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Sunday Book Review: August 10, 2025, The More Books from The Ethicsverse Library Edition
AI Today in 5: August 6, 2025, The Rethinking Compliance Episode
Wild Times for the Community Reinvestment Act
Suluki Secrets: Behind the Scenes of Reasonable Investigations — FCRA Focus Podcast
The Current State of the Holder Rule: Friend or Foe? — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
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Daily Compliance News: July 22, 2025, The I-9 Hell Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: Avoiding CCO Liability
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 55 – The From Worse to Worser Edition
Balch’s Consumer Finance Compass: How Standing Can Make or Break Certification for Class Action Lawsuits in Debt Collection
Top challenges with Compliance Management
Sittenfeld v. United States – Campaign Contributions as Crimes?
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — The Consumer Finance Podcast
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The Capital Ratio Podcast | Entering the US Banking Market
Daily Compliance News: July 7, 2025 the Disaster on the River Edition
Effective October 1, 2025, Public Act No. 25-130 amends Connecticut’s captive insurance laws. Important amendments under the act include...more
As we reported last year, Missouri introduced its version of Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (“CFDL”) legislation, following the lead of other states with laws requiring consumer-like disclosures in certain commercial...more
If you’ve received a settlement check from an insurance company after a car accident, property damage claim, or injury settlement, you might be wondering: how long is an insurance check good for? While holding onto it for a...more
The 95th Arkansas General Assembly convened on January 13, 2025, and entered into an extended recess on April 16, 2025...more
Host Rob Chaplin and colleague Caroline Jaffer provide “The Standard Formula” listeners with an overview of prudential solvency regimes in five Middle East jurisdictions — the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar,...more
In January 2025, an amending directive (Directive (EU) 2025/2, “Amending Directive”) was passed that will result in some important changes to the Solvency II Directive (Directive (EU) 2009/13/EU) taking effect across EU...more
On April 8, 2025, Quebec’s Minister of Finance, Eric Girard (Minister), tabled Bill 92, An Act to amend various provisions mainly with respect to the financial sector (Bill 92), before the province’s National Assembly....more
This chapter discusses prudential insurance regulation in Japan. Japan is the fourth-largest insurance market in the world, with a broad customer base and a varied range of offerings. This profile, coupled with ongoing...more
As natural disasters continue to impact the insurance market, Texas has seen a surge in policyholders relying on the Texas FAIR Plan Association for coverage....more
Le 8 avril 2025, le ministre des Finances du Québec, Eric Girard, a déposé à l’Assemblée nationale le projet de loi n° 92, Loi modifiant diverses dispositions principalement dans le secteur financier (le « projet de loi »). ...more
Established in 1994, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) is a voluntary membership organisation comprising insurance regulatory authorities, central banks, ministries of finance, and other...more
The long-awaited Ministerial Decree regulating catastrophic risk insurance schemes implementing the related provisions under the 2024 Italian Budget Law has been recently published in the Italian official Gazette. Companies...more
On January 28, 2025, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (“FSRA”) published Proposed Rule 2025-001 (the “Proposed Rule”), which builds on recent amendments to the Insurance Act (the “Act”). Those amendments...more
Maryland recently introduced Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (“CFDL”) legislation in both the House (HB 693) and Senate (SB 754), following a path of other states with laws requiring consumer-like disclosures in certain...more
The draft Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (Retail Disclosure) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 have been published, together with an explanatory memorandum. The Regulations make transitional amendments to...more
Regulators Hit Jackpot: Off-Channel Communications - Several years before announcing the first “off-channel” communications enforcement action, the SEC and FINRA cautioned broker-dealers and investment advisers about...more
In our latest installment of “The Standard Formula” podcast, partner Rob Chaplin and associate Ilianna Kotini discuss the proposals made in the Bermuda Monetary Authority's latest consultation paper, which are focused on the...more
We previously reported on regulators’ increased attention to the use of big data systems, including external consumer data and information sources, algorithms and predictive models. Recent announcements in Colorado, Louisiana...more
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has on 20 March 2020 published recommendations on supervisory flexibility regarding the deadline of supervisory and public disclosure by insurers, in light of...more
Arizona jumped out front of the pack with the introduction of Senate Bill No. 1557, titled "Annuity Transactions; Requirements," which would amend Arizona's suitability requirements for annuity transactions. Senate Bill No....more
Like a game of whack-a-mole, new or existing NAIC groups are being tasked to consider the various regulatory issues that are popping up from insurance innovation....more
On 20 May 2019, the FCA published findings from its multi-firm review into the supervision by principal firms of their appointed representatives (“ARs“) in the investment management sector (“Investment Management Sector...more
At the 2018 NAIC Summer National Meeting, regulators continued their efforts to define the standard of care that applies to recommendations. This subject was discussed at both the Annuity Suitability (A) Working Group...more