Amend Directive 73/239/ EEC (life undertakings) and 79/267/EEC (non-life undertakings) to strengthen solvency margin requirements. The new requirements (not applicable to mutuals, life or non-life, with less than €5 million annual contribution income): (a) allow Member States to establish more stringent solvency requirements; (b) increase the minimum guarantee fund, (to €3 million index-linked; (c) increase the threshold levels of premiums and claims below which a higher solvency margin is required; (d) allow earlier supervisory intervention; (e) increase the solvency margin for certain volatile categories of non-life business (marine, aviation and general liability) by 50 per cent; (f) allow a life company to include up to 50 per cent of its future profits for solvency until 31 December 2009 subject to supervisory approval; (g) the division of assets, for solvency purposes, into three categories those acceptable without limitation, those acceptable subject to limitations and those acceptable only with approval. The new measures start in 2004.