This article aims to provide an overview of the amendments in FINMA regulations for (re-)insurers between 2015 and 2016. The amendments followed the entering into force of the revised Swiss Insurance Supervision Ordinance (ISO) on 1 July 2015 which was instrumental to secure the European Commission’s recognition of the Swiss insurance supervision system’s equivalence with the EU’s Solvency II Directive of 5 June 2015. In addition to these required amendments, FINMA had the intention to streamline and simplify some aspects of existing regulations and thus consolidated a number of FINMA circulars. Finally, this article points out a few other recent or ongoing revisions that are relevant for the (re-)insurance industry.

By Petra Ginter (Reference: CapLaw-2017-25)