Regulation & Compliance
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 ...
As the insurance market continues to stabilize, the next phase of the market will reward independent agencies that can respond...
Deal Analysis: Why Validus Is Buying Western World
The combination of Validus Holdings and Western World Insurance Group fills in "missing pieces" for both organizations, Validus' chairman said Tuesday, detailing finer points of a $690 million deal ...
U.S. Insurance Regulators May Refuse to Apply Global Capital Rules: NAIC President-Elect Lindeen
The United States may refuse to apply new global capital rules in the world's biggest insurance market because of the "breakneck speed" they are being pushed through, American regulators said on ...
U.S. Treasury Secretary to Defend FSOC Work at Congressional Hearing
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew pushed back against Republican efforts to curtail the work of a council of regulators charged with preventing another financial crisis and said a failure to ...
FSOC Faces Balancing Act on Transparency: Treasury Official
A U.S. Treasury official pushed back against criticism by some Republican lawmakers that the process for deciding whether financial companies pose a potential risk to stability lacks transparency. ...
S&P Moves Berkshire Hathaway ‘AA’ Rating to Stable Outlook
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. had its credit outlook raised to stable from negative at Standard & Poor's as the company's capital position strengthened. The "AA" rating was affirmed. ...
U.S. Supreme Court Halliburton Ruling Will Help ‘Weed Out’ Weaker Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court tightened the limits on class-action lawsuits by shareholders, giving a partial victory to Halliburton Co. while stopping short of abolishing those suits altogether. ...