Regulation & Compliance
AmTrust Delays Annual Report Again to Enable Completion of Internal Audit
AmTrust Financial Services disclosed it will once again need extra time before filing its annual report, due to an ongoing internal audit that requires a longer timeframe. A.M. Best is being patient ...
Trump’s Tax Reform Plans Will Help Some U.S. Insurers, Reinsurers: Morningstar
A cadre of U.S. insurers and reinsurers stand to gain from lower corporate tax rates advocated by President Donald Trump and Republican members of Congress as part of a broader reform effort, ...
U.S. Financial Regulators Review Unnamed Firm’s ‘Too Big to Fail’ Designation
The Financial Stability Oversight Council, made up of all major U.S. financial regulators, met late on Thursday afternoon and reviewed its designation of a nonbank firm as "too big to fail," ...
Washington Outlook: PCI’s Agenda for 2017
A new administration and a new Congress present both challenges and opportunities for home, auto and business insurers as they work to promote a private and competitive marketplace—that best serves ...
AmTrust Gets A.M. Best Outlook Dropped to Negative Over Annual Report Delay
AmTrust Financial Services's disclosure of a filing delay for its annual report due to an internal audit drew a quick, negative reaction from A.M. Best. The ratings agency revised its outlook to ...
Too-Big-to-Fail Rule Under Attack From House Republicans
Congressional Republicans are taking aim at the regulatory process through which some financial institutions become subject to heightened regulation because they are deemed too big to fail. In a ...
Buybacks Not ‘Un-American,’ But Accounting ‘Adjustments’ Cringeworthy, Buffett Says
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Saturday attacked what he saw as tricks used by U.S. companies to boost earnings and stock prices, but he defended one oft-criticized practice: share buybacks. ...
Solvency II Is Boosting Reinsurance Demand, 1/1 Renewals Show
The January renewals period show that Solvency II will increase demand for reinsurance products as European insurers attempt to strengthen their capital position through risk transfers, Fitch Ratings ...