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  • EU finally nails Solvency II reforms - UPDATED

    14 December 2023

    Trilogue negotiations conclude with amendments to long-term guarantee package

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

    13 October 2023

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

  • Re/insurers call for clear guidance on IFRS sustainability disclosure standards

    05 September 2023

    Insurance Europe's deputy director general Olav Jones explains what the sector needs

  • Econ approves Solvency II amendments and recovery and resolution package - UPDATED

    18 July 2023

    Today's vote concludes lengthy negotiations in European Parliament's committee

  • Divergent views and rising rates cool progress on EU's Solvency II reforms

    16 June 2023

    One year has passed since the European Parliament's Econ committee issued its draft text on the Solvency II reforms. Joshua Geer and Christopher Cundy investigate why the agenda has not progressed - and when a breakthrough might occur

  • Axa: COP15 deal provides a roadmap to protect and restore nature

    21 December 2022

    Insurance Europe's Olav Jones says insurers are very concerned about biodiversity

  • Regulators consider capital for climate risk

    15 December 2022

    Insurance regulators are keen to ensure their prudential frameworks properly incorporate climate risk. But whether this should be reflected in capital requirements is proving a difficult question to answer, as Christopher Cundy reports

  • MEP demands more influence over Solvency II reforms

    03 February 2022

    Stakeholders have criticised the European Commission for leaving key details out of directive

  • IFRS 17: one year to go

    14 December 2021

    Cintia Cheong summarises this year's important developments, and what to expect in the 12 months before the insurance contracts accounting standard comes into effect

  • Commission's Solvency II proposals "are not gifts" for insurers

    04 October 2021

    Insurance Europe's Olav Jones tells Christopher Cundy about European insurers' hopes and fears on plans to reform the directive