The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published a consultation on its advice to the European Commission in respect of certain aspects relating to retail investor protection. The Commission ran a public consultation in 2021 on retail investor protection and fair treatment of customers. As part of this ongoing initiative the
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published a report on the application of the Insurance Distribution Directive ((EU) 2016/97) throughout the European market. The executive summary of the report notes that there has been insufficient time to assess the effectiveness of the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD) as a
Various amendments to the Solvency II Delegated Regulation ((EU) 2015/35) and to the Insurance Distribution Directive Delegated Regulations ((EU) 2017/2358 and (EU) 2017/2359) have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union so that sustainability requirements can be introduced into the Solvency II and the insurance distribution regimes in the European Union.
The
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published a report called ‘Artificial intelligence governance principles: towards ethical and trustworthy artificial intelligence in the European insurance sector’.
The report has been written in the context of the proliferation in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in insurance and
With a view to a revision of the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD), which is expected to be undertaken by 2023 (the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is due to submit its report by the end of 2021, and the European Commission in 2022), discussions and work have already begun
The European Commission has adopted a series of delegated regulations that help to drive investors towards more sustainable economic activities. The measures are part of the European Green Deal. The adopted delegated regulations are part of a suite of sustainability measures adopted at the same time including the EU Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has launched a consultation on value for money risk in the European unit-linked insurance market. EIOPA has previously expressed concern that while unit-linked products can offer important benefits for policyholders, costs for some products remain too high.
The low interest rate environment, in addition to market shocks
On 8 April 2021, the European Insurance and Occupational Pension Authority (EIOPA) published a single rulebook online containing requirements under the Insurance Distribution Directive ((EU) 2016/97).
The single rulebook covers the Insurance Distribution Directive, the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2358) (on product governance and oversight), Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1935 (requirements relating to insurance-based investment products) and
On 28 January 2021, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) launched a consultation on what is known as ‘open insurance’, namely the access to, and sharing of, insurance-related data.
EIOPA has also published a discussion paper in which it considers whether and the extent to which insurance value chains can be
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published its first annual report on administrative sanctions and other measures imposed under the Insurance Distribution Directive ((EU) 2016/97 (IDD)) by national competent authorities.
Between the implementation in October 2018 and the end of 2019 1,923 administrative sanctions or other measures were