European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - Capital Markets Union: Making it easier for insurers to invest in the real economy
As a result of today's rules, insurers will have to hold less capital for such investments and will therefore find it more attractive to invest in the economy.
This will further help mobilise private sector investment – a key objective of the Capital Markets Union.
The newly adopted rules, which take the form of a Delegated Regulation, amend the EU prudential rules for the insurance sector, known as Solvency II, and follow up from the Mid-term review of the CMU Action Plan.(...)
The European Commission adopted today new rules to
help insurers to invest in equity and private debt and to provide
long-term capital financing.
The insurance industry is well-equipped to provide long-term
finance by investing in equity and private debt, including of small and
medium enterprises (SMEs), but the actual share of their investments in
the real economy remains limited.As a result of today's rules, insurers will have to hold less capital for such investments and will therefore find it more attractive to invest in the economy.
This will further help mobilise private sector investment – a key objective of the Capital Markets Union.
The newly adopted rules, which take the form of a Delegated Regulation, amend the EU prudential rules for the insurance sector, known as Solvency II, and follow up from the Mid-term review of the CMU Action Plan.(...)
08/03/2019 - Business, taxation and competition
The
European Commission adopted today new rules to help insurers to invest
in equity and private debt and to provide long-term capital financing.
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