Security risk

Survey attempts to resolve lagging registration by state insurance regulators.

Despite this year’s challenges, insurance companies will see opportunities in 2010, predicts LIMRA’s CEO.

FINRA's chair Tuesday called for the creation of a single repository of data on all trades on all markets so that the financial industry could be "surveilled by a unified single regulator."

The revised bill, introduced late Tuesday, would give the Federal Reserve Board power to oversee systemically important companies, and beef up a proposed interagency council to advise the central bank.

Zach McCoy, SVP at Kaplan Compliance, offers four recommendations for insurers currently seeking to adopt business process management.

S&P changes HUB’s outlook to negative, while A.M. Best affirms American Physicians Insurance Co.’s financial strength and issuer credit ratings.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office tells federal agencies what property/casualty insurers and reinsurers have been warning for months: Prepare for climate change effects.

While the federal government’s irrational urge to throw money at every problem is sickening, more funding for cyber-security makes a lot of sense, especially for health insurers.

In a busy 2009, AIR Worldwide has modeled the risk profile for eight securities in North America and Europe, providing cover for such perils as tropical cyclones, earthquakes, extra-tropical cyclones, severe thunderstorms and wildfires.

State insurance office publishes pay-as-you-drive policies for insurers.

Its release coincides with moves by the Treasury Department to impose pay curbs at companies that have received exceptional government assistance.

Insurers fearing the regulatory reach of a new consumer protection agency can breathe a sigh of relief.

The House Judiciary Committee has passed H.R. 3596, The Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 by a margin of 20-9.

The product, intended for U.S. life and annuity enterprises, combines CSC's insurance data model with Towers Perrin's consulting experience and financial modeling software.

Anant Bhalla is responsible for corporate finance, corporate insurance, treasury operations, liquidity management, enterprise risk and capital management, economic capital and pricing oversight.

American Family Insurance, Madison, Wis., is targeting teens with an integrated marketing initiative designed to educate young drivers on the importance of safe driving.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), New York, announced the launch of “Attachments,” an electronic solution designed to streamline the processing of required paperwork and signatures for pre-sale and post-issuance transactions in the insurance industry. Attachments allows insurance carriers and distributors to electronically exchange unstructured information, such as digital or imaged documents, signatures, and forms that are required in the processing of annuity and life insurance contracts.

With the goal of promoting financial stability among financially interdependent institutions, the partners will study the need and optimal design of a systemic risk regulator.

Conseco receives a boost from ratings agencies but Michigan Blues slide.

In weekly address, President says Congress should review McCarran-Ferguson Act.