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The Federal Insurance Office (FIO) report, “How to Modernize and Improve the System of Insurance Regulation in the United States” (the “Report”), was released on December 12, 2013, nearly two years after it was due under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank).
Read More Highlights From the FIO Report: The Other Shoe Has Dropped

On November 20, 2013, a bipartisan delegation from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) met with President Obama in the Oval Office of the White House to discuss issues surrounding the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act. …
Read More President Obama Urges Coordination between the NAIC and the U.S. Treasury Regarding Global Insurance Regulation

On October 25, 2013, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) applied for membership with the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (“IAIS”), a voluntary membership organization of insurance supervisors and regulators from nearly 140 countries. The mission of the IAIS is to promote globally consistent supervision of the insurance industry. …
Read More The Federal Reserve Board Seeks to Cement its Status as a Global Regulator of Insurance; Applies for Membership with the International Association of Insurance Supervisors

Weather patterns in Oklahoma have taken their toll on the local insurance industry. Due to an unexpectedly large number of powerful tornadoes in May, including the devastating tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma, insurance companies have thus far seen claims for tornado damages in excess of $1 billion in Oklahoma.
Read More Large Storms in Oklahoma Rattling Local Insurance Industry

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)

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

At the Asia Specialty Risks Summit in Singapore on 25 June 2013, Mr Gregor Köhler, CEO & President of Pallas Versicherung AG, the insurance arm of Bayer Group, highlighted the insufficient risk transfer solutions in industrial insurance and warned that as the world’s major industries head towards a consolidation process, industrial insurers need to increase their existing capacities or risk going out of business. …
Read More Survival of Industrial Insurance

Federal securities class action activity has been sluggish through the first half of 2013. According to a recent report by Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse (the “Report”), plaintiffs filed only 74 complaints through Q2, a 16% decline from the same 6-month period in 2012.1 …
Read More Federal Securities Class Action Filings Decline through Q2 2013