EU Commission must get Solvency 2 implementation right or risks stifling investment, insurers warn

Measures the new EU Commission will set out for insurers in the second half of the year risk thwarting policymakersโ€™ efforts to boost Europeโ€™s competitiveness and private funding capacity if not re-calibrated differently, the sector has warned.

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โ€˜Excessiveโ€™ capital requirements stand in the way of CMU, insurance industry warns

While EU policymakers hope to mobilise more private capital for investments through the Capital Markets Union (CMU), high capital requirements prevent insurance companies from โ€œplaying a bigger roleโ€, industry association Insurance Europe said.

Capital Markets Union best route to rival US IRA, Michel says as Letta outlines sweeping financial sector plan

โ€œI am absolutely convinced for my part that the Capital Markets Union is the best European IRA that we can develop, since it is trillions of euros of resources that can be mobilised, which are not [mobilised] today, to stimulate, support, to develop in…