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Sustainability Risks Delegated Regulation In force Unlisted

Overview

Jurisdiction
European Union
Topic
-
Instrument type
Delegated Act
Reference number
2021/1256
Valid from
2021-08-22
Valid to
2022-08-02
Modified date
2021-04-21
Listed at
Unlisted draft
Withdrawn at
-
Description
Amends Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 to integrate sustainability risks into the governance, risk management, remuneration policies and investment processes of insurance and reinsurance undertakings.

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Source URL Crawler Publish date
https://publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/32021R1256 EUR-Lex Crawl 2021-04-21

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Rule sets

Label Effective
Insurance and reinsurance companies 2022-08-02 — 9999-12-31
Applies from milestone:
Application Start (2022-08-02)
Expires at milestone:
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No conditions.

Questions this regulation asks

Attributes only this regulation asks about — criteria no general attribute expresses. A company answers each once.

This regulation asks no questions of its own — every condition uses a general attribute.

Obligations

Title Kind Rule set
Assessment and management of sustainability risks in liabilities Due Diligence -
Description:
Insurance and reinsurance companies must take actions to assess and manage the risk of loss or adverse changes in the value of insurance and reinsurance liabilities resulting from inadequate pricing and provisioning assumptions, including sustainability risks.
Frequency:
Continuous
Check frequency:
-
Products/Services:
Insurance and reinsurance business
Checking responsibility:
-
Check method:
-
Rule set:
-
Source reference:
Article 260(1)(a)(i)
Source excerpt:
actions to be taken by the insurance or reinsurance undertaking to assess and manage the risk of loss or of adverse change in the values of insurance and reinsurance liabilities, resulting from inadequate pricing and provisioning assumptions due to internal or external factors, including sustainability risks;
Management of sustainability risks in the investment portfolio Due Diligence -
Description:
Insurance and reinsurance companies must take actions to ensure that sustainability risks relating to the investment portfolio are properly identified, assessed and managed.
Frequency:
Continuous
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Products/Services:
Investment portfolio
Checking responsibility:
-
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-
Rule set:
-
Source reference:
Article 260(1)(c)(vi)
Source excerpt:
actions to be taken by the insurance or reinsurance undertaking to ensure that sustainability risks relating to the investment portfolio are properly identified, assessed and managed.
Integration of sustainability risks into policies Governance -
Description:
Insurance and reinsurance companies must integrate sustainability risks into their relevant policies.
Frequency:
Continuous
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Source reference:
Article 260(1a)
Source excerpt:
The insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall integrate in their policies referred to in points (a) and (c) of paragraph 1, and where relevant, policies on the other areas referred to in paragraph 1, sustainability risks.
Identification and assessment of sustainability risks Due Diligence -
Description:
The risk management function must identify and assess emerging risks and sustainability risks.
Frequency:
Continuous
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-
Products/Services:
-
Checking responsibility:
Risk management function
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Rule set:
-
Source reference:
Article 269(1)(e)
Source excerpt:
identifying and assessing emerging risks and sustainability risks.
Inclusion of identified risks in the relevant risk category Governance -
Description:
Insurance and reinsurance companies must include emerging risks and sustainability risks identified by the risk management function in the relevant risk category.
Frequency:
Continuous
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-
Products/Services:
-
Checking responsibility:
Risk management function
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Rule set:
-
Source reference:
Article 269(1a)
Source excerpt:
Emerging risks and sustainability risks as referred to in paragraph 1, point (e), and identified by the risk management function shall form part of the risks referred to in Article 262(1), point (a).
Consideration of sustainability risks in the remuneration policy Governance -
Description:
The remuneration policy must include information on how it takes into account the integration of sustainability risks in the risk management system.
Frequency:
Continuous
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Source reference:
Article 275(4)
Source excerpt:
The remuneration policy shall include information on how it takes into account the integration of sustainability risks in the risk management system.
Consideration of sustainability risks in investment risks Due Diligence -
Description:
When identifying, measuring, monitoring, managing, controlling, reporting and assessing investment risks, insurance and reinsurance companies must take sustainability risks into account.
Frequency:
Continuous
Check frequency:
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Products/Services:
Investments
Checking responsibility:
-
Check method:
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Rule set:
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Source reference:
Article 275a(1)
Source excerpt:
When identifying, measuring, monitoring, managing, controlling, reporting and assessing risks arising from investments, as referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 132(2) of Directive 2009/138/EC, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall take into account sustainability risks.
Long-term impacts of investment decisions Due Diligence -
Description:
Insurance and reinsurance companies must take into account the potential long-term impact of their investment strategy and investment decisions on sustainability factors.
Frequency:
Continuous
Check frequency:
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Products/Services:
Investments and investment strategies
Checking responsibility:
-
Check method:
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Rule set:
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Source reference:
Article 275a(2)
Source excerpt:
insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall take into account the potential long-term impact of their investment strategy and decisions on sustainability factors
Reflection of customers’ sustainability preferences Governance -
Description:
Where relevant, insurance companies must ensure that their investment strategy and investment decisions reflect their customers’ sustainability preferences taken into account in the product approval process.
Frequency:
Event-triggered
Check frequency:
-
Products/Services:
Investment products reflecting customers’ sustainability preferences
Checking responsibility:
-
Check method:
-
Rule set:
-
Source reference:
Article 275a(2)
Source excerpt:
where relevant, that strategy and those decisions of an insurance undertaking shall reflect the sustainability preferences of its customers taken into account in the product approval process referred to in Article 4 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2358.

Measures

No measures.

Penalties

No penalties.

Milestones

Date Type Description
2022-08-02 Application Start Application of the Regulation begins
Source reference:
Article 2
Source excerpt:
It shall apply from 2 August 2022.

Linked regulations

Type Regulation
Amends Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35
Cites Directive 2009/138/EC
Cites Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
Cites Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
Cites Regulation (EU) 2020/852
Cites Directive 2009/138/EC
Cites Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2358