Regulation & Compliance
7 of 25 Largest Class-Action Settlements Since 1995 Approved Last Year: ISS
Seven of the 25 largest class-action settlements since passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 were approved in 2013, according to a report released by the Securities Class ...
Feds Will Play a Role in U.S. Insurance Regulation, FIO’s McRaith Says
While Treasury's Federal Insurance Office is promoting a hybrid landscape of state and federal insurance regulation, discussion in insurance regulatory circles still centers on preemption of state ...
Consumer Group Offers Fix for Uninsured Motorist Problem
Most uninsured motorists in the U.S. are responsible, safe drivers who simply cannot afford to purchase liability coverage with their income but who still need to drive for their work, according to a ...
APIW to Honor Vaughan as 2014 Insurance Woman of the Year
The Association of Professional Insurance Women has selected Therese M. Vaughan as this year's recipient of the APIW Insurance Woman of the Year Award. A cocktail reception and award ceremony ...
SEC Proposes Rules for Systemically Important Clearinghouses
Clearinghouses guaranteeing trades in part of the $693 trillion swaps market would have to meet new standards to guard against defaults and failure under rules proposed by the U.S. Securities and ...
Senate Bill Would Free U.S. Insurers from Bank Capital Rules
The U.S. lawmaker who wrote a Dodd-Frank Act provision that imposes bank-like capital standards on the insurance industry introduced legislation to ease the requirements. Senator Susan Collins, a ...
Consortium of 20 Insurers Offers Coverage for Derivatives Clearinghouses
A group of insurers is for the first time offering to shoulder risk for clearinghouses backing hundreds of millions of derivatives trades, proposing more protection in markets where a collapse could ...
Senate Leaders Look to Quickly Pass U.S. House Flood-Insurance Measure
Senate leaders are seeking agreement to quickly pass a House flood-insurance bill to avert steep premium increases for property owners in coastal states such as Florida, Louisiana and New Jersey, ...