Under Federal Law, the Group Capital Calculation (GCC) is the means through which states put in place a “worldwide group capital calculation” to avoid the European Union from imposing a group capital requirement of its own on...more
This week, legislation was proposed in New York that would significantly change how an insurer’s capital needs and availability are calculated and reported. The proposed legislation would require that capital be calculated on...more
The US Department of the Treasury (Treasury), Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to the federal regulations governing the corporate Federal surety bond program...more
The Texas Department of Insurance has taken the next step in implementing the Covered Agreement requirement by adopting rules relating to reciprocal reinsurers with the effective date of the rule on January 1, 2022. S.B....more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its 2019 Summer National Meeting from August 3 through August 6 in New York City. Typically the sleepier one among the NAIC’s three national meetings, this year...more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Reinsurance (E) Task Force has approved proposed revisions to the Credit for Reinsurance Model Law (Model Law) and the Credit for Reinsurance Model Regulation (Model...more
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Reinsurance (E) Task Force has issued updated proposed revisions to the Credit for Reinsurance Model Law and the Credit for Reinsurance Model Regulation (Credit for...more
This is our pick of the key recent legal and regulatory issues affecting the insurance and reinsurance sector. Non Party PI Insurers Liable for Costs - In the January 2019 case of Various Claimants v Giambrone the...more
On December 18, 2018, the US Department of the Treasury and the Office of the US Trade Representative signed a Bilateral Agreement between the US and the UK on Prudential Measures Regarding Insurance and Reinsurance (the...more
Throughout 2018, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Reinsurance (E) Task Force has been working on proposed revisions to the Credit for Reinsurance Model Law and the Credit for Reinsurance Model...more
On December 11, 2018, the U.S. Treasury and U.S. Trade Representative announced that the U.S. and U.K. had reached a final agreement on certain reinsurance collateral and other insurance regulatory measures outlined in the...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced on December 11, 2018 that they intend to sign a new Bilateral Agreement between the U.S. and the U.K. on Prudential Measures...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
On July 31, 2017 we posted a Special Focus article on the final approval of the Covered Agreement(“the Agreement”) negotiated and entered into by U.S. and E.U. dealing with reinsurance collateral reform and insurance...more
On February 20, 2018, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held a public hearing on the reinsurance collateral provisions of the Bilateral Agreement between the United States of America and the European...more
We have posted several times on the negotiation and finalization of the Covered Agreement (“the Agreement”) negotiated by the Obama Administration and approved by the Trump Administration with the European Union....more
As discussed in our prior QuickStudy issued on January 18, 2017, the US Federal Government and the European Union have come to an agreement on wide-ranging changes to reinsurance and establishment standards for the operation...more
On Friday, September 22, 2017 the United States and the European Union signed a bilateral agreement on certain prudential measures regarding insurance and reinsurance (the “Covered Agreement” or “Agreement”). Execution had...more
Both the E.U. and the Trump Administration have now indicated that they will sign the Covered Agreement negotiated by the Obama Administration. How and when will the various provisions of this Agreement be implemented? In a...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Trade Representative have ended the speculation about the fate of the Covered Agreement negotiated by the Obama Administration with the European Union by announcing their...more
OCIE Highlights Frequent Topics for Compliance Deficiencies for Investment Advisers - On Feb. 7, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) published...more
On January 13, 2017, the week before the inauguration of President Trump, the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced that the negotiations between the full text of the agreement...more
On January 13, 2017, representatives of the European Union and the United States of America issued a joint statement announcing that they had successfully concluded negotiation of an agreement (the “Agreement” or “Covered...more
On Jan. 13, 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative ("USTR") released the terms of the long-awaited covered agreement between the United States and the European Union (the...more
As we previously reported in June 2016, the United States and the European Union were in discussions to enter into a Covered Agreement. The Dodd-Frank Act introduced Covered Agreements as a means for limited federal intrusion...more