Regulation & Compliance
Navigating Insurance Ratings: Fitch Unveils New Visualization Tool
Market position, capitalization, reserve adequacy and catastrophe risk management are among the factors that rating agency analysts consider when developing insurance financial strength (IFS) ratings ...
Florida High Court Nixes Applying Medical Malpractice Cap Retroactively
A 2003 law capping medical malpractice lawsuit awards at $500,000 can't be applied retroactively. That's what the Supreme Court ruled in a Miami-Dade County case in which a woman suffered permanent ...
A.M. Best Updates Capital Model Progress
With the rollout of a new capital model set for second-quarter 2016, A.M. Best analysts have made a key decision concerning a statistical metric they will use to calculate risk charges—a decision ...
The 10 Do’s and Don’ts of the ORSA Summary Report
2015 marks the beginning of a new era of regulatory requirements for the insurance industry as many states have now adopted the Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment ('ORSA') Model Act ...
New York’s Top Financial Regulator to Leave, Launch Cybersecurity Consulting Firm
Benjamin Lawsky will step down next month as New York's top bank regulator after four years, during which he threatened to take away the U.S. charters of some of the world's biggest banks and ...
Zurich and Swiss Re Execs Sign Document Supporting ‘Balanced’ Regulation
Executives at Zurich Insurance Group, Swiss Re, and other financial institutions are formally backing regulations to limit financial risk that hit middle ground, striking a balance between financial ...
Insurance Price Optimization: Lawyer’s Perspective
A major controversy is growing in the world of insurance regulation over price optimization. Regulators are becoming increasingly aggressive on the issue. Maryland, California, Ohio and New York have ...
Florida Bans Price Optimization; Insurers Question Definition
A memorandum released last week by Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty warning insurers in the state not to use price optimization in rating has gotten cheers from a consumer advocate group ...