The Council and the Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on amendments to the Solvency II directive, the EU's main piece of legislation in the insurance area and new rules on insurance ...

May 4 (Reuters) - The European Commission, regulators and the insurance industry are working on new capital rules, known as Solvency II, due to come into force on Jan. 1, 2013. The rules, which are ...

The Council today adopted two pieces of legislation that amend the Solvency II directive, the EU's main piece of legislation in the insurance area, and introduce new rules on insurance recovery and ...

The new rules on Solvency II will boost the role of the insurance and reinsurance sector in providing long-term private sources of investments to European businesses. At the same time they will make ...

The primary function of an insurer is the assumption and management of insurance risk. Very commonly, this will involve an insurer passing (or ceding) risk to other (re)insurers or protection ...