Insurance Regulation
Cuomo Nominates Corporate Lawyer to Run N.Y. Dept. of Financial Services
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signaled a shift in New York's oversight of Wall Street, tapping a longtime corporate lawyer to run the state banking regulator previously overseen by an aggressive ...
Insurers in California Face Mandate to Disclose Coal Company Holdings
California's insurance commissioner on Monday asked all insurance companies doing business in the state to voluntarily divest from coal companies and said he will also require insurance companies to ...
Watch This Video: Could Cyber Kill the Insurance Industry?
Cyber could kill the insurance industry. That's a bold statement to make, and North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm made it to Carrier Management during the Property/Casualty Insurance Joint ...
Fed Could Clear Up SIFI Uncertainty This Year
The designation of MetLife as a systemically important financial institution by the Financial Stability Oversight Council is a done deal. But exactly what that means in terms of higher regulatory ...
Paulson Hedge Fund Pulls Plug on Bermuda Reinsurer PacRe
Billionaire John Paulson's New York hedge fund firm has shut an operation in Bermuda that had been targeted by a Democratic lawmaker as a tax shelter. Paulson's venture, a reinsurer named PacRe Ltd., ...
MetLife Considers Spinning Off Retail Business to Ease Regulation
MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, plans to separate much of its domestic retail business as Chief Executive Officer Steve Kandarian works to shrink the company amid tighter government ...
Analyst’s Survey: Investors Back Icahn on AIG Breakup
Most American International Group Inc. investors believe that billionaire activist Carl Icahn is right that the insurer needs a new strategy, according to a Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst who ...
McCarty Replacement Rumors Start Swirling; Successor Has ‘Huge Shoes to Fill’
News of who will replace Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has yet to be announced, but whoever takes over will have his or her work cut out for them when McCarty leaves office after 12 ...