Insurers, State Regulators Try to Block Bank-Like Rules by Federal Reserve July 3, 2013 By Craig Torres and Zachary Tracer MetLife Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc. have been joined by state regulators challenging the Federal Reserve on how to oversee...
Insurers, Banks Leveraging Trade Talks to Change Dodd-Frank May 23, 2013 By Carter Dougherty, Bloomberg U.S. bankers and insurers are trying to use trade deals, which can trump existing legislation, to weaken parts of the...
Justice Dept.: No Financial Firm Is ‘Too Big to Jail’ May 23, 2013 By Sarah N. Lynch A Justice Department official insisted on Wednesday that no financial company is too big to jail, in the department’s latest...
House Pushes for More Economic Analysis of Securities Rules May 20, 2013 By Sarah N. Lynch A divided U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed a Republican-sponsored bill that would force federal securities regulators to conduct...
Q&A: Surplus Lines Association of California Director McKay November 15, 2012 Andrew G. Simpson, vice president of content for Wells Media Group Inc., recently grilled Surplus Lines Association of California Executive...
Business Groups Sue SEC Over Dodd-Frank Anti-Bribery Rule October 12, 2012 By Sarah N. Lynch Four business groups on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rule requiring oil, mining...
Oklahoma Joins Suit Challenging Dodd-Frank Financial Overhaul September 21, 2012 The State of Oklahoma has joined a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Dodd-Frank, a financial overhaul designed to “fix” the...
Mutual Insurers Pleased with FDIC Rule Clarifying Dodd-Frank December 13, 2011 Mutual insurers are pleased with a new proposal that makes it clear they would continue under state regulation and not...
Republicans Target Dodd-Frank Reforms, Rating Firms’ Liability March 15, 2011 By Kevin Drawbaugh Congressional Republicans on Wednesday will stage their first outright challenge to 2010’s Dodd-Frank financial regulation reforms with a fistful of...
Regulators Warn Against Defunding Dodd-Frank Implementation February 18, 2011 By Christopher Doering and Sarah N. Lynch Republicans escalated their push to delay and defund the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reforms on Thursday as top regulators warned the...