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.