Insurance Regulation
International Capital Standards Remain a Work in Progress: Ex-Fed Reserve Governor
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) is no closer to enacting international capital standards for insurers than it was when it took up the task five years ago, attendees at ...
Without Access to Crop Insurance, Calif. Fires Could Prove Fatal for Damaged Marijuana Farms
For many businesses in northern California, it will take years to rebuild from the wildfires that have decimated the region. And for many legal cannabis growers, the destruction could be ...
AIG Shoots for Expansion Now That ‘Too Big To Fail’ Status Is Going Away
Now that American International Group Inc. is no longer too big to fail, it has a goal: Get bigger. The U.S. freed the New York-based insurer from enhanced regulation, removing the scarlet letter it ...
AIG Reportedly to be Freed From U.S. Systemic-Risk Designation
U.S. regulators are planning to release American International Group Inc. from the special government oversight ordered for the insurer after its central role in the 2008 financial crisis, according ...
FSOC Leaves SIFI Labels Unchanged
A panel of U.S. regulators decided after meeting on Friday to stick with its existing policy for stricter rules on a handful of large financial institutions it deems "systemically important." The ...
U.S. and EU Sign Covered Agreement on Insurance Regulation
The United States and European Union signed a bilateral agreement on prudential insurance and reinsurance measures on Friday. Both sides announced in July their intention to sign the agreement, also ...
Prudential Reportedly Plotting Escape From ‘Too Big to Fail’ Label
Prudential Financial Inc. is laying the groundwork to escape the government's label that it's too big to fail, a move that would dramatically reduce federal oversight of the largest U.S. life ...
Super Regional Carriers Gain by Educating ‘Suspicious’ Regulators About Tech Advances
"We're curious and we don't know. When regulators don't know what's going on, they get suspicious." That was Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel acknowledging that like the industry they ...