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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
December 1, 2011
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., defended the Dodd-Frank Act, saying Repubicans critical of the bill acknowledged it was necessary.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 17, 2011
It is unnecessary for P&C insurance companies to be overseen by the Financial Stability Oversight Council as potentially “systemically significant,” and Congress should move to take away that authority, NAMIC contends.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 16, 2011
Dodd-Frank Act provisions should be “clarified” to ensure that federal regulators do not impose conflicting or duplicative regulatory requirements, an executive of a property and casualty insurer tells Congress today.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 15, 2011
It is unnecessary for property and casualty insurance companies to be overseen by the Financial Stability Oversight Council, and Congress should move to take away that authority, a P&C trade group contends.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 11, 2011
A House subcommittee will hold a hearing Wednesday and the main subject will be three pieces of legislation sought by state regulators seeking to severely roll back federal authority to oversee insurance companies gained in the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial services reform law.
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By Michael Callan, Susan Leonard, Mark Lynch, Patricia Gergen |
July 14, 2011
Procedures to unwind troubled insurance companies can be complicated by unforeseen tax issues, blindsiding stakeholders—regulators, creditors, owners of troubled companies, and even healthy ones included in consolidated returns—at a time when none of these parties is focusing on the Internal Revenue Service.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 17, 2011
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has issued an interim final regulation dealing with the liquidation of a troubled non-bank financial company, including an insurer.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 24, 2010
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation should defer to state regulators when involved in the resolution of a systemically risky insurance company
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 1, 2010
A regulatory lawyer raised concerns about a new proposed FDIC rule dealing with resolving troubled insurers that the federal agency believes constitute potential systemic risk to the financial system.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 15, 2010
A provision in financial services reform legislation to be introduced in the Senate this week is running into heavy fire from various industry groups, including state legislators.
