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  • Commission threatens five member states on Solvency II transposition

    22 May 2017

    Latvia, Poland, Hungary, Portugal and Cyprus could face European Court of Justice

  • Solvency II equivalence on the Isle of Man - a bear necessity?

    26 April 2017

    Allan Christian explains how updates to the Isle of Man's insurance regulatory regime have become intertwined with efforts to gain Solvency II equivalency

  • 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

  • Eiopa methodology cuts UFR to 3.65%

    05 April 2017

    Annual changes reduced from 20 to 15bps

  • UK should have no influence on EU financial regulations say Green MEPs

    30 March 2017

    Sven Giegold concerned by Theresa May's call for joint management of regulatory framework

  • Eiopa to make final UFR decision this month

    24 March 2017

    Authority hits back at criticism of its methodology

  • Commission considers granting Eiopa powers to approve internal models

    22 March 2017

    Merger between Eiopa and banking authority contemplated

  • Covered agreement could disappear under Trump, say lawyers

    14 February 2017

    New administration may see agreement as favouring EU interests

  • Eiopa warns against conflicts of interest for insurance distribution directive

    01 February 2017

    Intermediaries could recommend certain unit-linked products based on their own portfolio

  • Econ renews calls for industry contributions to Eiopa budget

    13 December 2016

    But idea to "completely" replace national regulators' contributions scaled down to "partly" replace