Brazil’s Superintendencia de Seguros Privados (SUSEP) recently released Circular No. 392 confirming the requirements for purchase of foreign insurance and which lines of insurance may be purchased in foreign currency. 


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Congressman Rafi Souki, President of the Subcomission on Financial, Banking and Insurance Policy of the Venezuelan National Assembly, recently announced that, within the next several days, the final version of the country’s controversial new insurance law regulating the insurance industry will be approved. 


Read More Venezuela: New Insurance Law Expected to be Approved in the Next Several Days

This week, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle announced an emergency rule (the “Rule”) interpreting and implementing Section 632.895 (12m) of the Wisconsin Statutes which mandates that insurers and self-insured health plans provide coverage for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders.  Specifically, Section 632.895 (12m) requires that every disability insurance policy (except


Read More Wisconsin Announces Emergency Rule for Implementation of Autism Coverage

Jeremy Cox will succeed Matthew Elderfield as CEO of the BMA at the beginning of next year. Matthew Elderfield, the current CEO of the BMA, is stepping down at the end of this year to take up the post of director of financial regulation at the Central Bank of Ireland. 


Read More Bermuda: Cox appointed CEO of the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) Effective 1 January 2010