Regulation & Compliance
Nightclub Insurer Owner in Maryland Charged in $100M Policyholder Fraud
The owner of a Maryland-based insurer faces fraud charges for inflating the ratings of his company to win business, according to an indictment which seeks to recover more than $100 million in ...
Citigroup Dives Deeper Into Derivatives Risks
In the past five years, the firm that took the largest U.S. bank bailout of the financial crisis increased the total amount of derivatives on its books by 69 percent, surpassing most U.S. peers and ...
Listening to the Market: Insurance Products That Fit Today’s Customer Needs and Demands
Presented by Majesco
The case for innovative insurance products How many cell phones have you owned? Computers? Cars? Appliances? Televisions? Do you still...
Ridesharing Insurance Legislation Becomes Law in California
California Governor Jerry Brown signed new insurance requirements on ridesharing companies into law on Wednesday, but the regulations come at a far lower cost to the industry than previously written ...
Tower Group, Now Part of ACP Re, Gets a Ratings Boost
Now that Tower Group International is a part of Bermuda-based reinsurer ACP Re Ltd., its financial ratings have stopped dropping and are improving. A.M. Best said it upgraded the financial strength ...
Eight Years and Counting; Reserve Releases Continue, Fitch Says
Property/casualty industry prior-year loss reserves developed favorably for eight straight calendar years as of year-end 2013, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings, which also says the ...
Britain is 1st Western Govt. to Issue Offshore Bond in China’s currency
Britain will become first Western government to issue an offshore bond in China's renminbi currency, finance minister George Osborne said on Friday, deepening efforts to build financial links with ...
ILS Pullback to Slow Re Price Declines, Moody’s Says
While reinforcing a negative outlook for the global reinsurance industry, Moody's Investors Service predicted a pullback in activity from insurance-linked securities funds in a report released early ...
A.M. Best’s View of the Industry: One-on-One With Rating Officer Matt Mosher
"Capital itself is not the problem. It's like guns. It's what you do with the capital that's the problem." The surprising analogy came from Matthew Mosher, senior vice president of rating services ...