EIOPA appoints Liane Hirner and Desislav Danov as Members of the Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group (IRSG)

The Board of Supervisors of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) appointed two new members with immediate effect and for the current mandate of the IRSG.

Ms Liane Hirner (Vienna Insurance Group, Austria) replaces Jana Herboczkova in the category “industry” .

Mr Desislav Danov (Fintechguardian, Bulgaria) replaces Mr Giampaolo Petri in the category “consumers”.

Background

The Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group (IRSG) and the Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group (OPSG) are set in accordance with Article 37 of EIOPA’s founding Regulation.

EIOPA consults its stakeholder groups on actions concerning regulatory technical standards and their implementation as well as guidelines and recommendations to the extent that these do not concern individual financial institutions.

Members of stakeholder groups can submit opinions and advice to EIOPA on any issue related to its tasks.

Additionally, stakeholder groups are expected to notify EIOPA of inconsistent application of European Union law as well as inconsistent supervisory practices in the different European Member States.