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1 Harmonization of Insurance Supervisory Law |
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3 | (24) |
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4 | (1) |
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1.2 The Typology of Harmonization Methods |
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5 | (3) |
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1.3 The European Law Sources for Harmonization of the Insurance Supervisory Regime |
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8 | (8) |
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1.3.1 The Solvency II Framework Directive |
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8 | (4) |
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1.3.2 The Implementing Regulations for the Solvency II Framework Directive |
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12 | (2) |
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1.3.3 The EIOPA Regulation |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (1) |
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1.4 Consequences for the Future Insurance Supervisory System in Germany |
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16 | (7) |
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1.4.1 The Impact of Full Harmonization on the Insurance Supervision Act |
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16 | (1) |
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1.4.2 Supervision According to the Principle of Abusiveness with Regard to Primary Insurance Undertakings |
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17 | (4) |
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1.4.3 The Effect of Full Harmonization in Certain Areas |
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21 | (2) |
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23 | (4) |
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2 Supervisory Review Process |
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27 | (40) |
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28 | (1) |
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2.2 Principles of Insurance Supervision Under Solvency II |
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29 | (1) |
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2.3 Objective and Concept of the Supervisory Review Process |
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30 | (7) |
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30 | (1) |
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2.3.2 Art. 36 of the Solvency II Directive and Its Implementation in Sec. 289, Paras. 2--4 of the VAG Reg-E [ Government's Draft of a Tenth Act Amending the German Insurance Supervision Act] |
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31 | (5) |
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2.3.3 The CEIOPS Advice on Procedures for Supervisory Authorities |
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36 | (1) |
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2.4 The Subjects of the Supervisory Review Process |
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37 | (16) |
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2.4.1 Subject of the Investigation and Investigatory Standard |
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37 | (4) |
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2.4.2 The Governance System as Examination Subject |
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41 | (3) |
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2.4.3 Capital Requirements as Examination Subject |
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44 | (9) |
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2.5 Powers of Supervisory Authorities to Remedy Weaknesses and Deficiencies |
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53 | (10) |
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2.5.1 "Weaknesses or Deficiencies" as Legal Terms |
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53 | (5) |
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2.5.2 The Role of Art. 36, Para. 5 of the Solvency II Directive in the Classification of Intervention Powers |
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58 | (2) |
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2.5.3 Non-compliance with Capital Requirements |
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60 | (1) |
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2.5.4 Non-compliance with Requirements on Governance |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (4) |
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3 Insurance Supervisory Law and Consumer Protection |
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67 | (32) |
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68 | (1) |
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3.2 Consumer Protection Provisions of the New Insurance Supervisory Regime |
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69 | (6) |
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3.2.1 The EIOPA Regulation |
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69 | (2) |
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3.2.2 The Solvency II Directive |
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71 | (1) |
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3.2.3 The Draft Regulation on Key Information Documents and the Draft Directive on Insurance Mediation |
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72 | (1) |
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3.2.4 The Second and Third Regulatory Levels of the Solvency II System |
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72 | (1) |
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3.2.5 The VAG-RegE [ Government's Draft of a Tenth Act Amending the German Insurance Supervision Act] |
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73 | (1) |
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3.2.6 The BaFin [ Federal Financial Supervisory Authority] |
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74 | (1) |
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3.3 The Role of Consumer Protection in the Supervision of Insurance Undertakings |
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75 | (19) |
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3.3.1 The Objective of Supervision |
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75 | (2) |
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3.3.2 Further Implications |
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77 | (17) |
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94 | (5) |
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99 | (58) |
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100 | (1) |
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4.2 The Solvency System Under Supervisory Law |
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101 | (8) |
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4.2.1 The Economic Balance Sheet (Solvency Statement) |
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101 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Own Funds Under Supervisory Law |
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102 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Capital Requirements Under Supervisory Law |
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103 | (4) |
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4.2.4 The Supervisory Review Process |
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107 | (2) |
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4.3 Complexity, Volatility and Procyclicality of the Solvency Requirements: Implications for Solvency Supervision |
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109 | (15) |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (4) |
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115 | (6) |
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121 | (3) |
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4.4 The New Roles of the Managing and Supervisory Boards, Supervisory Authorities, Courts and Insurance Academics in the Solvency Supervision of Insurance Undertakings |
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124 | (25) |
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4.4.1 The Managing and Supervisory Boards of Insurance Undertakings |
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124 | (9) |
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4.4.2 The Supervisory Authorities |
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133 | (13) |
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4.4.3 Competent Courts in the Insurance Supervisory Regime |
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146 | (2) |
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4.4.4 Insurance Academics |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (8) |
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5 Own Risk and Solvency Assessment |
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157 | (38) |
