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Below are recent activities on the FIO/FSOC front.

  • In its quarterly report to Congress issued on July 24, 2013, the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) details its support for the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s (FSOC’s) designation of AIG as a systemically important financial institution. 

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Read More FIO/FSOC Update as of August 6, 2013

According to media reports, during its July 26 conference call, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Executive (EX) Committee/Plenary approved the proposal for the Corporate Governance (E) Working Group to develop a new model law to facilitate the annual collection of information regarding insurers’ corporate governance practices. …
Read More NAIC Executive Committee Grants Approval for Development of Corporate Governance Model Law

Edwards Wildman Speaker: Robert W. DiUbaldo

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM (Central Time)

Please join us on August 28 from noon to 1:15 pm (Central) for this free webinar. Attorneys from Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP and Surdyk & Baker, engineers from St. John-Mittelhauser & Associates and underwriting and claims professionals from the Catlin Group will discuss the recently enacted Illinois Hydraulic Fracking Regulatory Act and its potential consequences, and will answer your questions. …
Read More COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR – FRACKING the NEW ALBANY SHALE: Legal and Technical Issues Arising from the Passage of the Illinois Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act (HFRA)

In a flawed opinion handed down in Carolina Casualty Insurance Co. v. Merge Healthcare Solutions, the Seventh Circuit ordered an insurance company to pay $3.15 million for attorney fees awarded to the plaintiffs who sued the company’s insured. Some shareholders sued Amicas, Inc. and its officers, who were insured by Carolina Casualty Insurance Co. under a D&O policy. …
Read More The Seventh Circuit Rules that an Insurance Contract’s Exclusion of Any “Multiplied Damages” Does Not Mean the Multiplier Used to Enhance an Award of Attorney Fees

According to South Korea’s financial watchdog, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), consumer complaints filed against financial firms totalled 21,338 in the first quarter of this year, up 14.7% from a year earlier, with insurers being the target of most of the complaints. …
Read More South Korea’s Financial Regulator Encourages Insurers to Protect Consumers

CIRC has recently circulated a document titled “Consultation paper on the regulation of life insurers using reinsurance to improve solvency positions”, inviting feedback on how the scheme is to be carried out and indicating that it is preparing to allow insurers to use reinsurance as a tool for capital optimisation. …
Read More China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) to Issue Rules for Using Reinsurance as Capital Optimisation Tool

China is due to face financial pressure to preserve and increase the value of its social insurance funds and ensure the sustainability of its policies to cover its aging population, which is growing steadily. In 2010, 178 million people in China were aged 60 years or older, accounting for 13.26% of the total population. The number will likely double by 2030. …
Read More China’s Pressure to Care for Its Elderly