In 2020, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the NAIC) revised the Insurance Holding Company System Regulatory Act (the “Model Law”) and Insurance Holding Company System Model Regulation (the “Model...more
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
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
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
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 18 December 2018 the UK and the U.S. signed an agreement on the prudential supervision of insurance and reinsurance companies. Shortly thereafter, on 25 January 2019, HM Treasury announced that it had signed an agreement...more
On Dec. 18, 2018, the Trump Administration signed a bilateral agreement on prudential insurance matters between the United States and the United Kingdom (the U.S.-U.K. Covered Agreement)....more
On December 11, 2018, the Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Trade Representative sent the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Senate Committee on...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