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US insurers in Covid-19 coverage crisis
24 March 2020Insurers are being asked critical questions about their role in protecting consumers from the coronavirus pandemic. Despite calls from on high, the industry says it will not cover business-interruption and workers compensation losses. As the crisis deepens, industry bodies say such demands could threaten the stability of the sector. Sarfraz Thind reports
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US life insurers commend Trump administration on Nafta modernisation
13 December 2019USMCA "critical to continued success" of insurers working in North America
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IAIS Abu Dhabi: Why the Treasury and NAIC returned different ICS conclusions
19 November 2019"Team USA" voiced wildly divergent tones in their reaction to the ICS talks in Abu Dhabi last week. But, despite their strong statements, the US negotiators appear to be in accordance over zero implementation of IAIS's capital accord and the potential to move forward with compromise. Sarfraz Thind reports
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Share risk management best practice at InsuranceERM's Americas conference
14 August 2019The annual Insurance ERM Americas conference will take place in New York on 16 September.
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Insurance ERM Americas conference 2019 - early bird ends this Friday
01 August 2019The fifth annual Insurance ERM Americas conference takes place in New York on 16 September
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Senate bill proposes state insurer vote on FSOC
03 May 2019PRIVA addresses need for insurance representation on Financial Stability Oversight Council
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IAIS outlines further details of systemic risk supervision plan
17 January 2019Proposed intervention powers criticised by industry as “broad and vague”
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US life firms under pressure from accounting overhaul
08 January 2019It has been billed as the biggest change in US accounting rules for decades. But reportage of the new US GAAP LDTI standard remains sparse. Since coming into effect in August, with an implementation deadline of 2021, companies have been scrambling to assess the impact. Sarfraz Thind reports
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US insurers join critique of international capital standard v2.0
06 November 2018Ongoing concerns about recognition of aggregation approach to group capital requirements
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Prudential Financial loses Sifi status
17 October 2018Insurer does not pose threat to financial stability, say US regulators