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On January 16, 2025, Representative Andy Barr (R-KY) introduced a bill aimed at increasing the formation of new banks by easing regulatory requirements, particularly for de novo and rural financial institutions. The...more
On October 13, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a comprehensive licensing regime for digital asset companies operating in California. Until this point, California had refrained from taking a definitive position on...more
On June 29, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed SB 1033, An Act Concerning Various Revisions to the Banking Statutes, into law. As discussed here, with this bill, Connecticut joins several other states that have set strict...more
Non-EU banking groups (“non-EU groups”) with large EU operations will be required to establish an EU intermediate parent undertaking (“IPU”) according to the final changes to the Capital Requirements Directive (“CRD 5”)...more
Illinois has adopted a bill that includes a number of revisions to its laws regarding captive insurance companies. ...more
The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”), signed into law on May 24, 2018, with immediate effect, amended multiple provisions of Dodd-Frank, including the capital requirements for loans...more
South Carolina passed new legislation making numerous and streamlining changes to its captive insurance law. Included in the changes are: modified capital and surplus requirements, a new definition of a captive’s principal...more
Thursday afternoon, President Trump signed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) into law. The Act was passed by the House on Tuesday by a vote of 258 to 159 and by the Senate on March...more
On April 12, 2018, Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer signed into law SB 410– a bill establishing the Captive Insurance Act, which creates two new types of captives – branch and special purpose – and specifies the regulatory...more
Implementing Technical Standards listing the main indices and recognized exchanges for the use of eligible collateral in accordance with the Capital Requirements Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the...more
On April 26, 2016, Alabama Governor Robert J. Bentley approved House Bill No. 270, which revised Alabama’s Captive Insurers Act. The revised Captive Insurers Act went into effect on July 1, 2016, and included amendments to...more
On July 1, 2015, Georgia’s House Bill 552 went into effect, marking a change in Georgia’s insurance laws that will make the state more attractive to business. That law lowers the state tax on captive insurance premiums and...more