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Dear Florida CFO: Why Lower Reinsurance Costs Do Not Lower Homeowner Premiums
Florida's insurance regulator, answering the state's CFO who wanted to know why lower reinsurance costs have not translated into reduced homeowners rates, said insurers have significant leeway in how ...
G20’s Regulator Extends Systemically Important Bank Rule to Biggest Insurers
The Financial Stability Board said an extended version of its guidance on the resolution of systemically important banks will apply to non-bank financial institutions, such as Allianz SE, AIG and ...Downgraded Meadowbrook Delays Filing to Weigh Goodwill Impairment
Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc., the insurer whose rating was cut by A.M. Best Co. last week, delayed filing a quarterly report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as the company reviews ...
Commentary: Does FSOC Understand the Business of Insurance?
The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designated AIG as a Systemically Important Financial Institution (SIFI) after determining that "material financial distress at AIG could pose a threat ...
U.S. Railway in Quebec Disaster Gets Canada Bankruptcy Protection
The U.S. railway whose runaway train killed 47 people in a tiny Quebec town last month was granted bankruptcy protection from a Canadian court on Thursday and took steps in that direction in a U.S. ...
Officials Worry NSA Leaks Could Skew U.S. Cyber Policy
Weeks of revelations about secret U.S. surveillance programs could stymie progress on negotiations over new laws and regulations meant to beef up the country's defenses against the growing threat of ...Third Point Re With No U.S. Staff Claims Eligibility for JOBS Act Disclosure Limits
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Daniel Loeb's Third Point Reinsurance Ltd., which has no staff in the U.S., said it can limit financial disclosure after a public offering because of rules promoting ...
Ebix Says Money Laundering Allegations Are False
Ebix Inc. said allegations that it was involved in money laundering were false, after its shares tumbled on a Bloomberg report that federal investigators were reviewing the insurance software maker's ...