Interviews with regulators
Transitions to a Solvency II world: Part 2
Part 1 of this extensive and first interview with Nathalie Berger, Head of the Insurance and Pensions Unit at the European Commission, looked at the impact...
Transitions to a Solvency II world: Part 1
Solvency II Wire about the Commission’s shifting priorities and the challenges of implementing and monitoring Solvency II. Nathalie Berger was appointed to head the Insurance...
Barnier on Omnibus II
Michel Barnier, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, responds to written questions from Gideon Benari, Editor of Solvency II Wire about the Omnibus II...
Transparency and legacy
The final part of an extensive interview Carlos Montalvo, Executive Director of EIOPA, in which he talks about the challenges of reporting, look-through and contemplates the future...
In depth analysis
The following chart shows the relationship of the size of the SCR and MCR ratios of each company. Instances where...
A group of leading academics warn that the Solvency II Long-Term Guarantees measures are too inflexible and opaque. In an...
In the run up to the implementation of Solvency II EIOPA issued two sets of Guidelines to accompany the respective...
The following 2020 SFCRs (Solvency and Financial Condition Report) are available on Solvency II Wire Data for export and analysis....
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