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12/11/24
EIOPA recommends introducing supplementary capital charges f…

On 7 November 2024, EIOPA issued its Report on the Prudential Treatment of …

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16/07/24
Sustainability in the life insurance sector – CAA Informatio…

On 2 July 2024, the CAA published Information Note 24/9 to present the resu…

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Reminder for upcoming legal reporting to the CSSF

The CSSF amends CSSF circular 14/593 to reflect the fact that credit institutions now have the possibility to send TEST reporting files

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Third-country (re)insurance operations in Luxembourg post-Brexit

The United Kingdom's planned exit from the European Union would result in it losing the fundamental freedoms guaranteed by the Treaty on the Functioni…

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Transposition into Luxembourg Law of the European Directive on insurance distribution: what are the changes?

The law of 10 August 2018[1] has transposed the Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union of 20 Janua…

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Law of 17 April 2018 and PRIIPs Regulation

The law of 17 April 2018 on key investor documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (the “2018 Law”) was published in the M…

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PRIIPs

As a reminder, on 1 January 2018, persons and entities advising on or selling a PRIIP(not benefiting from the grandfathering period like UCITS fu…

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PRIIPS KID

Level 3 and 4 measures relating to the Commission Delegated Regulation on Key Information Documents (“KIDs”) for Packaged Retail and Insuran…

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New PRIIPs RTS published

On 12 April 2017, the level 2 measures with regard to the PRIIPS1 Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2014/1286 ) were published in the Of…

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Life insurance court decision

On 18 January 2017, the Court of Appeal of Luxembourg dealing with commercial matters reversed the decision of the 15th chamber of the District Court …

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RIIPs KID: Amended Delegated Regulation adopted by the European Commission

On 8 March 2017, the European Commission adopted a Commission Delegated Regulation, including Annexes (PRIIPs RTS), supplementing the Regulation on ke…

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PRIIPs KID: the European Commission announces a 12 month-delay in implementation

In the interests of ensuring a smooth implementation and to ensure legal certainty for the industry, the European Commission has proposed today to pos…

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PRIIPs KID: ECON rejects the delegated regulation proposed by the Commission

ECON (the EU Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs) voted (on 1rst September) to reject the delegated regulation (PRIIPs RTS) a…

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PRIIP's Regulation - Update

On November 11th 2015 the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (“ESAs”), consisting of the European Banking Authority (“EBA”), the …

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Recast of 6 December 1991 law on the insurance sector

The new law on the insurance sector (the “New Law” ), adopted by the Luxembourg Parliament on 7 December 2015, entered into force on 1 January 2016 an…

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The new legislation on the Insurance Sector

On 9 December 2015, two laws and a regulation from the Commissariat aux Assurances regarding the insurance sector were published in the Mémo…

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Recast of Commissariat Aux Assurances Circular Letters Relating To Investment Rules And Deposit Obligation

On 24 March 2015, the Commissariat aux Assurances ("CAA") issued two new circular letters.

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PRIPS Regulation - Update

The European Parliament issued on November 26th 2014 Regulation number 1286/2014 (the "Regulation") on key information documents ("KID") for packaged …

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