Packaged retail investment and insurance-based products (PRIIPs) make up a broad category of financial assets that are regularly provided to consumers in the European Union (EU) through banks or other financial institutions as an alternative to savings accounts. The category, for regulation's sake, is intentionally broad and is intended to cover all packaged, publicly marketed financial products that have exposure to underlying assets (stocks, bonds, etc.), provide a return over time, and have an element of risk. Essentially, this covers all packaged retail investment products marketed in the European Union, including insurance policies.