Regulation & Compliance
SEC Officials Frustrated with Slow Pace of Dodd-Frank Rules
Top U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officials are frustrated over lack of progress in finalizing rules for credit rating agencies and asset-backed securities (ABS), seen by regulators as ...
SEC Fraud Case Against Goldman Sach’s ‘Abacus’ Trader Goes to Trial
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission heads to trial Monday against a former Goldman Sachs bond trader in a case it says highlights what went wrong on Wall Street in the financial crisis. Jury ...Enstar Deal Prompts A.M. Best Review Of Torus
A.M. Best Co. put the A-minus (excellent) financial strength ratings of Torus Specialty Insurance Company and Torus National Insurance Company under review with negative implications yesterday. The ...
Senate Told Fed Is Confined to Bank-Based Approach for Insurers
The Federal Reserve is working to modify a bank-based capital model to cover insurance companies as much as they can under Dodd-Frank Act restraints, Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo told lawmakers at a ...
Sharp Interest Rate Spike Could Wipe Out More Than $100B U.S. P/C Surplus: Moody’s
For each 1 percentage point rise in interest rates, the value of bonds held by the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry will decline by about $40 billion, representing roughly 7 percent of ...
Form F, ORSA Rules Open New Windows For Insurance Regulators
Executives of property/casualty insurers are getting comfortable with the idea that they have to file Enterprise Risk Reports and Own Risk and Solvency Assessments (ORSA) with U.S. insurance ...
What About Transparency?
Provisions protecting proprietary strategic information are necessary as insurance groups start to file Enterprise Risk Reports in 2014, according to property/casualty insurance carrier ...
Insurers Serving Fresh Supply of Political Risk Coverage for Uncertain World
Tourism, manufacturing and resources companies surveying an unpredictable world are increasingly having to consider insurance against political risks, and the insurance industry is gearing up to ...