CFO / Financial
EU Close to Deal on Long-Delayed Insurance Capital Rules
The European Union is close to agreeing on new rules that will force insurers to hold enough capital to keep policyholders safe, after years of delay. Lawmakers from the European Parliament and ...
No Major Ratings Impact from Typhoon: A.M. Best
A.M. Best expects Super Typhoon Haiyan to be an earnings event for reinsurers, but gross losses are not expected to exhaust reinsurance capacity, the rating agency said on Tuesday. While Haiyan was ...
Multinational Ratings Agency to Launch as Alternative to Big Three
Credit ratings organizations from five countries are launching a new global agency, touting it as an alternative to the Big Three agencies, which they say no longer meet the needs of the new ...
New UK Financial Regulators Face Surge in Staff Turnover: Reuters Analysis
Staff have been quitting Britain's financial watchdogs at nearly twice the rate since they were split into two bodies this year, data seen by Reuters shows, at a time when experts warn of a ...
Swaps Regulation Could Impact Insurers’ Risk Management, Ratings: S&P
A Dodd-Frank provision regulating derivatives could improve insurers' risk management and have a minor impact on ratings, according to analysts at Standard & Poor's. In response to the financial ...
U.K. Fraud Office May Work with Spy Agencies to Fight Corporate Crime
The U.K. Serious Fraud Office will work more closely with spy agencies in an effort to crack down on corporate wrongdoing. "We are enhancing our intelligence capabilities in the fight against ...
Aging Core Systems Not Making the Grade: IGO Carrier Research
A new survey of P/C and group life carriers revealed that more than 50 percent cite legacy systems as the top core system challenge, followed by integration and scalability/flexibility issues. ...
Senators Seek to Kill Tax Break for Corporate Settlement Costs
Banks and corporations would no longer be able to claim tax deductions for certain payments made under legal settlements with the U.S. government involving alleged business misconduct, under ...