Insurance Regulation
More Flood Insurance Bills to Come after Two Advanced by House Committee
The House Financial Services Committee on Thursday passed two bills to reform the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). One is a broad reform proposal that seeks to encourage more private ...
Trump Administration Lays Out Proposed Overhaul of Bank Rules
The Trump administration laid out its highly anticipated plan for overhauling bank rules, calling on the government to ease, though not eliminate, many of the strictures that were imposed on Wall ...
U.S. P/C Insurance Groups: House NFIP Reform Bill Would Harm Private Flood Market
The U.S. P/C industry's major trade associations say they oppose several provisions in draft legislation that would revamp the National Flood Insurance Program. Their big worry: that the revamp as it ...
MetLife ‘Too Big to Fail’ Case on Hold: U.S. Appeals Court
A U.S. appeals court on Friday granted a 60-day pause in the long-running case in which the country's largest life insurer, MetLife Inc., has challenged the federal government's labeling of it as ...
Insurer Investors Stymied by Complex Solvency II Reporting Requirements: Willis Towers Watson
The insurance sector is at risk of being further marginalized by investors because performance reporting has become more complicated as a result of Solvency II, according to a report published ...
The Latest Launches From XL Catlin and Willis Towers Watson
XL Catlin has developed a broad coverage plan designed to help address emerging risks and heightened security threats. Willis Towers Watson released an updated version of "Unify," its systems ...
New York’s New Cyber Regulation Could Impact D&O Liability Coverage
While the full implications of the New York State Department of Financial Services' (DFS) cybersecurity regulation, which went into effect March 1, are still being realized by the insurance industry, ...
States Approve Motorists Mutual, BrickStreet Mutual ‘Super Regional’ Joint Venture
Ohio-based property/casualty insurer Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. and West Virginia-based workers' compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. Inc., have been granted regulatory approvals ...