New York has joined the handful of states that are now accepting applications from non-US reinsurers for recognition as a reciprocal jurisdiction reinsurer under new rules that allow US domestic ceding insurers to receive...more
10/13/2021
/ Dodd-Frank ,
Foreign Entities ,
Insurance Industry ,
Jurisdiction ,
Model Rules ,
NAIC ,
NYDFS ,
Preemption ,
Reciprocity Rules ,
Reinsurance ,
UK ,
US-EU Covered Agreement ,
USTR
On January 13, 2017, the then-US Secretary of the Treasury and the then-US Trade Representative (USTR) notified Congress that they had negotiated a covered agreement with the European Union (EU). After a period of uncertainty...more
5/21/2019
/ Dodd-Frank ,
EU ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Federal Insurance Office ,
GAAP ,
IFRS ,
Insurance Industry ,
Legal History ,
NAIC ,
Reinsurance ,
Solvency II ,
U.S. Treasury ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
US-EU Covered Agreement ,
USTR
On January 13, 2017, the then-US Secretary of the Treasury and the then-US Trade Representative (USTR) notified Congress that they had negotiated a covered agreement with the European Union (EU). After a period of uncertainty...more
12/31/2018
/ Dodd-Frank ,
EU ,
Federal Insurance Office ,
GAAP ,
IFRS ,
Insurance Industry ,
NAIC ,
Preemption ,
Reinsurance ,
U.S. Treasury ,
UK Brexit ,
US-EU Covered Agreement ,
USTR
On January 13, 2017, the then-US Secretary of the Treasury and the then-US Trade Representative (USTR) notified Congress that they had negotiated a covered agreement with the European Union (EU). After a period of uncertainty...more
7/3/2018
/ Covered Agreement ,
Dodd-Frank ,
EU ,
FIO ,
Insurance Industry ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Reinsurance ,
Solvency II ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury ,
USTR
On May 24, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act). While news headlines have focused on relaxation of various rules for banks contained in the...more
On January 13, 2017, the then-US Secretary of the Treasury and the then-US Trade Representative (USTR) notified Congress that they had negotiated a covered agreement with the European Union (EU). After a period of uncertainty...more
10/4/2017
/ Dodd-Frank ,
EU ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
GAAP ,
IFRS ,
Insurance Industry ,
NAIC ,
Reinsurance ,
Solvency II ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury ,
US-EU Covered Agreement
On Thursday, February 16, the Housing and Insurance subcommittee of the Financial Services Committee of the United States House of Representatives will hold a public hearing entitled, “Assessing the U.S.-EU Covered...more
2/14/2017
/ Dodd-Frank ,
EU ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
GAAP ,
IFRS ,
Insurance Industry ,
Jurisdiction ,
NAIC ,
Reinsurance ,
Solvency II ,
Trump Administration ,
US-EU Covered Agreement
On November 21, 2016, the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) issued its first ever annual Report on the Protection of Consumers and Access to Insurance (Report). The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of...more
On Friday, November 20, 2015, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) notified the chairs of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, House Ways and Means Committee, Senate Banking...more
On December 10, 2013, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading...more
1/15/2014
/ Bank Holding Company Act ,
Banks ,
CFTC ,
Collateralized Debt Obligations ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Federal Reserve ,
OCC ,
Proprietary Trading ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trust Preferred Securities ,
Volcker Rule
On December 12, 2013, the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury released its much anticipated study, How to Modernize and Improve the System of Insurance Regulation in the United States...more