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India Proposes to Remove Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Limit in Insurance Sector

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India's insurance sector is poised for a major transformation following the Finance Minister of India’s February 1, 2025 announcement of a proposal to increase the FDI limit in the sector from 74% to 100%. This development...more

Hogan Lovells

Actualités Législatives et Réglementaires – Avril 2023

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Le bureau Parisien de Hogan Lovells a le plaisir de vous adresser sa lettre d'information mensuelle qui vous présente les Actualités législatives et réglementaires du mois d’avril 2023. Ces Actualités législatives et...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Another Look at M&A in Brazil

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Global factors have impacted M&A and investment activity around the world, and Brazil has been no exception. Latin America in general saw a much lower level of activity in 2022 than the blockbuster year of 2021. However,...more

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CFIUS Year in Review

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CFIUS reviewed a record number of transactions in 2021 according to its most recent annual report – and shows no signs of slowing down. High technology (including quantum computing), life sciences, and green energy...more

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Actualités Législatives et Réglementaires – Décembre 2022

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Le bureau Parisien de Hogan Lovells a le plaisir de vous adresser sa lettre d'information mensuelle qui vous présente les Actualités législatives et réglementaires du mois de décembre 2022....more

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India in focus

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Earlier this year, the Insurance (Amendment) Act 2021 (the Act) came into force in India, allowing non-Indian investors to hold majority control in Indian insurance companies for the first time (subject to certain...more

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Bureau of Economic Analysis Ramps Up Data Gathering

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The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, published 10 notices on Jan. 27, 2020, regarding annual and quarterly surveys that track various types of foreign investment into the United...more

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Indonesian government amends foreign ownership regulation in insurance sector

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The Indonesian government has made several key changes to the foreign ownership regime for companies in the Indonesian insurance sector. Government Regulation No. 3 of 2020 on the Amendment to Government Regulation No. 14 of...more

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New regulation relaxes foreign ownership requirements for Indonesian insurers

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From January 2020, there has been a relaxation to the existing restrictions on foreign equity ownership of an Indonesian insurer, which will “grandfather” existing foreign ownership interests in excess of the 80% threshold...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

New CFIUS Regulations Foreshadow an Increased Impact on the Insurance Industry

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On September 24, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) proposed regulations to expand considerably the scope of transactions subject to review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...more

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Proposed Increase in Foreign Investment in India’s Insurance Sector

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Following her party’s major victory in national elections, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the draft budget of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to the Indian Parliament. The draft budget...more

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Myanmar permits foreign investment into the insurance sector

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The Myanmar government has at long last announced that foreign insurers will be entitled to seek market access to its insurance sector in 2019. This note builds on our previous publication: Liberalisation of the Myanmar...more

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Iran sanctions: Snapback becomes reality

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The United States has begun re-imposing nuclear-related sanctions with respect to Iran in connection with the expiration of the 90-day wind-down period announced alongside the United States' 8 May 2018 withdrawal from the...more

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Indonesia affirms cap on foreign ownership in insurers at 80%

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Indonesia has enacted Regulation no.14/2018 on Foreign Ownership of Insurance Companies, which came into force on 18 April 2018 and confirms a maximum threshold for foreign ownership of an Indonesian insurance company of 80%....more

Carlton Fields

Expect Focus - International - March 2018

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Trends Against BITS and Investor State Dispute Resolution - In my first Expect Focus International article (http://bit.ly/2G9Demu), I suggested that investors doing business outside the United States should do so in...more

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Trends Against BITS and Investor State Dispute Resolution

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In my first Expect Focus International article, I suggested that investors doing business outside the United States should do so in countries that have entered into bilateral investment treaties (BITs) with the United States....more

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China's draft regulations to affect investment in Chinese insurance companies

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On 29 December 2016, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (“CIRC“) commenced public consultation on the amended Administrative Measures for Equities of Insurance Companies (Draft for comments) (the “Draft Measures“),...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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A collection of corporate heavy hitters are betting big on the blockchain technology behind bitcoin rival Ethereum to build a computing system to track data and financial contracts. The project is seen by some as a way to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Navigating the Challenges of Chinese Acquisitions of US Insurers"

Chinese investment in the U.S. insurance industry continued steadily in 2016, notwithstanding efforts by the Chinese government to impose new restrictions on outbound M&A. (See "Regional Focus: Asia.") Examples of such...more

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Argentina’s New Leadership and How it Affects Insurance

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Following last year’s elections, the political and economic landscape is changing in Argentina. Where new economic opportunities arise, (re)insurance follows. Along with new demand for commercial insurance products, the legal...more

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Prevailing in an Era of Regulatory Enforcement – Balancing Risk and Compliance [Expect Focus – Vol. II, July 2016]

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT - - SEC Sanctions Unregistered EB-5 Investments Broker SECURITIES - - FINRA to Assess Member Firms’ Culture - SEC Seeks Fund Responses to Distribution-In-Guise Guidance ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Indian Insurance Sector Welcomes Foreign Investment With Limits on Control"

As part of the Indian government’s plans to encourage foreign investment, in 2015 it increased the foreign ownership cap in the Indian insurance sector from 26 percent to 49 percent. The increase, however, did not affect the...more

Carlton Fields

IRS Proposes Regulations Directed To “Passive” Hedge Fund Foreign Insurance Entities

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On April 24, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service proposed regulations directed to “situations in which a hedge fund establishes a purported foreign reinsurance company in order to defer and reduce the tax that otherwise would...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Shanghai Free Trade Zone: A Test Ground for the New Economic Reform Policies in China

Shanghai mayor Yang Xiong unveiled new plans to develop mainland China’s first free trade zone in Shanghai last January....more

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King & Spalding's Measure - The Middle East Quarterly Bulletin - Winter 2013

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In This Issue: - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – New Mortgage, Real Estate and Financing Laws - Locally Domiciled Funds in the GCC - Case Study: Jabal Omar, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - New...more

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