sustainability in prudential requirements

    08 March 2018

    Commission's sustainable finance action plan to address clean financing gap

  • Surviving climate change needs adaptation as much as insurance

    05 March 2018

    EU insurers warn of overreliance on government post-disaster funding

  • IDD delay greeted with mixed reactions

    15 February 2018

    Insurers have welcomed the European Commission's proposal to delay implementation of the Insurance Distribution Directive, but not all national regulators are towing the line. Aggelos Andreou reports

  • FRC leads calls for insurers' help in "simplified" IFRS 17 study

    09 February 2018

    Insurers are being sought out for advice ahead of IFRS 17 implementation in 2021

  • Axa's Christian Thimann: EU's sustainability drive directly linked to Solvency II reform

    08 February 2018

    The chair of the European Commission's expert group on sustainable finance talks to Paul Walsh about the group's recommendations – and how they are intrinsically linked with Solvency II.

  • EU experts propose sustainability measures for insurers

    31 January 2018

    Changes to disclosure, climate risk management and Solvency II have been proposed

  • European Commission proposes delay to Insurance Distribution Directive

    20 December 2017

    Market participants have welcomed the EC's announcement

  • Eiopa's Fausto Parente: convergence is the remedy for regulatory arbitrage

    21 November 2017

    The executive director of the EU's insurance authority discusses its new powers, Brexit, supervisory convergence, insurtech and sustainability in this interview with Christopher Cundy

  • Amend Solvency II to encourage sustainability, suggests European Commission group

    13 July 2017

    Obligatory disclosure of environmental, social and governance investment considerations mooted

  • EBA chief rejects idea of Eiopa merger

    01 June 2017

    No material benefit of merging authorities, but greater collaboration would help in non-core activities, says EBA chairman Andrea Enria