Regulation & Compliance
2018 Prediction: U.S. P/C Industry Will Take Time to Recover From 2017 Catastrophes
Property/casualty insurers in the U.S. will rebound in 2018 from the late-2017 onslaught of hurricanes and wildfires, but it will take a while to return to "significant underwriting profits," Fitch ...
Fla. Puts Workers Comp Carrier Guarantee Insurance in Receivership
Florida insurance regulators have placed workers compensation carrier Guarantee Insurance Co. in receivership due to inadequate reserves. According to documents from the Florida Office of Insurance ...
Global Regulators Rethinking How to Assist Risks in Large Insurers
Global regulators are rethinking how to assess risks in big insurance companies, marking a shift that could make life easier for the industry. The Financial Stability Board said on Tuesday it could ...
China Issues Sweeping Rules to Regulate $15 Trillion in Asset Management Products
China's central bank on Friday issued sweeping guidelines to tighten rules on asset management business, the latest step by Beijing to fend off systemic risks in the country's rampantly growing ...
Solving Financial System Cybersecurity Challenges Won’t Happen With Regulation: Fed Official
More rules may not be the best answer to protecting the financial system against cyber attacks, a Federal Reserve official said. "I don't think the solution to the cybersecurity problem rests in ...
AmTrust’s Financial Plans Earn A.M. Best Ratings Review With Negative Implications
AmTrust Financial Group's recent efforts to raise capital and stabilize its finances apparently aren't enough for A.M. Best, which placed the company's credit and financial strength ratings under ...
Whistleblowers Delay Reporting Fraud If Financial Reward Promised: Study
Financial awards can unintentionally discourage a whistleblower from reporting fraud in a timely manner by hijacking their moral motivation to do the right thing, according to a new study by ...
UK Regulator Launch Investigation of Wholesale Insurance Brokers
Britain's financial services industry regulator is to launch later this week a long-promised investigation into competition in the wholesale insurance broking market, where one top executive has ...