SS2/15 – SS Solvency II: own funds

First published on 20 March 2015

This supervisory statement is addressed to UK Solvency II firms and to Lloyd’s, whether they are assessing the quality of their existing own funds and/or intending to issue new own fund items under Solvency II. This statement should be read alongside all relevant European legislation as well as the Own Funds Part of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) Rulebook.

This statement sets out the PRA’s expectations of firms in relation to own funds on:

• ancillary own funds and Article 96 of the Solvency II Directive;
• the transitional measures for own funds;
• the right to cancel (or defer) dividends or other distributions; and
• pre-issuance notification.

Current version

Published on 30 September 2019. Effective date 30 September 2019.

• Supervisory Statement 2/15 - September 2019 (pdf)

 - following PS21/19 ‘Responses to CP13/19 Occasional Consultation Paper’.

Future version

Published on 15 November 2024. Effective from 31 December 2024

• Supervisory Statement – Solvency II: own funds – November 2024 (pdf) 

- following PS15/24 – Solvency II: Restatement of assimilated law