A recent impact study by the European Commission has suggested that the Solvency II provisions for long-term liabilities of insurance companies are not properly reflected. "We have now put in place a package of individual measures to better handle artificial market volatilities and to tackle pro-cyclicality. We need a European solution, but peculiarities of the national insurance markets have also got to be taken into account", said Mr Balz. EIOPA is going to draft a report on the functioning in practice of long-term guarantees within five years after the new Directive comes into force.
MEPs want to keep major aspects of the assessment of long-term liabilities in the legislation process. "The question of whether life insurance products are an appealing type of investment is also a matter of social policy. This is why we want such decisions to be taken on a political level rather than by civil servants of the Commission", said the European Parliament Rapporteur. Negotiations with Council over the final text of the Directive will start on 11 April.
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