Insurance Regulation
Industry Associations Applaud Draft NFIP Reform Principles
Insurance industry associations are applauding the draft Principles for Flood Insurance Reauthorization and Reform issued by the House Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee. These ...
CFA’s Hunter Reacts in Actuarial Battle: Allstate’s Plan Is Price Optimization
Carrier Management recently published an article in three parts by James Lynch, chief actuary and vice president of Research and Information Services at the Insurance Information Institute, based ...
Large Insurers May Gain as a Trump Administration Deregulates
Wide-ranging financial industry deregulation under President-elect Donald Trump could benefit large insurers, particularly those such as AIG and others deemed as systemically important under current ...
With Brexit, UK Govt. Should ‘Refine Not Replace’ Solvency II: ABI
Rather than replacing Solvency II entirely when the UK leaves the European Union, regulators need to refine EU's insurance regulation to make it more appropriate for the UK market and customers, ...
Hensarling Willing to Consider ‘Version 2.0’ of Dodd-Frank Overhaul
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling said he's willing to tweak his plan to overhaul the Dodd-Frank Act before reintroducing it to Congress early next year. The committee is ...
What’s Out Under Trump? Federal Fracking Rules, Probably; FSOC, Possibly
Three days before Donald Trump's inauguration as the 45th U.S. president, attorneys for Barack Obama's outgoing administration will ask an appeals court to revive rules governing oil-and-gas fracking ...
Regulators, Insurers Need to ‘Prove Value-Add’ as Disrupters Gain Traction
Property/casualty insurance executives may be worried about disrupters discovering novel ways to connect with their hard-earned policyholders, but an insurance regulator with a reputation for ...
UK Insurers, Banks Make Contingency Plans for ‘Hard Brexit’: BofE’s Carney
Banks based in Britain may start to relocate activities to other countries about one-and-a-half years before a British departure from the European Union if a "hard Brexit" looks likely, Bank of ...