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Insurance Regulatory Update - October 2014

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On 9 October, the Central Bank published the latest edition of its newsletter ‘Solvency II Matters’. The Newsletter covers Solvency II developments at a European and domestic level since May 2014

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CENTRAL BANK PUBLISHES SOLVENCY II NEWSLETTER

On 9 October, the Central Bank published the latest edition of its newsletter 'Solvency II Matters'. The Newsletter covers Solvency II developments at a European and domestic level since May 2014, many of which have been reported in previous editions of the Insurance Regulatory Update.

The Central Bank noted that at the time of writing, the Level 2 Delegated Act for Solvency II had not been published, despite the fact that they were due to be in finalised in September (note: see Article on the Delegated Act below). EIOPA is proceeding with its consultations on Level 2 technical standards and Level 3 guidelines as they planned.

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