Third Country Branches of International Insurers

Policies relating to third country branches of international insurers.
This page lists policies containing provisions specifically aimed at Third Country Branches of international insurers. All Insurance firms should have regard to the cross-cutting policies, policyholder protection and Run Off and Undertakings in Difficulty pages. 

Supervisory Statements and Statements of Policy

  • Strengthening individual accountability in insurance (SS35/15)
  • Solvency II: reporting and public disclosure options provided to supervisory authorities (SS40/15)
  • Solvency II: third-country insurance and pure reinsurance branches (SS44/15)
  • Solvency II: Prudent Person Principle (SS1/20)
  • The PRA’s approach to the authorisation and supervision of insurance branches (Statement of Policy)
  • Solvency II: reinsurance counterparty credit risk (SS20/16)
  • Solvency II: Calculation of technical provisions (SS8/24)
  • Solvency II regulatory reporting waivers (Statement of Policy)
     

Other relevant material

Guidelines originally issued by European Supervisory Authorities should be read in conjunction with "Interpretation of EU Guidelines and Recommendations: Bank of England and PRA approach after the UK’s withdrawal from the EU" (Statement of Policy)

  • Guidelines on supervision of branches of third-country insurance undertakings (EIOPA-BOS 15/110): these should be read in conjunction with appendix 1 – Remaining relevant Branch Guidelines in SS44/15.
  • Guidelines on reporting and public disclosure (EIOPA-BoS-15/109)
This page was last updated 16 January 2025