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  • NAIC digs its claws into EU-US covered agreement

    17 February 2017

    A Congressional hearing has given opponents of the covered agreement the opportunity to argue for its renegotiation under the Trump administration. Christopher Cundy reports

  • FIO and Eiopa team up on cyber risk

    17 January 2017

    Authorities met on 9 January

  • NAIC slams secretive process behind covered agreement

    16 January 2017

    Could act as "backdoor to force foreign regulations on US companies"

  • Trump government threatens federal and international regime for insurers

    06 December 2016

    'Systemically important' designations, the EU-US covered agreement and US enthusiasm for the IAIS may all disappear over the next four years with Donald Trump as president. Some state commissioners are planning to make the most of an administration that, like them, sees too much power in the hands of federal authorities. Callum Tanner reports

  • Pressure mounts to achieve EU-US covered agreement

    20 October 2016

    International Underwriting Association calls for end to collateral barriers

  • US lawmakers claim veto power over adoption of global capital standards

    17 June 2016

    State regulators and industry hail vote in House Financial Services Committee

  • US-EU insurance talks to continue

    31 May 2016

    Second round of negotiations took place in Washington DC last week

  • IAIS collects data on the use of senior debt as capital

    24 May 2016

    US pushing for ICS capital resources review

  • Too soon to say if global capital standard will work for the US

    11 May 2016

    FIO's Finnell compares calibration process to 16-wheel truck

  • NAIC meeting roundup: PBR in the pocket, cyber in a mess

    15 April 2016

    State insurance commissioners have taken stock of their efforts to steal a march on federal authorities during their spring get together in New Orleans. Hugo Coelho reports