Regulation & Compliance
Insurers Stand to Benefit if Malaysia Revisits Foreign Ownership Directive
Malaysia is likely to review a directive to foreign insurers to reduce ownership of their local units by nearly a third as finding domestic buyers for the equity stakes is proving hard, three people ...
What Are Regulators Worried About?
According to a draft document published by the NAIC Big Data (EX) Working Group in November last year, regulators were concerned about these questions related to carriers' use of data analytics: Do ...
P/C Insurers, Reinsurers Face Earnings Volatility Due to New Accounting Requirement: Fitch Ratings
Many insurers and reinsurers are facing some earnings volatility in 2018 due to a change in accounting requirements for equity securities, Fitch Ratings said in new market commentary. According to ...
Caribbean Insurers Well Withstood Impact of Record-Setting Hurricanes: A.M. Best
An analysis of A.M. Best-rated property/casualty insurers based in the Caribbean reveals that hurricanes Irma and Maria were mainly earnings events, and that the responsiveness of reinsurers allowed ...
European Insurers Battling Regulation Avoid Pricy U.S. Treasuries
U.S. Treasuries need to get a lot cheaper to attract some European investors. Even with yields at multi-year highs, Treasuries are paying less than their pricier German peers when European insurers ...
Insurers Back Global Regulation Provision in Newly-Passed Banking Reform Bill
The financial services regulatory reform measure passed by Congress yesterday, which contains parts of more than 25 different bills, includes a provision on international insurance regulation that is ...
Wall Street Banks Lose Out With Dodd Frank Rewrite
Congress on Tuesday rolled back some of the restraints imposed on banks after the 2007-2009 global financial crisis, but big players like Goldman Sachs , Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase, will not ...
New EU Data Protection Law May Lead to Diminished Underwriting Quality: A.M. Best
Complying with the European Union's new General Data Protection Regulation is leading insurers and reinsurers to dilute the types of data they gather—something that could diminish underwriting ...