The Standard Formula Podcast | Assessing Prudential Insurance Regulation in Japan
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In a recent market briefing delivered to the Cayman Islands’ (re)insurance industry, global credit ratings agency AM Best announced its proposal to change its criteria for rating cell companies including Segregated Portfolio...more
As the 2025 hurricane season unfolds, insurance companies prepare. Early summer is time to closely monitor hurricane forecasts, assess risks, and account for financial implications that could arise due to increased property...more
U.S. life carriers engaging in “asset intensive reinsurance transactions” should consider new requirements for reporting and actuarial testing of these arrangements being developed by the National Association of Insurance...more
Welcome to the latest edition of the Conyers Bermuda Insurance Bulletin. It is hard to believe that the second quarter of the year is well underway! The Bermuda (re)insurance sector has had a strong start to 2025 following a...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
Insurers today are in a highly competitive market. To receive greater market share, expansion to new locations and new business strategies may be required. Insurance takeouts are one such strategy in the state of Florida that...more
Generally speaking, insurance producers face fairly routine obligations when procuring cover. Every state imposes a general duty to exercise that degree of care, skill and diligence a reasonable producer would exhibit to his...more
The California FAIR Plan (the FAIR Plan) was created to provide insurance for high-risk properties that are difficult to insure through private carriers. It is a private association made up of property and casualty insurers,...more
California’s largest insurance reform in over 30 years is being implemented through regulations passed by the Department of Insurance’s Sustainable Insurance Strategy (“SIS”). These changes address insurance availability and...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
On Dec. 13, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill integrating parametric insurance into the state’s existing legal framework for insurance products under the New York Insurance Law (“NYIL”). Assembly Bill A10344...more
A very warm welcome to our fifth issue of Conyers Coverage. This issue is a roundup of recent legal and regulatory measures affecting the insurance industry. Among a number of items, Rob has prepared an update on Cayman’s...more
Insurance carriers will find the following topics, recently discussed at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), relevant to capital management, financial risk, solvency and similar “prudential” issues,...more