The Solvency 2 Regulations 2015

Made: 6th March 2015

Laid before Parliament: 9th March 2015

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

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PART 1 — Citation, commencement and interpretation

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — Supervision

Exercise of PRA and FCA functions

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Review of capital add-ons

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Passporting: notification of home state regulator

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EIOPA: information

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EIOPA and EBA: notifications

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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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PART 3 — Groups

CHAPTER 1 — Cases 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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CHAPTER 2 — Levels

Supervision of parents and subgroups at national level: substantive powers

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Supervision of parents and subgroups at national level: procedure

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CHAPTER 3 — Group Solvency

Supervision of group solvency and frequency of calculation

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Choice of method

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Inclusion of proportional share

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Related undertakings: calculation of group solvency

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Participating undertakings: calculation of group solvency

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Internal models and capital add-ons

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Subsidiaries: solvency capital requirement

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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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CHAPTER 4 — Risk concentration and intra-group transactions

Supervision of risk concentration and intra-group transactions

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CHAPTER 5 — Risk management and internal control

Supervision of system of governance

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CHAPTER 6 — Measures 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 and establishment of college of supervisors

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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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CHAPTER 7 — Third countries

Non-EEA solvency 2 parent undertakings: equivalence

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Parent undertaking outside the EEA: absence of equivalence

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CHAPTER 8 — Mixed-activity insurance holding companies

Intra-group transactions

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PART 4 — Approvals

CHAPTER 1 — Procedure: applications

Meaning of “approval”, “group application”, “protected item” and “branch”

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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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CHAPTER 2 — Specific 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

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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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CHAPTER 3 — Procedure: decisions, appeals and notices

Decisions: written notices

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Appeals

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Publication of written notices

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CHAPTER 4 — Rule waivers

Modification or waiver of rules

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PART 5 — Amendments

Amendments

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SCHEDULE 1 — Amendments to primary legislation

PART 1 — Amendments to FSMA

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PART 2 — Amendments to other primary legislation

Friendly Societies Act 1992

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Finance Act 1997

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Terrorism Act 2000

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Capital Allowances Act 2001

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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

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Finance Act 2003

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Companies Act 2006

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Corporation Tax Act 2009

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SCHEDULE 2 — Amendments to secondary legislation

Insolvency (Scotland) Rules 1986

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Companies (1986 Order) (Insurance Companies Accounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994

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Mineworkers' Pension Scheme (Modification) Regulations 1994

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Industry-Wide Mineworkers' Pension Scheme Regulations 1994

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Insurance Companies (Overseas Life Assurance Business) (Compliance) Regulations 1995

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Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Administration) Regulations 1996

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Occupational Pension Schemes (Scheme Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

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Individual Savings Account Regulations 1998

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Competition Act 1998 (Small Agreements and Conduct of Minor Significance) Regulations 2000

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Competition Act 1998 (Determination of Turnover for Penalties) Order 2000

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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001

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The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2001

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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (EEA Passport Rights) Regulations 2001

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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Law Applicable to Contracts of Insurance) Regulations 2001

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The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Control of Business Transfers) (Requirements on Applicants) Regulations 2001 (Article 39)

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Enterprise Act 2002 (Merger Fees and Determination of Turnover) Order 2003

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Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding Up) Regulations 2004

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Child Trust Funds Regulations 2004

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Financial Conglomerates and Other Financial Groups Regulations 2004

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Pension Protection Fund (Entry Rules) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

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Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

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Pension Protection Fund (Entry Rules) Regulations 2005

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Insurers (Reorganisation and Winding Up) (Lloyd's) Regulations 2005

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Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 2005

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Money Laundering Regulations 2007

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Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008

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Insurance Accounts Directive (Miscellaneous Insurance Undertakings) Regulations 2008

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Payment Services Regulations 2009

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Mutual Societies (Transfers) Order 2009

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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Controllers) (Exemption) Order 2009

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Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Law Applicable to Contracts of Insurance) Regulations 2009

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Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

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Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic Enrolment) Regulations 2010

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Electronic Money Regulations 2011

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Bank of England Act 1998 (Macro-prudential Measures) Order 2013

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Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers) (Interim Measures: Financial Penalties) (Determination of Control and Turnover) Order 2014

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SCHEDULE 3 — Parent undertakings outside the EEA: equivalence

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SCHEDULE 4 — Procedure 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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SCHEDULE 5 — Procedure for group applications

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Signed

David Evennett — John Penrose — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury — 2015-03-06

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2012/1759.

[^f00002]: 1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3 of, and the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). By virtue of the amendment of section 1(2) made by section 1 of the European Economic Act 1993 (c. 51) regulations may be made under section 2(2) to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created by or arising under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073, OJ No L1, 3.11.1994, p.3) and the Protocol adjusting that Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 (Cm 2183, OJ No L1, 3.1.1994, p.572).

[^f00003]: OJ no L331, 15.12.2010, p. 48.

[^f00004]: OJ no L035, 11.02.2003, p.1.