Archive

  • The insurance implications of a US presidential election

    17 May 2024

    Polarised politics, civil disorder and cyber-attacks are just some of the concerns insurance experts have raised about the build-up to the November election and its outcome. Paul Walsh reports

  • The FIO's climate letters reveal burning desires

    30 November 2021

    The Federal Insurance Office (FIO) has published a raft of comment letters after its request for information on climate regulation. Could this be the tinder to spark new rules? Sarfraz Thind reports

  • US bipartisan bill aims to reform NFIP

    19 October 2020

    Bill argues for National Flood Insurance Program to be put on "stronger financial footing"

  • US associations unveil pandemic insurance proposal

    22 May 2020

    Differs from terrorism-risk model being debated in Congress

  • US introduces bill to protect own interests ahead of IAIS Abu Dhabi meet

    02 October 2019

    Bill to ensure US negotiators reject ICS if it doesn't recognise US system

  • IFRS 17: on the verge of another delay?

    25 September 2019

    Important EU stakeholders are calling for the insurance contracts accounting standard to be delayed once more. Cintia Cheong reports

  • IFRS 17: global insurance bodies continue push for two-year delay

    07 December 2018

    One-year deferral is not enough, say 11 insurance associations

  • US-EU covered agreement: a rocky road to implementation

    27 November 2018

    US regulators have raised the ire of their European counterparts with their implementation of the covered agreement for reinsurance collateral negotiated last year. With no resolution in sight, states risk provoking a pre-emption of the law which could see the federal government taking control. US editor Sarfraz Thind reports

  • US insurers join critique of international capital standard v2.0

    06 November 2018

    Ongoing concerns about recognition of aggregation approach to group capital requirements

  • NAIC digs its claws into EU-US covered agreement

    17 February 2017

    A Congressional hearing has given opponents of the covered agreement the opportunity to argue for its renegotiation under the Trump administration. Christopher Cundy reports