Regulatory consequences of the credit crisis will be minor for insurers, executives surveyed by an international research organization said recently.

Of 40 industry leaders from global insurers and reinsurers polled during the 35th General Assembly of The Geneva Association in Bermuda in May, 87 percent said they expect only a “minor tightening” of insurance regulatory frameworks.

Any regulatory changes will be the result of “spill-over” from expected major changes to banking regulation, these chief executive officers said.

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