Insurance Regulation
U.S. Regulators Are Close to Creating Pet Insurance Legal Standards
U.S. insurance regulators are close to creating a legal standard for pet insurance that would address long-standing consumer complaints that insurers rarely pay up when their furry friends are not ...
Betting On Founders: How VCs Spot InsurTech Unicorns of 2025
Carrier vs. MGA. U.S. vs EU. Specialty niche vs. traditional insurance lines. There are many things that distinguish one InsurTech from the next, including financial metrics like internal rates of ...
Status of Certain Casualty Actuarial Ratemaking, Reserve Principles in Flux
A task force of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is asking the board of directors of the Casualty Actuarial Society to reverse a decision to rescind a "statement of principles" of ...
AI, Privacy, Racial Bias Among State Insurance Regulator Priorities for 2021
The country's insurance regulators are vowing to prioritize the monitoring of the use of consumer and non-consumer data by companies, the use of artificial intelligence, and the availability and ...
Insurance Commissioner’s Perspective: Innovation as a Driver for Change
Social justice is an easy goal on which to agree, though as the events of the past year have taught us, we often fall short transforming the aspirational into reality. That doesn't mean we stop ...
EU Regulator Seeks More Hands-On Approach to Insurer Capital
The European Union's capital rules for insurers need changing to reflect low interest rates and provide stronger intervention powers like banning dividends to preserve solvency during market shocks, ...
Board Appointments at Markel and The Hanover
Markel Corp. appointed a new board member. The Hanover accelerated appointment of a new board chair to accommodate its transition plan.***
Markel Corp. appointed ...
Keeping Your Competitive Edge by Tracking Rating Bureau Content
Keeping up to date with rating bureau content has always been an onerous task for P/C insurance carriers, particularly small to midsize carriers with limited operational resources. According to ...
Executives On The Move at Munich Re and Guy Carpenter
A Munich Re subsidiary has a new chief executive officer. Guy Carpenter & Co. hired an executive to fill a leadership position involving property/casualty products and services in the U.K.