Regulation & Compliance
Global Insurance Regulators Delay Tougher Capital Rules For One Year
Global insurance regulators will take more time than previously planned to address industry concerns before applying tougher capital rules to some of the largest companies they oversee. Capital rules ...
Sizing Up the P/C M&A Landscape; Analyst Wary of ‘Industrial’ Buyers
A fixed income analyst specializing in the property/casualty insurance sector is growing uncomfortable with a potential trend he sees developing in the M&A landscape—interest in insurance ...
Fitch: Berkshire Hathaway’s Commercial Insurance Success Threatens Smaller Rivals
Berkshire Hathaway's expansion into the U.S. commercial lines market in recent years has been immensely successful for the company, giving it the ability to crowd out smaller rivals, Fitch Ratings ...
U.S. Fed Considering Nationwide Capital Standard: Reuters
The U.S. Federal Reserve is considering a proposal for new nationwide insurance capital standards that would rely heavily on the current system of state-based regulations, according to a copy of the ...
U.S. Safety Officials Call For Collision Prevention Systems in Cars and Trucks
U.S. safety officials on Monday called on automakers to begin installing collision avoidance systems in all new passenger and commercial vehicles, saying existing technology could save lives and ...
Hamilton USA’s Ward on Innovation
This article is part of our insurance innovators interview series. Conan Ward, Chief Executive Officer, Hamilton USA Q1: In your view, what has been the greatest innovation in the P/C insurance ...
Navigators CEO Galanski on Innovation
This article is part of our insurance innovators interview series. Stanley A. Galanski Navigators Group Inc., President and Chief Executive Officer Q1: In your view, what has been the greatest ...
Inside the Minds of Insurance Innovators
Executives of property/casualty insurance companies are not always eager to share their ideas. Words ranging from "proprietary" to "secret sauce" are usually spoken as their representatives politely ...