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SAI response to Dept. of Finance consultation on Funds Sector 2030

Investment Approaches to AE : Submission to the Department of Social Protection

Response to Public consultation on enhancing and reforming the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB)

The Terms of Reference of the Finance & Investment Committee state, inter alia, that:

“The Committee shall annually review the base financial & economic assumptions for use by Practice Committees in setting assumptions in ASPs and make recommendations to Council”.

The Society has submitted a response to the Consultation Document on Setting the Discount Rate issued by the Department of Justice and Equality in June 2020.

Click here to read the submission. 

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today a potential macroprudential approach to the low interest rate environment in the Solvency II context.
The aim of this publication is to contribute to the discussion on the possible need to develop a macroprudential framework in the insurance sector to promote financial stability in a Solvency II environment.
 
The following three objectives to be targeted by supervisory authorities in the current low interest rate environment are addressed:

The Central Bank of Ireland has published a feedback statement on Consultation Paper 92 Domestic Actuarial Regime and related Governance Requirements under Solvency II.

The consultation period closed on 29 May 2015.

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has issued the second set of its Solvency II Guidelines in the official languages of the European Union.

The Guidelines cover different areas from all the three Solvency II pillars (quantitative requirements; governance requirements; reporting and disclosure).

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published a Note entitled “Need for high quality public disclosure: Solvency II’s report on solvency and financial condition and the potential role of external audit”. The purpose of this Note is to stress the importance of high quality public information and the relevant use of external audit services in relation to Solvency II public disclosures.