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EU finally nails Solvency II reforms - UPDATED

Trilogue negotiations conclude with amendments to long-term guarantee package

Insurers must "sit up and take notice" after EU agrees provisional AI Act

The legislation is not likely to take effect until at least 2025

Frustrations with EU's regulatory approach emerge at Eiopa event

Concerns over regulatory and supervisory issues - and with the EU itself - were prominent during the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority's annual conference, as Paul Walsh reports

The ESG data gap cannot be ignored, say European insurers

Insurance Europe calls for regulation that addresses ESG data

Reinsurance Advisory Board calls for open global reinsurance market

European insurers pinpoint flaws in EC's financial data access proposal

Insurance Europe cited issues around sensitive data, costs and timing

European insurers demand regulatory action on in-vehicle data

Insurance Europe urges the European Commission to create automotive data access rules

ISSB and EU pledge to minimise the sustainability reporting overload

European firms will have to comply with both EU and IFRS sustainability disclosure standards from their 2024 annual reports. But the two standard-setters have promised to be as harmonised as possible, as Joshua Geer reports

Insurance Europe supports ESRS after MEPs' pushback

But the trade body recognises the burden of meeting sustainability reporting obligations

EBA's stance on climate risk capital poses questions for insurance sector

EU banking authority's recommendations come ahead of Eiopa's analysis