CEIOPS publishes its Final Advice to the European Commission - Equivalence assessments to be undertaken in relation to Articles 172, 227 and 260 of the Solvency II Directive. The Advice was produced in response to the European Commission Call for Advice (June 2010) asking CEIOPS to identify and prioritise the third countries where an equivalence assessment would be desirable before the implementation of Solvency II.  Read more

CEIOPS publishes the main spreadsheet to be used by solo undertakings and groups to complete their QIS5 submission due for end-October 2010 (solo) and mid-November 2010 (groups). Read more

CEIOPS welcomes the European Commission Green Paper on pensions as an important event for European pensions, and fully shares the objectives of the paper of providing greater security, efficiency and adequacy in retirement provision. Read more

CEIOPS has updated its QIS5 webpage, in order to provide interested parties with links to all relevant information, documents and contact data for the purpose of the Fifth Quantitative Impact Exercise.

CEIOPS has released for public consultation its Draft Advice to the European Commission on Equivalence assessments to be undertaken in relation to Articles 172, 227 and 260 of the Solvency II Directive. The Draft Advice was produced as a response to the EC Call for Advice asking CEIOPS to identify and prioritise the third countries where an equivalence assessment would be desirable before the introduction of Solvency II, while recognising that further equivalence assessments will be carried out subsequent to the first wave.

Stakeholders are invited to provide their comments by cob 13.08.2010.