Regulation & Compliance
Questions Arise Over SAC Reinsurance Unit As Hedge Fund Pleads Not Guilty
Billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen's hedge fund pleaded not guilty on Friday to insider trading charges in federal court, as questions also surfaced about the future of SAC Capital's Bermuda-based ...
Greenberg Again Moves to End New York AG’s Lawsuit Against Him
Former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Maurice "Hank" Greenberg said he's filed another request to dismiss an eight-year-old fraud lawsuit brought by the New York Attorney ...
State Insurance Commissioners Hire Moody’s Critic Kolchinsky
Eric Kolchinsky, the former Moody's Investors Service analyst who told Congress the ratings company cared more about money than accuracy, was hired by the National Association of Insurance ...
Senate Bill Gives Federal Reserve Leeway on Systemically Important Insurers
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is introducing legislation that would give the Federal Reserve more flexibility in regulating systemically important insurance companies such as American ...New York Widens Probe Into Insurers’ Compliance with Iran Sanctions
Zurich Insurance Group AG is among companies being questioned by New York's insurance regulator in a widening investigation into compliance with a law imposing sanctions against Iran, a person ...
Old-Fashioned Regulators Miss What’s New in Finance
Is the financial system any safer now than in 2008? There's been some progress but less than you might think. I argued last week that regulators should put in place much tougher bank capital ...
G-SII Designations Might Fuel Restructurings: S&P
New requirements that will be imposed on insurers that the Group of 20's Financial Stability Board has designated to be global systemically important insurers may motivate G-SII restructurings down ...
What Buffett’s Closing India Insurance Brokerage Says About India’s Potential
India has long been viewed as a value investor's dream: rapid growth, 1.2 billion people pining for a taste of globalization, and underdeveloped industries ripe for turnarounds. So it surprised few ...