Federal office of Insurance

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  Nelson: FIO must stay in its lane despite agenda

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  March 8, 2013

  The FIO’s advisory committee plans to examine insurers' use of captive reinsurers to pack away reserves.

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  12 key post-election personnel moves

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  November 12, 2012

  The results of the election will generate substantive change in who makes the decisions affecting the insurance industry in Washington. Here is a look at the key people certain to be impacted by the change.

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  With IAIS in town, focus is on avoiding bank-centric standards

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  October 4, 2012

  Insurers are preparing for a bold discussion on working out global standards for insurance supervision that have the ability to change the industry and the insurance market in the U.S. once they are put in place.

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  Treasury's OFR to Cast Wide Net for Data Pool from Insurers

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  July 23, 2012

  The Office of Financial Research's first annual report concludes that direct measures of the insurance industry are “lacking.”

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  FIO Keeping Busy, Discussing International Regulatory Authority with USTR, Agencies

  By Elizabeth Festa and Arthur D. Postal  |  July 16, 2012

  Michael McRaith, director of the Federal Office of Insurance (FIO), is moving aggressively to reduce the differences between European and U.S. insurance regulatory and supervisory schemes.

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  FIO Advisors to Meet March 30 as Treasury Keeps Overdue Report Close to Vest

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  March 12, 2012

  With report delay continuing, and reports of cancelled appearance later this month rumored, one wonders if March, which came in like a lamb at the NAIC meeting, will go out like a lion with the FIO report.

• Regs Rule

  By Maria Wood, Elizabeth Festa  |  February 1, 2012

  Laws already on the books and those being contemplated stand to make the job of advisors and insurance agents much different in the future.

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  The Federal Office of Insurance: Is It Necessary?

  By Maria Wood  |  January 30, 2012

  Will the FIO effectively tighten consumer protections or overstep its boundaries? What will be the full impact of the MLR? LifeHealthPro takes a closer look at two of the biggest regulatory changes impacting producers.

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  IAIS Paper Suggests Insurers Likely Not G-SIFIS

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  November 15, 2011

  The insurance business model withstood the 2008-09 financial crisis and will likely not contribute to systemic financial problems, an in-depth report by the world's regulators concludes. Will the FSOC agree? Will insurers continue to color between the lines?