Key Players

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The European Insurance and Reinsurance Federation (CEA).
The CEA represents the common interests of European insurers by promoting, defending and illustrating their views in international bodies.

Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS)
CEIOPS is the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors It was established under the terms of the European Commission Decision 2004/6/EC of 5 November 2003 and is composed of high level representatives from the insurance and occupational pensions supervisory authorities of the European Union's Member States. The authorities of the Member States of the European Economic Area also participate in CEIOPS.

The European Commission’s Insurance site 
A single insurance market, promoting economic efficiency and market integration, requires a common framework, to allow insurers to operate throughout the EU and to establish and provide services freely. The legal framework must also protect customers, particularly individuals, where the safe delivery of promised benefits can be vital.

European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Committee (EIOPC)
Directive 2005/1/EC amending various financial services directives in order to establish a new organisational structure for financial services committees was finally adopted on 9 March 2005. The new Directive was published in Official Journal No L 79 on 24 March 2005. It extends the Lamfalussy committee structure to the banking, insurance and UCITS areas (undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities). The result of this new Directive in the insurance and occupational pensions sectors is the disappearance of the Insurance Committee and its replacement by the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Committee (EIOPC).

Financial Services Authority (FSA) - The Insurance Standing Group
The purpose of the ISG is to inform and help the FSA formulate its policy prior to consultation, it does not replace consultation so may not definitively resolve any matters discussed.

The Groupe Consultatif
The Groupe was established in 1978 to bring together the actuarial associations in the European Union to represent the actuarial profession in discussion with the European Union institutions on existing and proposed EU legislation which has an impact on the profession.

The International Underwriting Association
The IUA's official guide to the new framework for prudential regulation in the EU.