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158 | (2) |
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5.2 Subject-Matter and Objective of the ORSA |
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160 | (1) |
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5.3 The Solvency II Legal Principles Applicable to the ORSA |
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161 | (1) |
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5.4 The ORSA and the Risk Management System |
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162 | (8) |
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5.4.1 The European Law Framework |
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162 | (2) |
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5.4.2 Present Law: The Relationship of the ORSA to Sec. 64 a, Para. 1, 2 of the VAG [ German Insurance Supervision Act] and the MaRisk VA [ Minimum Requirements for Risk Management (Insurance Supervision)] |
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164 | (3) |
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5.4.3 Future Law: Sec. 28 of the VAG [ German Insurance Supervision Act] in the Version of the Ministerial Draft |
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167 | (3) |
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5.5 ORSA, Actuarial Function, Standard Formula and Internal Model |
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170 | (2) |
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5.6 The ORSA, the Compliance Function, and the Internal Audit Function |
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172 | (1) |
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5.7 Individual Issues Concerning the ORSA |
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173 | (13) |
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5.7.1 The ORSA and Free Enterprise |
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173 | (6) |
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5.7.2 The Relationship of the ORSA to Capital Add-Ons |
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179 | (1) |
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5.7.3 The Own Assessment of Interest Rate Risk |
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180 | (1) |
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5.7.4 Significant Deviation from the Assumptions Underlying the Calculation of the Standard Formula and the Internal Model |
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181 | (5) |
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5.8 Documentation and Publication of the ORSA |
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186 | (5) |
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5.8.1 Addressees and General Principles of the ORSA Information |
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186 | (1) |
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5.8.2 The Internal Report |
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187 | (1) |
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5.8.3 Requirements for Reporting to the Supervisory Authorities |
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187 | (3) |
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5.8.4 Requirements for Reporting to the Public |
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190 | (1) |
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5.9 Supervisory Powers with Respect to the ORSA |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (3) |
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6 Fitness of Members of Supervisory Board |
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195 | (22) |
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196 | (1) |
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6.2 General Requirements of Company Law Applicable to the Qualification of Supervisory Board Members |
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197 | (3) |
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6.2.1 The Federal Court of Justice-Ruling in Hertie |
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197 | (2) |
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6.2.2 The German Corporate Governance Code |
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199 | (1) |
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6.3 The Insurance Supervisory Regime Requirements for the Qualification of Supervisory Board Members |
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200 | (11) |
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6.3.1 The Statutory Rules on the Expertise Requirement |
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200 | (4) |
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6.3.2 The BaFin [ Federal Financial Supervisory Authority] Bulletin of 22 February 2010 |
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204 | (2) |
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6.3.3 Amendments in the Process of Implementing Solvency II |
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206 | (5) |
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6.4 Individual Expertise of the Supervisory Board Members and the Overall Qualification of the Supervisory Board |
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211 | (3) |
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6.4.1 Requirements for the Individual Supervisory Board Member |
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211 | (1) |
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6.4.2 Overall Qualification of the Supervisory Board |
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212 | (2) |
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214 | (3) |
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7 Definition and Holders of Key Functions |
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217 | (26) |
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218 | (1) |
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7.2 The Term "Key Function" |
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219 | (8) |
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219 | (1) |
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7.2.2 Terminological Dual-Tracking and the Irrelevance of the Difference Between "Key Function" and "Key Task" |
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220 | (3) |
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7.2.3 The Term "Key Functions": Exhaustive or Open? |
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223 | (4) |
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7.3 The Key Function Holders and Their Subordinate Staff Members in Key Functions |
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227 | (14) |
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7.3.1 The Solvency II System |
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227 | (1) |
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7.3.2 The Equalization of Key Function Holders and Persons Who Effectively Run the Undertaking |
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228 | (3) |
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7.3.3 Factual Distinctions in the Duty of Notice |
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231 | (1) |
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7.3.4 Factual Distinctions in Qualification Requirements |
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231 | (1) |
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7.3.5 Determination of Each Key Function Holder and the Staff Members Subordinate to Them |
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232 | (9) |
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241 | (2) |
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8 Supervisory Review of Key Functions |
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243 | (32) |
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244 | (1) |
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8.2 The "Fit" Requirement for Key Function Holders and Their Subordinate Staff Members in Key Functions |
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245 | (13) |
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8.2.1 The Two-Tier Qualification Structure in General |
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245 | (2) |
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247 | (2) |
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8.2.3 The Fitness of Key Function Holders |
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249 | (8) |
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8.2.4 The Fitness of Subordinate Staff to Key Function Holders |
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257 | (1) |
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8.3 The "Proper" Requirement for Key Function Holders and Their Subordinate Staff Members in Key Functions |
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258 | (6) |
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8.3.1 The Two-Tier Structure of the Proper Requirement and the Proceduralization of the Proper Requirement as Starting Point |
