Regulation & Compliance
‘007 Couldn’t Speed Up AIG Fix; Capital No Longer Ratings Differentiator: S&P
Even if James Bond were American International Group's chief executive instead of Brian Duperreault, he couldn't orchestrate a quick enough turnaround to prompt S&P to change the outlook on the ...
S&P’s Ratings, Negative Outlook for AIG Will Continue
S&P Global Ratings has affirmed its 'A+' insurer financial strength rating and 'BBB+' long- and 'A-2' short-term issuer credit ratings on American International Group Inc. (AIG), and its 'A+' ...
Lloyd’s CEO Beale Urges Regulators: ‘Try and Keep Up’ With Technology Innovations
As insurers try to innovate and address the rapidly changing needs of their clients, Lloyd's of London CEO Inga Beale has a message for regulators who oversee them: "Try and keep up." Beale, speaking ...
NRA Alleges NY Pursued ‘Blacklisting Campaign’ to Chase Away Affiliated Insurers, Banks
The National Rifle Association on Friday sued New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state's financial regulator for engaging in what it said was a "blacklisting campaign" aimed at swaying banks and ...
Calif. Insurance Commissioner Ran Climate-Related Stress Test on Insurers
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones ran a "stress test" on the state's largest insurers, something that he claims is the first done by U.S. financial regulators to focus on climate-related ...
Europe’s Regulators Say They Aren’t Ready for Sweeping New Data Privacy Law
Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been billed as the biggest shake-up of data privacy laws since the birth of the web. There's one problem: many of the regulators who will police ...
Data Ownership Differences Mean EU Privacy Reg Won’t Be Copied in U.S. Anytime Soon
Beginning May 25, any company from any country that collects, stores, or transmits data on citizens of European Union countries will be subject to the EU's strict new data privacy directive known as ...
Regulators Say ‘Sandbox’ Approach May Work to Accommodate Tech-Driven Insurance Innovations
How should regulators address technology-driven insurance innovations that don't fit well under existing rules? A "regulatory sandbox" might be the way forward, a panel of regulators said at the ...