Archive

  • SII reporting delays: thanks but no thanks

    01 April 2020

    As European regulators offer some leeway on Solvency II regulatory reporting deadlines, insurers seem inclined to follow the original schedule. Begging the question of how to account for the COVID-19 impact. David Walker reports

  • Concentration in BTPs key risk for Italian insurers, IMF warns

    23 March 2020

    Upward shift of 100bps in the government yield curve would reduce the value of insurers' own funds by 28%

  • Eiopa reveals extent of insurers buying negative yielding bonds

    21 February 2020

    EU's insurance watchdog urges regulators to act on low interest rate risk

  • Ten key "straws in the wind" from the EC's 2020 Solvency II review

    17 February 2020

    Deloitte's Andrew Bulley, Henry Jupe and Linda Hedqvist highlight the key areas to watch for in this year's Solvency II review, based on Eiopa's proposals.

  • Emerging markets outlook infected by a virus

    13 February 2020

    Easing in geopolitical tensions combined with encouraging economic factors suggest a good year ahead for emerging markets, but will insurers take the bait considering economic disruptions from the latest coronavirus outbreak? Stephanie Harris and Vincent Huck report

  • Eiopa provides guidance on Ibor transition

    07 February 2020

    New paper covers thorny issues on key benchmark move

  • Insurance Europe maintains insurers are long term equity investors

    16 January 2020

    Responding to consultation on Eiopa's opinion on the 2020 Solvency II review

  • Solvency II ratios could tumble by 70pp in 2020 review

    14 January 2020

    S&P analyses Eiopa's proposals in the upcoming review

  • Video: Gabriel Bernardino (Eiopa) @ Insurance Risk & Capital 2019

    24 December 2019

    Gabriel Bernardino, chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa), joined InsuranceERM in London on 2 December at the Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA conference.

  • Insurers are not long-term investors in individual assets, Eiopa research finds

    17 December 2019

    The supervisory authority examined the asset illiquidity of EEA insurers