Insurance Regulation
Price Optimization Continues as an Unresolved Issue
Price optimization and the controversy over whether or not to use it in insurance continues even though many states have banned the practice, panelists said during the Casualty Actuarial Society's ...
Insurers, Banks to Get Brexit Update From Bank of England
The Bank of England said it would update banks and insurers next week on its approach to Brexit given that Britain and the European Union have now adopted a transition deal. "The Bank of England ...
China’s New Insurance/Banking Head Known for ‘Regulatory Firestorm’
Chinese financial heavyweight Guo Shuqing has been appointed head of the country's newly merged regulator for the banking and insurance sectors, Financial News, the official newspaper of the central ...
Former FIO Director McRaith Takes Private-Sector Position With Blackstone
Michael McRaith, the former director of the Federal Insurance Office, has joined up with global investment firm Blackstone. McRaith will be managing director of the newly formed Blackstone Insurance ...
Without Consumer Trust, Insurers Could Lose Out to Tech Companies
A future in which technology companies have access to online consumer data and data from the Internet of Things while insurers are shut out could emerge if insurers don't earn the trust of consumers. ...
China Will Merge Its Insurance, Banking Agencies in Big Regulatory Revamp
China is merging its banking and insurance regulators, giving new powers to policymaking bodies such as the central bank and creating new ministries in the biggest government shake-up in years. The ...
Bank of England Will Stay Vigilant in Enforcing EU Insurance Rules
The Bank of England will not "go soft" on enforcing European Union capital rules for insurers, although it will look at ways to make it easier for new entrants to boost competition in the industry, ...
China P/C Insurers Reportedly See 2017 Operating Cash Flow Turn Negative Amid Crackdown
China's insurance firms saw their net operating cash flow slump 65 percent last year, a source said citing data in a government memo, underscoring the challenges facing the sector as it reels from a ...