Government
U.S. to Unveil Voluntary Guidelines for Corporate Cybersecurity
The U.S. government is expected on Wednesday to release the final version of voluntary standards meant to help U.S. companies in nationally critical industries better protect themselves against cyber ...
Carriers Pass A.M. Best Terror Stress Test; Plans Include Not Writing Cover
Insurers that faced negative rating actions from A.M. Best for failing a terror risk stress test last year were able to convince the rating agency they could survive without a government backstop, an ...
Early California Wildfire Season Could Be Unprecedented
California's worst drought in decades is feeding what may become a devastating wildfire season, one that is starting about five months early. Extremely dry conditions have sparked 487 wildfires so ...
Regulatory Compliance at Top of Financial Executives’ Worry List
Financial industry executives are almost as concerned about the growing demands of regulatory compliance as they are with market volatility, according to today's survey of 400 financial companies by ...
PCI Adds 3 to Washington Lobbying Operations
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) said it has added three new hires. Tom Glassic will join the association as vice president, policy and government relations; Nicole Austin ...
Study of Possible Wall Street Broker Conflicts Leaked; Authors Warn Against Quick Judgments
A new academic paper about potential conflict of interest in large retail brokers' routing of limit orders has stirred controversy on Wall Street and caught regulators' attention—even before the ...
Florida Insurance Fraud Ring Staged Home Floods, Fires
A major fraud ring that staged fires and floods at South Florida homes to collect millions of dollars in claims from insurance companies has been broken up with charges against 22 people, authorities ...
FIO Chief McRaith Dismisses State v. Fed Debate as ‘Relic’
The state versus federal oversight discussion is a "binary debate" that is a relic of a bygone era, the director of the Federal Insurance Office told lawmakers at a Congressional hearing Tuesday. FIO ...