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Euro volatility adjustment

The euro volatility adjustment is the equivalent for euro-denominated liabilities, published monthly by EIOPA alongside the euro risk-free term structure. It is the currency-wide figure, not a country-specific increase. Note that the PRA publishes a euro column too, and the two do not agree — they are computed from different reference portfolios. The one euro-area insurers apply is EIOPA’s, and that is the one charted here.

13bps
as at 31 July 2026 · −1 bp on 30 June 2026
27 months of history held, 27 observations · published by EIOPA
5101520253031 May 2024: 14 bps30 June 2024: 16 bps31 July 2024: 15 bps31 August 2024: 19 bps30 September 2024: 21 bps31 October 2024: 24 bps30 November 2024: 23 bps31 December 2024: 23 bps31 January 2025: 20 bps28 February 2025: 22 bps31 March 2025: 22 bps30 April 2025: 26 bps31 May 2025: 22 bps30 June 2025: 20 bps31 July 2025: 17 bps31 August 2025: 20 bps30 September 2025: 17 bps31 October 2025: 16 bps30 November 2025: 15 bps31 December 2025: 14 bps31 January 2026: 12 bps28 February 2026: 16 bps31 March 2026: 18 bps30 April 2026: 15 bps31 May 2026: 14 bps30 June 2026: 14 bps31 July 2026: 13 bps13 bpsMay 24Oct 24Mar 25Aug 25Jan 26Jul 26bps
Euro volatility adjustment, basis points, monthly. 27 observations from 31 May 2024 to 31 July 2026.

Every observation

The figure for each month is read from that month’s published workbook and stored. Nothing here is interpolated, and a month the regulator did not publish is absent rather than filled in.

Reference dateVolatility adjustmentChange
31 July 202613 bps−1 bp
30 June 202614 bpsunchanged
31 May 202614 bps−1 bp
30 April 202615 bps−3 bp
31 March 202618 bps+2 bp
28 February 202616 bps+4 bp
31 January 202612 bps−2 bp
31 December 202514 bps−1 bp
30 November 202515 bps−1 bp
31 October 202516 bps−1 bp
30 September 202517 bps−3 bp
31 August 202520 bps+3 bp
31 July 202517 bps−3 bp
30 June 202520 bps−2 bp
31 May 202522 bps−4 bp
30 April 202526 bps+4 bp
31 March 202522 bpsunchanged
28 February 202522 bps+2 bp
31 January 202520 bps−3 bp
31 December 202423 bpsunchanged
30 November 202423 bps−1 bp
31 October 202424 bps+3 bp
30 September 202421 bps+2 bp
31 August 202419 bps+4 bp
31 July 202415 bps−1 bp
30 June 202416 bps+2 bp
31 May 202414 bps

Where these numbers come from

Every figure is read from EIOPA’s own monthly publication — the source index — and each observation is dated by the workbook’s own internal reference date, not by when it was published or when we read it. Where the two disagree the figure is discarded rather than attributed to the wrong month.

The store was last updated 17 August 2026. It is filled by the scheduled data job and never by a page load: these numbers exist only inside monthly Excel workbooks, so every point cost a download of the whole file.

See also the sterling volatility adjustment and the insurer balance sheet.