IAIS Archives - Carrier Management

Global Insurance Regulators Delay Applying ‘Too Big to Fail’ Label to Carriers

Global insurance regulators will put off singling out insurers deemed so important to the financial system that they are required to hold extra capital, in a victory for companies such as American ...

International Capital Standards Remain a Work in Progress: Ex-Fed Reserve Governor

The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) is no closer to enacting international capital standards for insurers than it was when it took up the task five years ago, attendees at ...

‘Systemically Important’ Label Can Be Avoided With New Transparency: Fitch Ratings

Fitch Ratings said that newly established transparency about the designation process for globally systemically important insurers could help more to proactively stay off the list in the first place. ...

Executives On The Move at XL Catlin, Swiss Re, Navigators and More

XL Catlin named a new head of Canadian Property. Swiss Re promoted three executives to both global and Asia-based positions. Navigators hired an executive to launch a new business. Finally, the ...

2016 Watch: Solvency II and Other International Issues You Should Care About

The global financial crisis is now seven years behind us and the property/casualty insurance industry and its regulation never faltered before, during or since. Yet, international pressure to ...

International Capital Standards: A Risk Management Mirage

The financial crisis spurred a wave of new regulatory proposals at the state, federal and international levels. Many of the new ideas in insurance supervision offer extremely promising ways to foster ...

A Practical Path to a Global Capital Standard for Large Insurance Groups

Now that the European Union's Solvency II is nearing its Jan. 1, 2016 effective date, you'd think some clear road might be ahead allowing insurance executives time to adjust to the landscape. ...

Large International Insurers Challenged by Increasing Regulatory Burden

There is an increased focus globally on international insurance regulation driven by efforts within the G20 major economies to strengthen the international regulatory regime since the financial ...

International Capital Standards Will be Slow in Coming: FIO’s McRaith

Insurers could see some version of an international capital standard by 2016, Federal Insurance Office Director Michael McRaith told a recent gathering of industry professionals in Washington, D.C. ...

Let the Sunshine In

In public policy, it has often rightly been said that "sunlight is the best antiseptic." Recognizing this, governments all around the world have begun to open their proceedings more to the public and ...