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Eiopa quantifies European insurers' Middle East exposure

Authority also reports easing lapse rates, in 2025

Video: Eiopa's Petra Hielkema on asset-intensive reinsurance and the rise of private credit

"I have never felt so popular": Regulators face the noise over funded re and private credit

At InsuranceERM's Global Life Reinsurance conference in London, supervisors from the UK, EU, US and Bermuda set out their concerns on funded re, private credit and the changing shape of the life sector. Joshua Geer reports

Differences in Solvency II internal model asset calibrations still "moderate to significant"

Eiopa publishes latest study into modelling of market and credit risk

Eiopa publishes investigation into bankrupt Euroins Romania

The real-world impact of Eiopa's private equity statement

The European authority's consultation on how private equity owners of insurers should be supervised has prompted many questions from the sector. Christopher Cundy talks to Luca Tres to get some answers

Op-ed: Europe will fall short of true regulatory simplification without clear priorities

Petra Hielkema argues EU and national policymakers must acknowledge that conflicting demands cannot be reconciled — and chart a decisive path forward

"We need to be courageous": Frédéric de Courtois on the future of European insurance

The president of Insurance Europe sat down with Joshua Geer to discuss the implementation of the Solvency II review, the regulatory outlook in Europe, and the growing importance of innovation, climate risk and artificial intelligence for the sector

Calls grow for deeper supervisory unity as Eiopa marks 15 years

The EU's insurance authority celebrated its first 15 years at its conference last month, though most of the debate was about what comes next. Joshua Geer reports

UK competitiveness mandate offers food for thought for Eiopa, suggests Frédéric de Courtois

But Eiopa chair Petra Hielkema cautions that UK-style competitiveness objectives cannot be separated from legislative powers