The Road to Regulation: Vehicle Service Contracts Explained — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
AI Today in 5: August 11, 2025, The ACHILLES Project Episode
AI Today in 5: August 8, 2025, The Don’t Wait Episode
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 244: The Future of Independent Physician Practices with Ray Waldrup of The Leaders Rheum
Innovation in Compliance: Integrating AI in Compliance and Risk Management with Jana Brost
The Standard Formula Podcast | Assessing Prudential Solvency Regimes in the Middle East
Innovation in Compliance: Exploring the Intersection of Compliance, Technology, and AI with Ben Sperry
Innovation in Compliance: Strategic Compliance in Regulated Industries with Kerri Reuter
The Standard Formula Podcast | Assessing Prudential Insurance Regulation in Japan
The Standard Formula Podcast | Unpacking the IAIS’ Adoption of the Insurance Capital Standard
AI Talk With Juliana Neelbauer - Episode Three - Cybersecurity Insurance: Coverage Challenges and Changes
AGG Talks: Healthcare Insights Podcast - Episode 7: National MultiPlan Litigation: A Guide for Healthcare Providers
Loading and Unloading Under GL and Auto Policies: 2024
The Duty to Cooperate Under a Liability Policy
AI Talk With Juliana Neelbauer - Episode Two - Cybersecurity Insurance: The New Frontier of Risk Management
On-Demand Webinar: Bring Predictability to the Spiraling Cost of Cyber Incident Response Data Mining
The Standard Formula Podcast | The SFCR and Other Public Reporting: A Solvency II Cornerstone
The Standard Formula Podcast | Insurers in Difficulty: Staying Compliant Under Solvency II
Flood Basics still causing pain for some
The Standard Formula Podcast | Using an Internal Model to Calculate the Solvency Capital Requirement
On July 15, the Fed published a notice and request for comment in the Federal Register on revisions to its Large Financial Institution (LFI) rating system and the Insurance Supervisory Framework. The rating system governs...more
What is new: The UK government has proposed a new regulatory framework for captive insurance companies, aiming to simplify regulations and enhance competitiveness in the financial services sector. Why it matters: The...more
The European Supervisory Authorities (the European Banking Authority, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority) have launched a joint consultation on their joint...more
This chapter discusses the prudential solvency regimes in the Middle East, a crucial topic for anyone involved in the insurance industry. The Middle East is an exciting place to be in today’s insurance market. It is expected...more
On June 23, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued an industry letter to all regulated entities — banks, insurers, money transmitters, virtual currency companies, and others — cautioning that...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
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
On March 22 and 23, 2025, the Life Actuarial (A) Task Force (LATF) met at the Spring 2025 National Meeting of the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) in Indianapolis, Indiana. This Legal Update reports...more
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has proposed reforms to strengthen core prudential standards and guidance on governance, currently set out in SPS 510 Governance, SPS 520 Fit and Proper, and SPS 521...more
Key Points - - The IAIS has issued a detailed analysis of the structural shifts in the life insurance sector related to the increasing allocation to alternative assets and prevalence of asset-intensive reinsurance...more
Conditions for direct or indirect investment in infrastructure have significantly improved for German regulated investors covered by the Investment Ordinance (Anlageverordnung) in regard to the investment of their secured...more
AT A GLANCE - The NAIC Risk-Focused Surveillance (E) Working Group (RFSWG) met via teleconference on February 26, 2025 and initiated a new project relating to the management fees paid by reciprocal interinsurance exchanges...more
Private capital investment in the insurance sector is established, large and growing. This article looks at why this is the case, and the challenges and the likely direction of travel for the near future, and also at the...more
On 4 December 2024, the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) issued its consultation paper entitled “Proposed Enhancements to the Insurance Group Supervision Framework,” outlining regulatory updates to strengthen the BMA’s...more
The devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles region earlier this year have caused enormous financial strain on recovery mechanisms, such as the state insurer of last resort - the California FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance...more
The Prudential Regulation Authority ("PRA") has set out its 2025 expectations for UK insurers, by way of a Dear CEO Letter. The areas are not exhaustive but do represent "thematic priorities". The themes will not come as a...more
Recent developments in fund finance documentation reflect a significant shift in how insurance companies are treated under assignment provisions. Traditionally, “competitor” definitions have served to restrict loan...more
The Digital Operational Resilience Act 2022/2554 (DORA) is a European regulation that will come into force on January 17, 2025. The regulation aims to strengthen the digital operational resilience of the financial sector...more
1. The Supervision Regime - Proportionality - The supervision regime is built on the principle of “proportionality,” in an effort to ensure that supervision remains effective and meets its underlying purposes without...more
The Digital Operational Resilience Act EU 2022/2554 (DORA) constitutes a groundbreaking EU regulation designed to establish a unified framework for bolstering cybersecurity and operational resilience within the financial...more
Solvency II is organised around three core pillars of prudential regulation, which ensure the safety and soundness of (re)insurers, in line with the scale, nature and complexity of their business: - Pillar One focuses on...more
The PRA has released an important statement on its approach to funded reinsurance. Our view is that the statement endorses the conceptual principle that funded reinsurance (particularly to offshore counterparties) should best...more
There are two main methods of calculating the solvency capital requirement (SCR) under Solvency II, the “standard formula” and “internal model” methods: (a) The standard formula method, as its name suggests, is the default...more
The Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR) is designed to protect policyholders by helping ensure that insurers can survive difficult periods and pay claims as they fall due. It prescribes a specific level of capital that an...more
Opinion has potential implications for a broader set of parties with potential liabilities affected by a Chapter 11 process. In Truck Ins. Exch. v. Kaiser Gypsum Co., Inc., No. 22-1079, 2024 U.S. LEXIS 2483 (June 6,...more