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  • Cyber security draft model law "impossible to support"

    14 April 2016

    NAIC and industry remain keen to "occupy the field" ahead of Federal legislation

  • "Foolish" for EU and US not to mutually recognise regulatory systems

    08 April 2016

    Florida insurance commissioner Kevin McCarty criticises concept of one-size-fits-all insurance capital standard

  • No model law on the cards for US group capital calculation

    07 April 2016

    Calculation is not intended to become a standard, US state regulator says

  • AM Best demands more information on cyber risk accumulation

    21 January 2016

    Agency adds cyber, ALM and nat cat queries to SRQ

  • UK floods to have 'moderate impact' on insurers' profits

    05 January 2016

    AM Best expects little effect on balance sheet strength and ratings

  • AM Best shifts cat risk assessment in BCAR update

    10 November 2015

    Interest rate risk and dependence on reinsurance are the other key changes to calculation of insurer credit ratings. Asa Gibson reports

  • Only 3% of P&C insurers active in ILS market

    13 August 2015

    AM Best survey reveals low levels of penetration among primary insurers

  • US ORSA comes to life

    19 June 2015

    Before the end of the year, large US insurers will submit an ORSA report to supervisors. This represents a step change for the industry, but is likely to be just the beginning of a broader process of transformation, Hugo Coelho reports

  • Solvency II transitionals fuel subordinated debt issuance

    17 June 2015

    PRA's hardnosed approach kept UK insurers away from debt rush

  • Risky expansion strategies in vogue

    02 June 2015

    AM Best says current environment favours growth outside core expertise