Regulation & Compliance
Supreme Court Deals Blow to Madoff Victims
Victims of the Ponzi schemes of Bernard Madoff and Allen Stanford, two of the largest in U.S. history, suffered setbacks on Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear appeals in two cases ...
Cat Bond Prices May Have Reached the Bottom: Fitch
Catastrophe bond prices have been falling in 2014, but they may not sink any lower, Fitch Ratings suggested in a statement Tuesday, pointing to Munich Reinsurance Group's decision to pull its Queen ...AIG Answers ‘What-If’ Crisis Question With Divesture Strategy
American International Group Inc., the insurer that repaid a U.S. rescue in 2012, said it could divest insurance units and stop offering new policies if forced to wind itself down without a bailout ...
Regulators Shining Spotlight on ‘Dark Pools’
Regulators are moving to shine a light on "dark pools", opaque and quasi-anonymous trading venues. New York's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against British bank Barclays relating to its dark ...Risk Management Office Privatization Saves Louisiana $16M
Louisiana has saved nearly $16 million in the first three years of a privatization contract for the Office of Risk Management, the state's self-insurance agency, according to an audit released ...
U.S. Bond Funds Sue Puerto Rico Over Bankruptcy Law Changes
U.S. mutual funds holding about $1.7 billion in Puerto Rico debt have sued the cash-strapped commonwealth, accusing the Caribbean island of passing an act modeled after the U.S. bankruptcy code in ...
Merger Questions and Answers: Ironshore Ends Deal; Tower Deal Survives
Property/casualty insurance industry merger news continued late last week with Ironshore announcing that its deal to acquire an Australia specialist fell apart, while Tower got an assurance that its ...
Moody’s Affirms Validus Ratings Despite Western World Challenges
On Wednesday, Moody's Investors Service affirmed its ratings for Validus Holdings, Ltd., including the A3 insurance financial strength rating of the principal operating subsidiary Validus ...