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258 | (1) |
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8.3.2 The Proper Requirement of Key Function Holders |
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259 | (5) |
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8.3.3 The "Proper" Requirement for Staff Members Subordinate to Key Function Holders |
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264 | (1) |
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8.4 The Remuneration of Key Function Holders |
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264 | (1) |
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8.5 The Duties of Notice and Public Disclosure for Key Function Holders |
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265 | (3) |
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8.5.1 The Duties of Notice to Supervisory Authorities |
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265 | (3) |
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8.5.2 The Duties of Public Disclosure |
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268 | (1) |
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8.6 Supervisory Recall and Prohibition of Exercise of Function for Key Function Holders in Cases of Fit-and-Proper Deficiencies and Supervisory Right to Direct Information from Key Function Holders |
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268 | (3) |
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268 | (1) |
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8.6.2 VAG-RegE [ Government's Draft of a Tenth Act Amending the German Insurance Supervision Act] |
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269 | (2) |
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271 | (4) |
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9 `Senior Management' of Insurance Undertakings |
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275 | (8) |
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275 | (2) |
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9.1.1 The Normative Rules |
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276 | (1) |
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9.2 `Senior Management' in the Solvency II System |
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277 | (4) |
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281 | (2) |
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10 Definition, Tasks and Legal Nature of the Compliance Function |
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283 | (42) |
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284 | (2) |
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10.2 The Legal Bases of Compliance Under the Insurance Supervisory Regime |
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286 | (10) |
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10.2.1 The Relationship of Compliance Under the Insurance Supervisory Regime to Compliance Under General Company Law |
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286 | (1) |
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10.2.2 The Solvency II Directive |
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287 | (1) |
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10.2.3 The Draft of the Solvency II Implementing Regulation |
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288 | (2) |
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10.2.4 The CEIOPS Guidelines on the System of Governance |
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290 | (1) |
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10.2.5 The EIOPA Guidelines on the System of Governance |
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291 | (1) |
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10.2.6 The VAG-RegE [ Government's Draft of a Tenth Act Amending the Insurance Supervision Act] |
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292 | (1) |
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10.2.7 The Government's Draft of the German Banking Ringfencing Act |
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293 | (1) |
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10.2.8 MaRisk BA [ Minimum Requirements for Risk Management (Banking Supervision)] |
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294 | (1) |
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10.2.9 MaComp VA [ Minimum Requirements for the Compliance Function (Insurance Supervision)]? |
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294 | (2) |
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10.3 The Definition of "Compliance Under the Insurance Supervisory Regime" |
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296 | (3) |
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10.4 The Task of Compliance Under the Insurance Supervisory Regime and the Compliance-Related Requirements |
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299 | (19) |
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10.4.1 Underlying Principles |
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299 | (7) |
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10.4.2 General Legal Monitoring |
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306 | (7) |
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10.4.3 Advising the Managing Board |
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313 | (3) |
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10.4.4 Evaluation of Risks from Changes in the Legal Environment |
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316 | (1) |
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10.4.5 Evaluation of the Compliance Risk |
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317 | (1) |
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10.5 The Legal Nature of Compliance Under the Insurance Supervisory Regime |
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318 | (4) |
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10.5.1 The Long Arm of the Insurance Supervisory Authority? |
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318 | (1) |
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10.5.2 Company Officials? |
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319 | (2) |
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10.5.3 Statutorily Prescribed and Designed Functions of Undertakings |
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321 | (1) |
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322 | (3) |
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11 Integrating the Compliance Function into the Legal Department |
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325 | (20) |
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326 | (1) |
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11.2 Combining the Legal Department and the Compliance Function as a Legal Problem |
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327 | (1) |
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11.3 Combining the Legal Department and the Compliance Function in Light of Their Respective Responsibilities |
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328 | (6) |
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11.3.1 Crossover in Tasks |
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328 | (2) |
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11.3.2 Advisement of Insurance Undertakings' Staff Members as an Area of Potential Conflict |
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330 | (1) |
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11.3.3 Advisement of an Insurance Undertaking's Managing Board as an Area of Potential Conflict |
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331 | (2) |
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11.3.4 Formation of Law by the Legal Department as an Area of Potential Conflict |
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333 | (1) |
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11.4 Combining the Legal Department and the Compliance Function in Light of the Special Rules Aimed at the Compliance Function as a Key Function |
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334 | (2) |
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11.4.1 Particular Competencies |
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334 | (1) |
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11.4.2 Special Qualifications |
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335 | (1) |
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11.5 Combining the Legal Department and the Compliance Function in Light of the Principle of Functional Segregation |
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336 | (1) |
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11.6 Combining the Legal Department and the Compliance Function in Light of the Principle of Functional Independence |
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337 | (1) |
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11.7 Combining the Legal Department and the Compliance Function in Light of the Principles of Freedom of Internal Organization and of Proportionality |
