Compliance

Senate Banking chair discusses highs and lows of fight to revamp system.

With the unstated goal of reducing health care costs in the future, the U.S. government put forth proposed changes today to the way it works with companies to fight new disease threats.

The point-of-sale solution is an end-to-end platform with complete order entry designed to ensure suitability and compliance throughout the application process.

NAIC Summer National Meeting addresses solvency, retained asset accounts, credit scoring and medical loss ratio.

Certain life insurance agents and broker-dealer firms could face increased legal liability depending on how the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission rules on the fiduciary standard pertaining to the sale of investment products.

States will receive $46 million in federal funds for use in providing rate reviews and approvals for rate increases.

Observers say that even though Basel III is quickly coming together, uncertainty in the market about its final conditions is helping reduce available credit.

The government of India may shut down BlackBerry and other messaging services for security reasons, but is wireless technology really the problem?

SAS has been lauded for its OpRisk Management software since 2005.

Compliance only seems to be stepping up, as governments require more information and accountability from enterprises.

Toshiba drives offer auto-erasing of sensitive data on shutdown, but their limits have yet to be tested.

In letter to HHS, commissioners say they have requisite powers to implement law.

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) announced its plans to create a new company called Horizon Healthcare Innovations (HHI). The new company is expected to be formally operational in September, but has already begun work as a division of Horizon BCBSNJ, notes the insurer. The new company’s mission is to energize the transformation of health care delivery to a better system marked by higher quality and more effective care, greater collaboration and efficiency, and increased affordability, notes Horizon.

The agencies issued a joint proposal detailing potential substitutes for credit ratings in setting capital minimums, but officials warned that Congress' decision to eliminate them from the supervisory process may be a mistake.

The financial crisis laid bare the flaws of the credit rating agencies, raising doubts about the agencies' objectivity in evaluating debt issuers that helped to fund their operations.

Support for the company’s encryption program, CipherEngine, is designed to help simplify compliance with industry regulations.

The Blackberry Enterprise Server automatically captures messages sent from employees’ Blackberries and stores them for personal and company record.

Law curtails regulator's powers, requires radical transparency.

As federal insurance entity germinates, insurers ask for adequate funding in letter to Treasury Secretary.

More than a decade since the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, the concept of a financial services supermarket staggers on.