Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 575
Financial Services And Markets
The Solvency 2 Regulations 2015 (revoked)
F1Made
6th March 2015
Laid before Parliament
9th March 2015
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
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F1PART 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
Citation and commencement
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Interpretation
F12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1PART 2Supervision
Exercise of PRA and FCA functions
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Review of capital add-ons
F14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-compliance with solvency capital requirement and exceptional adverse situations
F14A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Duty to publish technical information
F14B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Powers in relation to Gibraltar undertakings
F14C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Procedure on the exercise of powers under regulation 4C
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Passporting: notification of home state regulator
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EIOPA: information
F16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EIOPA and EBA: notifications
F17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other EEA States: information
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Non-compliance with the minimum capital requirement: provision of information to other supervisory authorities
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F19A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F19B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1PART 3Groups
F1CHAPTER 1Cases of application and scope
Risk concentration and intra-group transactions
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Equivalent provisions
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Exclusion of undertaking from group supervision
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F1CHAPTER 2Levels
Supervision of parents and subgroups at national level: substantive powers
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Supervision of parents and subgroups at national level: procedure
F114. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1CHAPTER 3Group Solvency
Supervision of group solvency and frequency of calculation
F115. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Choice of method
F116. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Inclusion of proportional share
F117. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Related undertakings: calculation of group solvency
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Participating undertakings: calculation of group solvency
F119. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gibraltar undertakings: calculation of group solvency
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Internal models and capital add-ons
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Subsidiaries: solvency capital requirement
F121. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Subsidiaries: non-compliance with the solvency and minimum capital requirements
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Subsidiaries: revocation of approval for applying Articles 238 and 239 of the Solvency 2 Directive
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F1CHAPTER 4Risk concentration and intra-group transactions
Supervision of risk concentration and intra-group transactions
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F1CHAPTER 5Risk management and internal control
Supervision of system of governance
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F1CHAPTER 6Measures to facilitate group supervision
Rule for deciding the group supervisor
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Exceptions to the rule for deciding the group supervisor
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Duties of group supervisor ...
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Cooperation and exchange of information between supervisory authorities
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Consultation between supervisory authorities
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Access to information
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Verification of information
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Group solvency and financial condition report
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Enforcement measures
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F1CHAPTER 7Third countries
Non-EEA solvency 2 parent undertakings: equivalence
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Parent undertaking outside the United Kingdom: absence of equivalence
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Parent undertakings outside the United Kingdom: levels
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F1CHAPTER 8Mixed-activity insurance holding companies
Intra-group transactions
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F1PART 4Approvals
F1CHAPTER 1Procedure: applications
Meaning of “approval”, “group application” and “protected item”
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Applications: eligibility, process, information and documents
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Additional process: applications from groups and applications to more than one supervisory authority
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F1CHAPTER 2Specific Approvals
Verification that the Solvency 2 Directive does not apply
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Matching adjustment
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Volatility adjustment
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Supervisory approval of ancillary own-funds
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Eligible own funds for an intermediate insurance holding company
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Classification of funds
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Basic Solvency Capital Requirement
F147. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Models
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Group applications
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Third-country insurance undertakings: approval of supervision in more than one EEA State
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Withdrawal of authorisation for third-country insurance undertakings authorised in more than one EEA State
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Subsidiaries: application of Articles 238 and 239 of the Solvency 2 Directive
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Transitional measures on risk-free interest rates
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Transitional measures on technical provisions
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F1CHAPTER 3Procedure: decisions, appeals and notices
Decisions: written notices
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Appeals
F156. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Publication of written notices
F157. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1CHAPTER 4Rule waivers
Modification or waiver of rules
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F1PART 5Amendments
Amendments
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Regulation 59
F1SCHEDULE 1Amendments to primary legislation
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Regulation 60
F1SCHEDULE 2Amendments to secondary legislation
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Regulation 35
F1SCHEDULE 3Parent undertakings outside the EEA: equivalence
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Regulation 40
F1SCHEDULE 4Procedure for an application for a subsidiary to be subject to national law implementing Articles 238 and 239 of the Solvency 2 Directive
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Regulation 40
F1SCHEDULE 5Procedure for group applications
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