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Coro­na­vi­rus
12.03.2020

Why ins­urance cover rarely extends to epi­de­mics
Coro­na­vi­rus
12.03.2020

Why ins­urance cover rarely extends to epi­de­mics
Many com­pa­nies are com­plai­ning about the cost of the coro­na­vi­rus cri­sis. Los­ses of this nature are usually not insu­red as the con­se­quences of a pan­de­mic are hard to cal­cu­late. Besi­des, the insu­rers are already lia­ble through other busi­ness lines.
Sol­vency II
17.01.2020

Review pres­ents an oppor­tu­nity for Green Deal and Capi­tal Mar­kets Union
Sol­vency II
17.01.2020

Review pres­ents an oppor­tu­nity for Green Deal and Capi­tal Mar­kets Union
EIOPA has sub­mit­ted far-rea­ching pro­po­sals for dis­cus­sion about the Sol­vency II review. The review should be seen as an oppor­tu­nity to align Sol­vency II with over­ar­ching Euro­pean eco­no­mic policy goals.
Euro­pean pen­sion
07.01.2020

PEP­Per up your reti­re­ment
Euro­pean pen­sion
07.01.2020

PEP­Per up your reti­re­ment
Soon there will be a new type of pri­vate pen­sion pro­duct availa­ble throug­hout the EU. Howe­ver, while the EU Com­mis­sion has stron­gly regu­la­ted the savings phase, it has not sti­pu­la­ted that savers must inva­ria­bly be able to draw bene­fits for the...
ePri­vacy Regu­la­tion
12.12.2019

The con­flict bet­ween data pro­tec­tion and a direct cli­ent connec­tion
ePri­vacy Regu­la­tion
12.12.2019

The con­flict bet­ween data pro­tec­tion and a direct cli­ent connec­tion
It is desi­gned to pro­tect cli­ent pri­vacy, howe­ver it could also restrict the pro­gress of digi­tal ins­urance busi­ness models: the ePri­vacy Regu­la­tion being plan­ned by the EU could signi­fi­cantly impede the deve­lop­ment of inno­va­tive ins­urance offers.
Wea­ther extre­mes are incre­a­sing
10.12.2019

The earth is mel­ting: How Insu­rers are respon­ding
Wea­ther extre­mes are incre­a­sing
10.12.2019

The earth is mel­ting: How Insu­rers are respon­ding
There is hardly any other indus­try that is fee­ling glo­bal war­ming as directly as the ins­urance sec­tor. It is respon­ding with a dou­ble stra­t­egy.
Tax Policy
05.12.2019

OECD tax reforms will incre­ase com­pliance bur­den
Tax Policy
05.12.2019

OECD tax reforms will incre­ase com­pliance bur­den
Under the OECD/G20 Inclu­sive Fra­me­work on BEPS, 135 coun­tries are nego­tia­ting new inter­na­tio­nal tax rules that seek to address the tax chal­len­ges of the digi­ta­li­sa­tion of the eco­nomy. The OECD has relea­sed two con­sul­ta­tion docu­ments which...
Sta­ti­sti­cal Year­book 2019
22.10.2019

Ins­urance in figu­res
Sta­ti­sti­cal Year­book 2019
22.10.2019

Ins­urance in figu­res
With nearly EUR 1.7 tril­lion in capi­tal invest­ments and almost 438 mil­lion poli­cies in pri­mary ins­urance alone, the ins­urance indus­try is a cor­ner­stone of the Ger­man eco­nomy. Find more first-hand data in the Sta­ti­sti­cal Year­book 2019.
Regu­la­tion
07.08.2019

Macro­pru­den­tial Fra­me­work: No need to rein­vent the wheel
Regu­la­tion
07.08.2019

Macro­pru­den­tial Fra­me­work: No need to rein­vent the wheel
The Ger­man ins­urance indus­try sup­ports an effec­tive macro­pru­den­tial policy. When eva­lua­ting poten­tial fur­ther mea­su­res a holi­stic view is essen­tial.
Tax Policy
31.07.2019

Finan­cial Tran­sac­tion Tax would hit pen­sion pro­ducts
Tax Policy
31.07.2019

Finan­cial Tran­sac­tion Tax would hit pen­sion pro­ducts
In a let­ter to the ten EU Mem­ber States par­ti­ci­pa­ting in the Euro­pean Finan­cial Tran­sac­tion Tax, Ins­urance Europe calls for an exemp­tion for pen­sion pro­ducts from any future finan­cial tran­sac­tion tax.
Con­tri­bu­tion levels
30.07.2019

Price dif­fe­ren­tia­tion: eve­r­yone is dif­fe­rent
Con­tri­bu­tion levels
30.07.2019

Price dif­fe­ren­tia­tion: eve­r­yone is dif­fe­rent
Is it justi­fied that some ins­urance is more expen­sive for old peo­ple than for the young? Price dif­fe­ren­tia­tion by risk is a fun­da­men­tal ins­urance prin­ci­ple.