Archive

  • NAIC backs Fed group capital proposals

    30 September 2019

    New rules more burdensome for regulated insurers but win for state structure

  • Team USA under pressure from Senate to reject bad ICS deal

    13 September 2019

    Vote on ICS 2.0 is due in November

  • Insurance regulation is "back on international track"

    18 January 2019

    Federal Reserve's Randal Quarles says the move to greater international regulation is overdue

  • Fed draws up insurance capital rules

    11 January 2019

    Update on building block proposals of 2016 for Fed-regulated firms in the US

  • ICS version 1.0 inspires little faith in IAIS timetable

    15 August 2017

    Despite the IAIS heralding the launch of insurance capital standard version 1.0, insurers say it has achieved a lot less than originally promised. Is it time to scale back ambitions for version 2.0? Callum Tanner reports

  • A death knell for the Sifi designation?

    02 May 2017

    The US inquiry into the designation of non-bank systemically important financial institutions looks likely to see insurers AIG and Prudential Financial shed the label, while ensuring the court appeal against MetLife becomes obsolete. What will replace Obama's post-crisis regulation and will it affect the international process? Callum Tanner reports

  • Navigating the options on recovery and resolution

    12 January 2017

    As recovery and resolution planning becomes a focus for regulators, Eoin King, Bridget MacDonnell and Eamonn Phelan explore the requirements for re/insurers and the possibilities for recovery measures

  • Trump government threatens federal and international regime for insurers

    06 December 2016

    'Systemically important' designations, the EU-US covered agreement and US enthusiasm for the IAIS may all disappear over the next four years with Donald Trump as president. Some state commissioners are planning to make the most of an administration that, like them, sees too much power in the hands of federal authorities. Callum Tanner reports

  • US government fights for MetLife's systemic tag

    20 June 2016

    Appeals against judge's decision to rescind designation

  • Fed rules pose liquidity challenge for AIG and Pru

    08 June 2016

    Financial sector securities may be excluded from "highly liquid" category