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Luxembourg has launched implementation of the Solvency II review. Bill of law 8796 was submitted on 17 July 2026, with a 29 January 2027 deadline. The changes cover licensing, gove…
Luxembourg continues to consolidate its position as one of Europe’s premier hubs for captive insurance and reinsurance. With nearly 200 reinsurance undertakings, the Grand Duchy re…
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On 28 January 2026, the Commissariat aux assurances (CAA) released circular…
On 7 November 2024, EIOPA issued its Report on the Prudential Treatment of …
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On 29 July 2022, the Commissariat aux Assurances (“CAA”) published a new circular letter (the “22/15 Circular”) setting out regulatory requiremen…
On 20 July 2022, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (“EIOPA”) published precious guidance (Guidance on the integration of sust…
Update on the use of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) by insurance and reinsurance intermediaries and insuranc intermediaries
In response to the current situation in Ukraine, the Commissariat aux Assurances (the “CAA”) issued Information Note 22/5 (the “Note”) stating that it…
On 10 March 2022, the Luxembourg Commissariat aux Assurances (the “CAA”) published note 22/5 (the “Note”) providing for measures to be taken…
Implementation timeline proposed to be set to 1 January 2023.
Tout propriétaire d’un immeuble donné en location peut souscrire une couverture d’assurance qui permet au propriétaire-bailleur d’être indemnisé des l…
On 26 January 2021, a new Luxembourg law dated 22 January 2021 (the “2021 DLT Law”) entered into effect, amending the Luxembourg law of 6 April 2013 o…
The Act of 19 December 2020(1) implementing the Budget Act 2021 introduced into the Insurance Contract Act(2) a new provision to secure the …
Validity of insurance contracts concluded by UK insurance undertakings in a post-Brexit context – Clarifications by the Luxembourg legislator
The law of 22 January 2021 (the “2021 Law”) modernises Luxembourg’s legal framework on the issuance of dematerialised securities by expressly confirmi…
EIOPA published a paper on its approach to product oversight and governance requirements for insurance distributors and manufacturers
The aim of the New Regulation is to replace and repeal the amended CAA Regulation No. 13/01 of 23 December 2013 on the fight against money l…
On 24 April 2020, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) issued new guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers (…
Après que l’état d’urgence ait été déclaré pour une période de 3 mois, le Règlement grand-ducal du 18 mars 2020, tel que modifié, a instauré diverses …
In two information notices dated April 2 and April 8, 2020, the Commissariat Aux Assurances (“CAA”) clarified the impact of a hard Brex…
Le processus de transposition de la Directive (UE) 2016/97 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 20 janvier 2016 sur la distribution d’assurances (ci…
qui rappelle qu’ « il n’est pas permis au juge civil de méconnaître ce qui a été nécessairement et certainement jugé par le juge criminel ». En l…
The UK’s decision to leave the European Union led insurance companies established in the UK to consider other options, such as relocating their place …
The Luxembourg financial supervisory authority (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, “CSSF”) issued on 27 September 2019 a new version of …
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