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NewsEiopa urges scrutiny of systemic risk exclusions
Carriers should pay particular attention to traditional war and terrorism exclusions that may cause ambiguity
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NewsEIOPA welcomes Solvency II proposals from the European Commission on sustainability
EIOPA believes that it is important to explore prudential treatment of exposures related to assets or activities associated substantially with environmental or social objectives.
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NewsEIOPA moots multi-peril risk pools
Capital markets could be an additional layer of risk transfer to improve society’s capacity for bearing business interruption risk
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NewsEIOPA must not undermine the ability of insurers to use reinsurance to manage risk
While EIOPA has acknowledged reinsurance as an effective way to mitigate risks that an insurer either cannot bear on its own or does not have the appetite to do so, insurers are concerned that the draft supervisory statement could restrict the valid use of reinsurance RMT.
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NewsEU insurance watchdog calls for more power after dividend divide
The European Union’s insurance watchdog called for extra powers to ensure fair competition after it failed to impose a common approach to suspending dividends during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gabriel Bernardino, chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) said insurers have relatively robust capital buffers, but it had ...
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NewsStart of a European-wide comparative study on diversification in internal models
On 1 October 2020, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) launched a European-wide comparative study on diversification in internal models. The objective of the study is threefold: to gain an overview of the current approaches in the market and, on best effort basis, analyse and compare the ...
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Online onlyEIOPA statement on actions to mitigate the impact of Coronavirus/COVID-19 on the EU insurance sector
Insurers are likely to face progressively difficult conditions in the immediate future, both in terms of navigating challenging market conditions and in maintaining operations, while taking steps to protect employees and customers.
