Regulation & Compliance
Wildfires Run Amok in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest
There are no lights in sight but the night sky glows a dusky yellow, for the Amazon is burning. The smell is of barbecue, of wood charcoal up in flames. During the day the sun, usually so fierce in ...
Revamp of Volcker Rule Eases Restriction on Banks Making Speculative Investments
Wall Street watchdogs rolled out a long-anticipated overhaul of the Volcker Rule that eases its controversial restriction on banks making speculative investments, wrapping up a top de-regulatory goal ...
U.S. Regulators Reportedly Would Drop Bank Accounting Test in ‘Volcker Rule’ Rewrite
U.S. regulators have circulated a new draft of the "Volcker Rule" that would further ease its requirements and scrap a proposed new test that had been met with fierce resistance from Wall Street, ...
California’s New Data Privacy Law Could Be a Game-Changer
As the nation's most far-reaching data privacy law, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), is set to begin Jan. 1, 2020, businesses and their insurers are preparing for a new era in cyber liability. ...
Kentucky Makes a Major InsurTech Overture, Drawing National Interest
On March 26, 2019, Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin signed new legislation that establishes the nation's first comprehensive insurance regulatory "Sandbox," making the Commonwealth of Kentucky a true ...
Foundation Is Working to Report Flood Risk for Every U.S. Property
A group of scientists and a technology nonprofit technology organization have set a mission to calculate the past, current and future flood risk of every property in America. While institutional real ...
S&P Changes Lloyd’s A+ Rating Outlook to ‘Stable’ from ‘Negative’
On Friday, S&P Global Ratings announced that the rating agency revised the outlook on its ratings on Lloyd's, the Society of Lloyd's, and its core subsidiaries to stable from negative, also ...
Amid China Dispute, Canada Expands Credit Insurance for Canola Exporters
Ottawa increased the insurance coverage available for canola exporters, a government corporation said on Thursday, as it seeks to reduce trade risks amid a dispute with China. China halted purchases ...