The past year once again saw a breadth of court decisions addressing a wide variety of directors and officers and professional liability insurance coverage issues. At various levels, state and federal courts across the...more
A federal court recently agreed with Munich Re that it was not obligated to reimburse an insurer for losses and fees the insurer incurred in litigation with its professional liability carrier regarding a bad faith claim...more
On July 5, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) released a statement on the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance’s (NZIA) progress towards net-zero targets. The NZIA is convened by the UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) and...more
IVASS has recently launched a public consultation on a document providing amendments to its Regulation no. 40/2018 in order to enable the registration of insurance intermediaries on the web portal of the Register of insurance...more
IVASS has launched a public consultation in order to amend certain provisions of IVASS Regulation No. 40/2018 on insurance and reinsurance distribution, in particular regarding professional requirements of insurance...more
The Government of Alberta’s initiatives in support of reinsurance and captive insurance in the province, discussed in our post of April 20, 2022, will soon be fully in force. Already in force, as of May 31, 2022, are...more
IVASS has launched a public consultation on a draft regulation laying down provisions on the setting up of an online comparison system for premiums related to the so-called basic contract offered by insurance undertakings...more
IVASS has launched a public consultation on a draft regulation laying down provisions on the use of external experts for the purposes of mystery shopping activities, i.e. the activity carried out incognito by or on assignment...more
On 11 March 2022, IVASS launched a public consultation on a draft regulation which would introduce new provisions governing unit-linked and index-linked policies issued by Italian and foreign insurance undertakings. On the...more
On February 11, 2022, Canada’s federal prudential insurance regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (“OSFI”) released long-awaited final versions of its key reinsurance guidance, Guideline B-3:...more
On 28 January 2022, IVASS launched a public consultation on a draft regulation providing rules related to the obligation to communicate to IVASS data and information on non-life premiums collected in Italy by insurance...more
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“the Authority”) recently published a Private Sector Consultation Paper with a draft Rule and Statement of Guidance on Reinsurance Arrangements (the “draft Rule & SOG”). The draft Rule &...more
A very warm welcome to our fifth issue of Conyers Coverage. This issue is a roundup of recent legal and regulatory measures affecting the insurance industry. Among a number of items, Rob has prepared an update on Cayman’s...more
The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has recently issued a Consultation Paper on proposed changes to the Bermuda Solvency Capital Requirement Model and Schedules. ...more
What a year it has been since our last Insurance Bulletin in March 2020. Although the full impact of Covid-19 on the re/insurance industry remains unclear, the need to retain capital to meet potential losses has contributed...more
UK-EU MoU on regulatory cooperation in financial services - HM Treasury has announced that technical discussions on the text of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on UK-EU regulatory cooperation in financial services have...more
This issue focuses on the evolution of the Cayman Islands insurance industry. We share an interview with Nate Gemmiti, Chairperson of CIRCA, and introduce you to the Head of our Cayman office, Kevin Butler who, following time...more
New York-domiciled insurers may soon be able to take advantage of more-relaxed provisions on balance sheet credit for reinsurance where the assuming reinsurer is in a “reciprocal” jurisdiction to the United States. ...more
IVASS published a public consultation in order to amend its Regulation no. 14 of 18 February 2008 ruling - among others - the authorization procedure applicable to insurance portfolio transfers....more
CBIRC issued newly revised Health Insurance Measures - On 31 October 2019, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) promulgated the newlyrevised Administrative Measures for Health Insurance (Health...more
Following three public consultations launched on 23 September 2019, IVASS and CONSOB completed the implementation in Italy of (EU) Directive 2016/97 on insurance distribution ("IDD"), by publishing IVASS Measure No. 97/2020,...more
On 2 April 2020, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) urged all (re)insurers to temporarily suspend dividend distributions and share buybacks. The response from insurance regulators in EU...more
COVID-19: PRA statement on decision by insurance companies to pause dividends - On 8 April 2020, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published a statement welcoming the prudent decision of some insurance firms to...more
The Spanish Insurance and Reinsurance Distribution Act implementing the Directive 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016 on Insurance Distribution (the ”IDD”) has been finally approved and...more
The Eighth Circuit reversed a district court decision vacating an arbitration award relating to a federal crop insurance policy issued through a standard reinsurance agreement with the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. (FCIC). The...more