Regulation & Compliance
Let’s Dance, Say Reinsurance Leaders With Mergers on Their Minds
Even though his appetite is temporarily sated from two key acquisitions in recent years, the leader of SCOR says the M&A "dancing floor will be open" across the reinsurance industry going ...
Fitch Ups Lloyd’s Rating to ‘AA-‘
Fitch Ratings upgraded Lloyd's of London's insurer financial strength rating to "AA-" from the "A+," the rating agency announced Tuesday, with an expectation of better "cross-cycle underwriting ...
Allianz SE’s El-Erian: Fed Policies May Have Produced New Bubble
Investors might be surprised to learn that they have a lot riding on something that they pay very little attention to: macro-prudential regulation, or what central banks and other government agencies ...
Norway Oil Lobby Warned Deeper Regulation and Policy Debate is Coming
Producers in western Europe's biggest oil and gas exporter must brace themselves for a new legislative age that will disrupt the status quo, according to Norway's Green Party. After entering ...
Market Pressures Require Reinsurer Response
The reinsurance industry is facing considerable headwinds in the current competitive market environment, with conditions unlikely to improve in the near term. Reinsurers, for their part, have not ...
Travelers CEO Jay Fishman Crows About Big Returns vs. Banks
Travelers Cos. Chief Executive Officer Jay Fishman highlighted the insurer's history of posting better returns than banks and other large financial companies amid a period of increased Wall Street ...
Cat Bonds, Emerging Risks and More at S&P’s Annual Insurance Gathering
Cat bond issuances are hitting record levels, leaving the industry with questions about how long alternative capital will keep pouring into the reinsurance market. That idea emerged during the ...
Insurer Capital Rules Tweaked in New Senate Bill
The U.S. Senate has approved a bill tweaking the 2010 Dodd-Frank law's treatment of insurers, a rare adjustment to the Wall Street reform law that had been sought by the industry. Senators ...