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  • Systemic risk warnings put Sifi regulation back in play

    27 May 2022

    Macro risks are piling up for insurers, prompting US regulators and lawmakers to suggest bringing back the "systemically important financial institution" designation. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • Low interest rates to spur continued life insurance divestment

    21 April 2021

    PE companies profiting from less accounting sensitivity, says Moody's

  • US Sifi designations: not exactly dead

    30 October 2018

    The Federal Reserve's work on large insurer regulation appeared to receive a final nail in the coffin when Prudential's Sifi designation was removed this month. Insurers have rejoiced, but systemic risk regulation has not been buried entirely. Sarfraz Thind reports