Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
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Toshiba drives offer auto-erasing of sensitive data on shutdown, but their limits have yet to be tested.
August 12 -
In letter to HHS, commissioners say they have requisite powers to implement law.
August 12 -
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.
August 11 -
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.
August 10 -
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.
August 9 -
Support for the companys encryption program, CipherEngine, is designed to help simplify compliance with industry regulations.
August 9 -
The Blackberry Enterprise Server automatically captures messages sent from employees Blackberries and stores them for personal and company record.
August 9 -
Law curtails regulator's powers, requires radical transparency.
August 6 -
As federal insurance entity germinates, insurers ask for adequate funding in letter to Treasury Secretary.
August 6 -
More than a decade since the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, the concept of a financial services supermarket staggers on.
August 4 -
North American insurers still troubled by transfer model of risk calculation.
August 2 -
The fourth annual INNovators Awards has been enhanced this year to include additional awards in three specific categories that recognize the full complement of insurance technology excellence across all aspects of the business.
August 2 -
Regulators at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have directed The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., to provide additional details on $2.1 billion of securities that have traded at less than half of what the company says they're worth for more than a year, Bloomberg reports.
July 27 -
Board is seeking nominations for appointments to its consumer advisory council.
July 27 -
The government released interim final regs aimed at creating a system of checks and balances for internal and external appeals processes of health claims.
July 26 -
Feinberg says compensation committees should be able to cancel payments to executives in extreme circumstances.
July 26 -
Creating a council to detect systemic risks and building a consumer financial protection bureau are just two of the major challenges now facing regulators, says a panel of experts.
July 22 -
Federal Insurance Office and rule-making phase are front-of-mind as Obama signs landmark legislation.
July 21 -
"All told, these reforms represent the strongest consumer financial protections in history," the President said.
July 21 -
The move is intended to foster further adoption of industrywide standards for data exchange between insurance carriers and distributors.
July 21