This week, EIOPA announced the results of its 2016 EU-wide stress test, and Insurance Europe was quick to comment.

Economic commentators and financial analysts may be struggling to position the prospect of an uplift in inflation as a threat or a boost to economic stability and prosperity, but insurance investment professionals seem to be rather more certain in this response to the re-emerging economic phenomenon.

It is time for insurance company investment teams to step out of the shadows and into the spotlight.

This week, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) Director General, speaking in Dublin, said that the UK Government should commit to seek an early agreement on a high level Brexit transitional implementation period.

This week, The International Underwriting Association (IUA) spelt out four detailed priorities from Brexit negotiations identified by companies in the London Market, as Brexit issues dominated the mainstream media.

With political and macro-economic turmoil grabbing more attention every day, it is all too easy to forget that the serious business of regulating Europe’s insurance companies continues at a relentless pace in the background.