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338 | (2) |
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340 | (5) |
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345 | (40) |
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346 | (1) |
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12.2 The Obligations to Notify Based on Formal Grounds |
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347 | (5) |
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12.2.1 The Term "Obligations to Notify Based on Formal Grounds" |
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347 | (1) |
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12.2.2 Obligations to Notify Based on Formal Organizational Grounds |
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348 | (3) |
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12.2.3 Reporting Duties Related to Tariffs and General Policy Conditions |
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351 | (1) |
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12.3 The Disclosure Obligations of Financial Reporting |
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352 | (12) |
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12.3.1 The Disclosure Obligations for Financial Reporting Based on Formal Organizational Grounds |
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352 | (5) |
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12.3.2 The Disclosure Obligations for Substantive Financial Reporting |
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357 | (7) |
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12.4 The Disclosure Obligations for Risk Reporting |
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364 | (2) |
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12.5 Disclosure Obligations at the Group Level |
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366 | (6) |
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12.5.1 The Obligations to Notify Based on Formal Grounds at the Group Level |
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366 | (2) |
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12.5.2 The Disclosure Obligations of Financial Reporting at the Group Level |
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368 | (3) |
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12.5.3 The Disclosure Obligations of Risk Reporting at the Group Level |
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371 | (1) |
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12.6 The Disclosure Obligations for Financial Conglomerates |
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372 | (1) |
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12.7 Further Implications |
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373 | (9) |
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12.7.1 The Function of the Reporting and Disclosure Obligations |
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373 | (2) |
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12.7.2 The Scope of the Reporting and Disclosure Obligations |
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375 | (2) |
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12.7.3 The Relationship Between the VAG [ German Insurance Supervision Act] and Solvency II Directive Regarding Reporting and Disclosure Obligations |
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377 | (3) |
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12.7.4 The Concretization and Practical Management of Reporting and Disclosure Obligations |
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380 | (2) |
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382 | (3) |
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385 | (40) |
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386 | (2) |
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13.2 The Objectives and Addressees of the Duties of Public Disclosure |
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388 | (3) |
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13.3 Minimum Content of the Report on Solvency and Financial Condition |
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391 | (9) |
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391 | (1) |
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13.3.2 Financial Reporting |
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392 | (5) |
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13.3.3 Information Related to Formal Organizational Aspects |
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397 | (1) |
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13.3.4 The Information on Risk Reporting |
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398 | (2) |
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13.4 The Duty to Update in the Event of Significant Changes to Published Information |
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400 | (1) |
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13.5 The Duty of Disclosure for Direct Insurance and Reinsurance Undertakings in the National Context |
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401 | (6) |
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13.5.1 Disclosure Duties Under Capital Market Law |
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401 | (3) |
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13.5.2 Disclosure Duties Under Commercial Law |
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404 | (3) |
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13.6 Comparison of the Report on Solvency and Financial Condition Under Solvency II and Publication Required Under National Commercial and Capital Market Law |
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407 | (3) |
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13.6.1 The Equal Rank of the Disclosure Duties of Solvency II and Disclosure Duties Under Capital Market and Commercial Law |
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407 | (1) |
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13.6.2 Content Overlap Between the Report on Solvency and Financial Condition Under Solvency II and the Annual Financial Statement and Management Report |
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408 | (2) |
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13.6.3 Content Overlap Between the Report on Solvency and Financial Condition Under Solvency II and Publications Under Capital Market Law |
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410 | (1) |
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13.7 Disclosure Duties at Group Level |
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410 | (4) |
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13.7.1 Disclosure Duties at Group Level Under Solvency II |
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410 | (2) |
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13.7.2 Disclosure Duties at Group Level in National Context |
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412 | (1) |
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13.7.3 Content Overlap Between the Report on Solvency and Financial Condition at Group Level Under Solvency II and the Annual Financial Statement, Management Report, and Financial Reports Under Capital Market Law |
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413 | (1) |
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13.8 Form of Disclosure in the Report on Solvency and Financial Condition |
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414 | (1) |
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13.9 Protection of Business and Trade Secrets in Public Disclosure Duties |
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415 | (1) |
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13.10 Further Conclusions |
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416 | (7) |
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13.10.1 Regulatory Approach in Public Disclosure Duties |
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416 | (2) |
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13.10.2 Potential Synergies in Fulfillment of Public Disclosure Duties |
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418 | (1) |
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13.10.3 Selection of Publication Date for the Report on Solvency and Financial Condition |
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419 | (1) |
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13.10.4 Relief at Group Level and the Principle of Proportionality |
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420 | (1) |
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13.10.5 Less Favorable Protection of Confidentiality Interests for Direct Insurance and Reinsurance Undertakings Compared to Basel II |
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421 | (2) |
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423 | (2) |
List of Rules |
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425 | (48) |
Index |
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