Compliance

In anticipation of the new Solvency II regime, as well as the eventual merging of the broader formal accounting rules policies from both the United Kingdom and United States, insurers need to strengthen their risk cultures. So says a report issued by global professional services firm Towers Watson, which recently measured the temperature of more than 80 delegates from a wide range of insurance companies.

Republicans are strongly considering using a rare procedural move to prevent President Obama from installing Elizabeth Warren as CFPB director.

Financial and political hurdles continue to dog policymakers and serve to create a stalemate that will affect the program’s fate.

In a joint letter, 44 Senate Republicans said they would not support any candidate unless Congress enacted legislation that would replace the agency's director with a commission.

Democrats argue the bills have less to do with improving the new agency, and more to do with Republican opposition to Elizabeth Warren.

Bill seeking to hamper implementation of the Affordable Care Act advances to Senate.

The White House keeps insisting it hasn't made a final choice, but there's a growing expectation that Elizabeth Warren will soon get the nod.

Marsh recently unveiled protection for the prospect that the FDIC— authorized by the Dodd-Frank Act to resolve firms too big for bankruptcy—could someday try to punish officers of a failed company by reclaiming their salaries.

The sixth annual INN's Women in Insurance Leadership program profiles women insurance professionals whose leadership and performance has redefined their business and its application of technology.

IPM platform to allow health plans to unlock provider network performance for affordable care.

North American and Bermudan insurance companies received an updated enterprise risk management opinion from Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, the company reports.

ACORD committee leaders are on a mission to streamline the development of insurance technology standards to better meet the industry's challenges.

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A Georgetown University study finds evidence PPACA-mandated state health exchanges successfully harness free-market principles to help present coverage options and boost availability.

Still, MIT researchers warn that affordability remains a concern for families with high out-of-pocket spending, says this is the major risk to insurance affordability.

SEC says controversial section 404(b) is not prohibitively burdensome to mid-sized companies.

FINRA last year advised brokers that social media content falls under regulatory requirements for record-keeping.

Guide is intended to help producers understand the complex federal law, enabling them to better help their clients' FMLA compliance efforts.

PCI official says P&C insurers need to be mindful of attempts to whittle away anti-trust exemption.

Legal and financial analysts expected the justices to reject the request.