Regulation & Compliance
State Auto’s Restrepo Elected PCI Chair
State Auto Insurance Companies President, Chairman and CEO Bob Restrepo has been elected chair of the board of governors of the 1,000-member Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). ...
Delaware Business Court’s Private Arbitration Ruled Unconstitutional by U.S. Court
Delaware's legal industry suffered a blow when a federal court found on Wednesday the state violated the U.S. Constitution with its novel system of allowing judges to arbitrate private business ...
ACE’s Greenberg Says Accounting Change Serves Bunch of Academics
ACE Limited Chief Executive Officer Evan Greenberg said the push for new U.S. accounting standards may distract investors from the most useful metrics in gauging insurers' financial status. "I don't ...
SEC Relying on Firms Strengthening Internal Compliance Programs
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is calling on corporate executives and boards to strengthen internal compliance programs as funding constraints limit the agency's reach, SEC Chairman Mary ...
U.S. Releases Draft of Voluntary Corporate Cybersecurity Standards
A U.S. bureau on Tuesday unveiled a draft of voluntary standards that companies can adopt to boost cybersecurity - part of an attempt to protect critical industries without setting restrictive and ...
Supreme Court Denies Privacy Claim, Allows Commercial Resale of Driver Records
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether a unit of Thomson Reuters Corp. can obtain and sell information on drivers provided by state agencies without violating a federal privacy ...
Treasury Seeks Financial Risk Management Officer for Federal Programs
The U.S. Treasury Department wants to hire someone to help manage risks and protect against losses on federal programs, according to an internal memo. The Treasury intends to create the job of chief ...
Price Optimization: A Dangerous Method?
Last year, right around Halloween, I started noticing some odd goings on at the professional association for actuaries, the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS). As a Fellow in the CAS, I was receiving ...