Archive

  • US PE-insurer growth continues

    17 August 2023

    NAIC identifies 137 companies making up 6.5% of total insurance assets

  • NAIC appoints Beth Dwyer to the FSOC

    01 April 2022

    Dwyer replaces retiring Eric Cioppa to represent state insurers on Federal regulatory panel

  • Regulators investigate the private equity-insurer love-in

    04 February 2022

    Private equity companies have been acquiring insurers at an unheard of rate. Now regulators have raised concerns over asset risk and short-term greed overcoming long-term sense, as Sarfraz Thind reports

  • South Carolinian Raymond Farmer confirmed as NAIC president for 2020

    11 December 2019

    Replaces Eric Cioppa as David Altmaier appointed president elect

  • US eliminates reinsurer collateral for Bermuda, Japan and Switzerland

    11 December 2019

    Three countries given "reciprocal jurisdiction" status

  • IAIS Abu Dhabi: Why the Treasury and NAIC returned different ICS conclusions

    19 November 2019

    "Team USA" voiced wildly divergent tones in their reaction to the ICS talks in Abu Dhabi last week. But, despite their strong statements, the US negotiators appear to be in accordance over zero implementation of IAIS's capital accord and the potential to move forward with compromise. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • IAIS Abu Dhabi: compromise on global capital standard keeps process on track

    14 November 2019

    Paul Walsh summarises the reaction to today’s agreements that keep the Insurance Capital Standard on track, but not without objections from Canada and questions about US comparability

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

    13 September 2019

    Vote on ICS 2.0 is due in November

  • US regulators must focus on cyber, technology

    06 August 2019

    Linda Lacewell highlights need for more women in insurance at NAIC's New York event

  • NAIC approves law on EU-US covered agreement

    26 June 2019

    States receive go-ahead to implement pact designed to reduce reinsurer collateral