The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published a report on
climate change impacts on life and health and potential risks for the insurance and IORP sectors. The report identifies extreme heat as the leading climate-related liability risk for the sectors.
European insurers remain financially sound, with stable solvency levels and broadly resilient profitability, but geopolitical uncertainty, external dependencies, natural catastrophes and rapidly evolving technology risks are reshaping the sector's risk landscape, according to the
Autumn 2026 update on risks and vulnerabilities in the EU financial system, published by the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs).
EIOPA has submitted technical advice to the European Commission proposing minimum common standards for insurance guarantee schemes (IGS) across the EU, aiming to reduce current differences in policyholder protection in the event of an insurer's failure, the institution said on its website.
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published its Annual Report for 2025. The report details the work of EIOPA and outlines its accomplishments in the past year.
As Europe seeks solutions to strengthen its global competitiveness, proposals have emerged to give financial supervisors an explicit competitiveness mandate. However, according to a recent article published by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), such a move would largely miss the root causes of Europe’s economic challenges.
On 9 June, the Bulgaria's Financial Supervision decided to withdraw the license of ZAD DallBogg: Life and Health AD. The FSC and National Competent Authorities in whose markets ZAD DallBogg: Life and Health AD distributed its products have been cooperating closely to protect the interests of consumers across the EU single market, EIOPA announced.
The Board of Supervisors of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has agreed to launch a second joint
mystery shopping exercise in Europe’s insurance sector.
EIOPA published
revised Guidelines on the systematic exchange of information within Colleges of Supervisors. The updated Guidelines promote a proportionate and practical approach to the sharing of relevant information among supervisors.
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC) announced on 20 April that they have signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation in advancing evidence-based research on natural catastrophe risks.
The Council of the European Union has decided to extend the mandate of Petra Hielkema as Chairperson of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) for a second five-year term, starting on 1 September 2026.
EIOPA Sustainable Finance Conference 2026 will take place on 28 April 2026 in a virtual format. Attendance is free of charge. Registration is open.
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) marked its 15th anniversary in Frankfurt, reflecting on its evolution from a crisis-era institution into a central pillar of Europe’s insurance and pensions supervision.
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has announced that registration is now open for its online Sustainable Finance Conference, scheduled for 28 April 2026.
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority has published its
new strategy for the coming years, setting out its key areas of focus in an era marked by heightened geopolitical tensions, economic fragility, as well as environmental and technological challenges.
As an active member of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) announced the release of the
NGFS Declaration on the Economic Cost of Climate Inaction on the occasion of the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil.
On 3 September, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) is organizing the 9th edition of the Global Insurance Supervision Conference under the theme "Global Insurance Supervision: Building Resilience in a Risk-Driven World".
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its
June 2025 Financial Stability Report, which offers a summary of how Europe’s insurance, reinsurance and occupational pensions sectors are faring in the current volatile macroeconomic environment.
The International Center for Insurance Regulation (ICIR) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) will jointly host the 9th Conference on Global Insurance Supervision (GIS) under the theme "Building Resilience in a Risk-Driven World", taking place on 3 September 2025 at Campus Westend, Goethe University, Frankfurt.
The 9th Conference on Global Insurance Supervision: Global Insurance Supervision: Building Resilience in a Risk-Driven World will take place on 3 September 2025 at Campus Westend, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the International Center for Insurance Regulation (ICIR) and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) announced.
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has recommended updates to how insurers calculate natural catastrophe risks, citing new climate data and advanced risk modeling, an article published on the institution’s website explains.
EIOPA is inviting you to the upcoming public online event, on 11 February 2025, to discuss three consultation papers on Natural catastrophe risks and prevention measures awareness, Biodiversity, Sustainability risk plans.
Risks in the European insurance sector are stable and overall, at medium levels, with pockets of vulnerabilities stemming from market volatility and real estate prices, EIOPA's
October 2024 Insurance Risk Dashboard shows.
Information and communications technology (ICT) service providers are being used more frequently in the increasingly digitalized business world to meet customer demand and improve operational efficiency. According to the joint Report of the three European Supervisory Authorities on the draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS), outsourcing ICT services "has become more common, leading to more dependencies and more concentrated ICT risks."
The registration for the 11th Joint Consumer Protection Day organized by the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) on 3 October 2024 in Budapest, Hungary is now open. Interested stakeholders can register until 2 September 2024.
The Board of Supervisors of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has selected new members for the Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group (IRSG) and Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group (OPSG), starting their four-year mandate on 4 July.
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has decided to supplement its
Decision of 10 June 2021 on collaboration between supervisory authorities with a new annex dedicated to supervisory cooperation for when a (re)insurance undertaking relocates within the EU.
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its Opinion regarding the supervision of captive (re)insurance undertakings, with a particular focus on intra-group transactions, the prudent person principle and governance.
