With Decision No. 99878885 of February 22, 2024, the Italian Data Protection Authority (the “Authority”) has launched a public consultation on the issue of the time – limit to preserve the metadata of workers’ e-mails (day, time, sender, recipient, subject, size of e-mail). This decision has come in the wake of numerous perplexities raised by Authority’s Decision No. […]
With a note dated January 9, 2024, the Bank of Italy provides some clarifications regarding the application of the Provisions of March 26, 2019, as amended by the Provision of August 1, 2023, implementing the EBA Guidelines, concerning the organization, procedures, and internal controls on anti-money laundering. The note mainly addresses aspects related to the […]
The Italian Court of Cassation (Third Civil Section) has issued an order (published on February 2, 2024) stating the following principle: the Claims Made Clause contained in an insurance policy cannot be considered null and void for the sole fact that it provides that the insured party’s right is forfeited when the third party (injured […]
On February 23, IVASS (Institute for Insurance Supervision) published on its website the public consultation document containing proposals for the amendments of IVASS’s Regulation No. 52/2022 (hereinafter the “Regulation”) concerning the implementation of provisions in the temporary suspension of capital loss related to non-durable securities. The Authority aims at aligning the current regulation on capital […]
On January 23rd, EIOPA (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) released its report on consumer trends in 2023, which analyses inter alia the financial well-being of consumers – with regard to insurance and pensions – in the context of the cost of living crisis affecting them. The report reveals that one-third of consumers have renounced […]
The new decree to incentivise “AGRICULTURAL” plants including those with “any power capacity” comes into force on 14.2.2024 (‘AgriVoltaic Decree’) The “Agri-Voltaic Decree” was issued inter alia in consideration of the fact that: One of the targets to be achieved within 30 June 2026 is the installation of photovoltaic solar panels in agro-voltaic systems with […]
On 20 February 2024, the Italian Insurance Supervisory Authority (“IVASS”) published a letter to the market outlining the timing and operational procedures for supervisory reports with reference to 2024 data or to be submitted in 2024 via the Infostat platform. In detail, these reports include Solvency II reporting and financial stability information; National surveys and […]
On December 21, 2023, with Order No. 9978728, the Italian Data Protection Authority issued “Computer Programs and Services for the Management of Electronic Mail in the Workplace and the Processing of Metadata“‘ (so-called Guidelines). The Guidelines have raised interest with reference to their possible impact on Italian employers. Specifically, the Guidelines provide that whoever keeps […]
On January 29th, the European Banking Authority (EBA) launched an inquiry to gather feedback from credit institutions regarding their current techniques for classifying exposures to environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, to assess the feasibility of introducing a standardized methodology. In accordance with Article 501-quater of Regulation (EU) no. 575/2023, as amended based on the […]
On 12 February, IVASS (the Institute for the Supervision of Insurance) issued instructions for the electronic transmission of data concerning the payments related to dormant policies, to be carried out through the Infostat platform. Following the Letter to the Market of 25 January, 2024 (Prot. No. 0023887/24), which announced the new procedure for transmitting data […]
