Practice news January 16, 2014 MFSA Proposes Amendments to the Insurance Business (Assets and Liabilities) Regulations 2007 The MFSA is proposing to amend the Insurance Business (Assets and Liabilities) Regulations 2007 ("the Assets and Liabilities Regulations")...
Practice news December 17, 2013 Malta Signs FATCA Inter-governmental Agreement with the United States On 16 December 2013, the Government of Malta announced the signature of the FATCA Inter-governmental Agreement (IGA) between Malta...
Practice news December 12, 2013 Malta ready to fast-track ILS authorisations Malta’s financial services regulator, the Malta Financial Services Authority, has signalled its willingness to fast-track applications for structures issuing...
Other news November 29, 2013 MFSA issues Guidance Paper on Insurance Groups under Solvency II The MFSA has issued a Guidance Paper on Insurance Groups under Solvency II providing key insight on the main...
Other news November 18, 2013 MFSA amends Insurance Rule 1 of 2007 to include capital contributions The Malta Financial Services Authority has amended Insurance Rule 1 of 2007 (Own Funds of Companies Carrying on Business...
Other news November 18, 2013 EU reaches provisional agreement on Solvency II Directive On 13 November 2013, the European Trialogue, consisting of the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of...
Other news October 7, 2013 List of global systematically important insurers published On the 18th of July 2013, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board both issued press...
Other news October 7, 2013 IMD2 further delayed by the European Parliament On the 12th July of 2013, it was confirmed that the review of the Insurance Mediation Directive (“IMD2”) by...
Practice news September 10, 2013 EMIR – more risk mitigation techniques coming into force on 15 September 2013 Commission Delegation Regulation (EU) No 149/2013 of 19 December 2012 which came into force on 15 March 2013 set...
Practice news June 1, 2013 MFSA initiates process for establishment of Special Purpose Reinsurance Vehicles in Malta On 31 May, 2013 the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) published a consultation note and draft regulations permitting the...
Other news May 6, 2013 MFSA Issues Report on the 2012 Standard Formula Exercise for Solvency II On the 30th of April 2013, the Malta Financial Services Authority (the “MFSA”) issued a report on the 2012...
Firm news February 25, 2013 GANADO Advocates nominated for captive law firm of the year Ganado Advocates was recently one of the four international law-firms nominated for offshore law firm of the year award...