Archive

  • EIOPA predicts falling asset values will dent industry capital coverage

    18 August 2020

    Authority questions if share markets recognise the reality around them

  • A tenth of insurer investments in climate sensitive assets, says EIOPA

    31 July 2020

    10% of total investments by European insurers could be in sectors highly exposed to climate risk

  • Yield-hungry European insurer allocation to US credit grew by 12% last year

    17 June 2020

    The €284bn of US corporate bonds is third biggest credit holding in European insurer portfolios

  • 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

  • Mortgages need distinct treatment in Solvency II's VA, Dutch firms say

    24 January 2020

    Verbond van Verzekeraars responds to Eiopa's 2020 review consultation

  • 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.

  • Spurring sustainable investments with capital charges

    19 September 2019

    The question of capital charges punishing ‘brown’ investments or incentivising ‘green’ investments has come to the fore. While regulators are asking for risk-based evidence, stakeholders are not all in agreement on how to proceed. Vincent Huck reports

  • Will BBB come back to bite?

    17 September 2019

    Is the end of the credit cycle really in sight and, if so, are European insurers at risk of seeing their high yield assets coming back to bite them? A wave of credit downgrades could significantly impact solvency ratios and put insurers in the position of forced sellers. But how worried should they be? Vincent Huck reports

  • Risk of low interest rates "more prominent again", says Eiopa

    02 July 2019

    Monthly financial stability report highlights return of low-for-long risk