Date: 5th October 2016
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Type: In the news
On 18 November, EIOPA organized its annual conference in Frankfurt. This year the main topics were supervisory convergence, reinforcing preventive consumer protection and preserving financial stability. The more than 370 participants attended three sessions on: “Countdown to Solvency II”, “Retirement savings in the 21st century” and “Evolving insurance business models”.
However, consumer advocacy groups were once again underrepresented. The only participant from the consumer side to participate in a panel discussion was Guillaume Prache, managing director at BETTER FINANCE. The issues that he brought up during the panel discussion were, amongst others, transparency, clear product information and costs.
More information here (in German).