NU Online News Service, July 5, 1:45 p.m. EDT
While the European insurance market in general is well prepared for potential future shocks, approximately 10 percent of groups evaluated in a recent stress test failed to meet capital requirements under a certain "adverse" scenario.
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) conducted the required stress tests between March and May to gauge insurers' ability to meet future Solvency II Minimum Capital Requirements (MCR). Insurers were tested under three scenarios: baseline, adverse and inflation scenarios.
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