Regulation & Compliance
Ally Financial Allowed to Keep Insurance, Auto Auction Units
Ally Financial Inc., the auto lender majority owned by the U.S. government, won regulatory approval to change its holding-company status, allowing the firm to keep an insurance business and a ...
Biggest Hurdles Yet to Come in Strengthening Global Financial System
"What a week," tweeted European Union financial services chief Michel Barnier last Thursday after securing an agreement on how to wind up failed banks without making the region's taxpayers foot the ...
A.M. Best Cuts Tower Group Rating to B from B++
On Friday, A.M. Best Co. announced that the rating agency has downgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to B (Fair) from B++ (Good) of the pooled and reinsured members of the Tower US Pool. The ...
Wall Street Broker Contests SEC’s Probe with Harassment Lawsuit
Companies usually keep a low profile when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigates them. Robert DePalo decided to sue. DePalo is accusing the SEC of asking investors "leading and ...
AmTrust Refutes Negative Report on Accounting, Says Future ‘Never Been Brighter’
AmTrust Financial Services Inc. (AFSI), a New York-headquartered insurer whose stock price fell last week in wake of a negative report from research firm GeoInvesting, is assuring investors its ...
Nasdaq Loses Bid to Have Facebook IPO Lawsuit Dismissed
A federal judge has rejected Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.'s bid to dismiss lawsuits by investors who accused the exchange operator of botching Facebook Inc's $16 billion initial public offering, a decision ...
Florida’s Citizens Says Clearinghouse Delay Allows More Insurers to Join
Florida's state-backed property insurer announced that the debut of a new web-based clearinghouse would be delayed for a few weeks in order to ensure it is working efficiently and to allow more ...