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US-EU covered agreement: a rocky road to implementation
27 November 2018US 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
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IAIS faces fresh debate on systemic risk – and clash on capital standard
31 October 2017The International Association of Insurance Supervisors meeting in Kuala Lumpur this week comes amid a renewed debate about systemic risk in insurers and big questions about the deadlines for developing a global capital standard. Christopher Cundy reports
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US insurance chiefs meeting Mnuchin on 7 June
02 June 2017Group uncertain how hard to push benefits of covered agreement
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NAIC slams secretive process behind covered agreement
16 January 2017Could act as "backdoor to force foreign regulations on US companies"
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NAIC slams EU on covered agreement
29 September 2016EU has all the information it needs to avoid more regulatory retaliation, says NAIC
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EU and US kick off negotiations for covered agreement
18 February 2016Solvency II equivalence is linked to reducing reinsurance collateral requirements
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US clears last hurdle to negotiate covered agreement with EU
23 November 2015Regulators seek Solvency II equivalence in return for harmonisation of reinsurance collateral requirements
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FIO attacks scope and timing of state regulators' captive reform
05 October 2015Proposed rules insufficient to stop insurers from using captives to overly reduce level of reserves
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EU-US negotiations start in second quarter
16 January 2015Deal to cover group supervision regimes and collateral requirements for reinsurers
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US Treasury highlights financial stability risk of captives
09 December 2014Warns over growing use
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