Dodd-Frank Swaps Rule Could Impact Insurers’ Risk Management, Ratings: S&P November 11, 2013 Ratings analysts at Standard & Poor’s say that a Dodd-Frank provision having to do with derivatives could improve insurers’ risk...
Investors Skirt New Shorting Curbs to Bet on European Union Woes November 2, 2012 By Ana Nicolaci da Costa and Toni Vorobyova New rules to stop speculators making Europe’s debt crisis worse by betting on government bond defaults are prompting investors to...
MBIA Reportedly Ready to Settle with UBS Over Restructuring March 16, 2012 By Karen Freifeld UBS AG has agreed to settle litigation against MBIA Inc. that challenged the bond insurer’s 2009 restructuring, people familiar with...
IAIS Calls for Greater Scrutiny over Non-traditional Insurance November 15, 2011 By Myles Neligan Regulators should focus on insurers’ role in markets outside their traditional sphere, as such activities could worsen the economic impact...
New York Court Dismisses Bond Insurer MBIA’s Suit Against Merrill February 2, 2011 By Jonathan Stempel A New York state appeals court Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit in which bond insurer MBIA Inc. accused Merrill Lynch &...
What the Financial Crisis Commission Concluded About AIG’s Failure January 27, 2011 The taxpayer bailout of giant American International Group (AIG) became necessary largely because of AIG’s poor risk management of its...