Regulation & Compliance
Federal Insurance Regulator Releases Annual Report
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office (FIO) today released its annual report on the insurance industry to the President and Congress. Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform ...Japanese Insurers Eligible for Bailout Funds Under New Law
Japan's parliament endorsed changes in legislation dealing with failed financial institutions as part of efforts by regulators worldwide to avoid a repeat of the global financial crisis. The passed ...
Chubb Must Face Bear Stearns Lawsuit Over SEC Settlement Coverage
Chubb Corp.'s Vigilant Insurance must face a lawsuit by Bear Stearns Cos. accusing the insurer of breach of contract for refusing to pay part of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission settlement, ...
New York City Proposes $20B ‘Resiliency’ Plan to Handle Rising Sea Levels, Temperatures
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday announced a $20 billion plan to prepare for rising sea levels and hotter summers expected as a result of climate change in the coming decades. The plan, ...
EU Weighs Allowing Damage Suits Over Price Fixing
The European Union proposed rules for a uniform system allowing consumers to sue over price-fixing in a plan that stops short of forcing nations to allow group lawsuits. Proposals on ...
When Bailouts Make Moral and Economic Sense: Friedman & McNeill
Effective or not, bailouts somehow seem unjust. Why use taxpayer money to save the companies that actually caused the meltdown, the banks that made the reckless loans, and insurance companies that ...S&P’s ‘AA+’ Rating On U.S. Now Stable As Downside Risks Abate
Standard & Poor's revised the outlook on its "AA+" credit rating for the United States to stable from negative, noting that some downside risks have abated. The risks have receded to the point ...