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P/C Industry Told TRIA Extension Will Not Pass In Time For January Renewals
The property/casualty insurance industry should not count on Congress reauthorizing the federal terrorism reinsurance program this year or in time for January renewals, according to a key insurance ...
9 Global Insurers to Face Higher Capital Standards, Tougher Supervision
Top insurers will have to hold more capital from 2019 to cover risks they pose to the financial system should they go bust, global regulators said on Thursday. Regulators also released an initial ...
SEC Bans Gupta From Director, Officer Roles; Imposes $13.9M Fine
Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director Rajat Gupta was ordered to pay a $13.9 million civil penalty and banned from serving as an officer or director of a public company for having illegally passed ...
Allstate Selling Lincoln Benefit Life to London Group for $600M
Clive Cowdery, who earned a fortune cutting deals that consolidated the U.K. life insurance industry, is making a foray into the U.S. by buying a business from Allstate Corp. for $600 million (394 ...
Apple Controversy Lays Bare Complex Irish Tax Web: Reuters Report
Occupying a single floor of a three-story building in a suburban Dublin office park, Western Union's offices are notably modest for the international headquarters of the world's largest money ...
UK Fraud Prosecutor Charges Two Brokers In LIBOR Probe
Britain's fraud prosecutor on Monday charged two former brokers at interdealer broker RP Martin with rigging LIBOR benchmark interest rates, broadening the scope of the investigation into the scandal ...
Loeb’s Third Point Reinsurance Files For U.S. Public Offering
Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., which counts hedge-fund manager Daniel Loeb as a founding shareholder, filed for a U.S. initial public offering to help it expand underwriting and increase investments. ...
MTA Plans Cat Bond Sale Linked To Storm Surge, S&P Says
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to use bonds designed to help New York City's subway operator guard against storm surge damage after suffering $4.8 billion in wreckage from Hurricane ...