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Insurers split on recovery and resolution planning
16 March 2017As the IAIS looks to develop a market-wide approach to systemic risk, Eiopa is developing rules that will require recovery and resolution plans from all insurers regardless of their size. This broader approach to systemic risk has split industry opinion and pitted large firms against small. Callum Tanner reports
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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
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"ICS is not self-executing, it is something on the shelf"
05 May 2016NAIC president John Huff tells Hugo Coelho how group capital rules may have little impact on US insurers and warns of the consequences of a covered agreement between the US and the EU
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ERM: the common theme to the new world of insurance regulation
02 February 2016Rick Marx, Tom Ward and Mark Watson suggest how the pursuit of enterprise risk management can help US insurers find value in the mountain of regulations
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Guarantees and securities lending triggered MetLife's Sifi designation
15 May 2015US Justice Department fights for dismissal of insurer's legal appeal
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NAIC's Urias: "ICS should not be tied to one valuation methodology, not at this stage"
14 May 2015The attempt to create global convergence on insurance supervision is proving to be a bumpy ride. Christina Urias, the NAIC's director for international regulatory affairs, explains to Hugo Coelho how the states view the reinsurance collateral agreement with the EU and the global capital standard.
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AIG weighs on restructuring to escape Sifi-tag
05 May 2015Follows GE's decision to sell banking business
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US federal regulators review process for designating systemic insurers
07 October 2014Minutes of closed-door vote show divisions over MetLife
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Congressman wants to limit US powers on non-bank SIFIs
23 June 2014Bill would impose moratorium on designation
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