insurance sectors

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  RBC charge may increase for insurers with restricted or pledged assets

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  November 12, 2012

  The issue of assets was found by the NAIC in the footnotes of annual statements.

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  With ComFrame 'adrift,' discussion is centered on capital standards at IAIS meeting

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  October 10, 2012

  Each country or region touts its own system. Is that enough to keep the G-20, to which the IAIS reports, happy?

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  Could International Regulation Kill Long-Term Products?

  By Makoto “Mack” Okubo  |  May 10, 2012

  The proposed International Financial Reporting Standards 4 (IFRS 4) and an inappropriately designed economic solvency regime would bring tremendous volatility to companies with long-term insurance business models.

• Hispanics in Insurance

  By David Port  |  April 1, 2012

  Latinos will make up a third of the U.S. population by 2050. Carriers are recruiting agents now to serve that market.

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  Worldwide IT Spending on Risk Functions to Top $74B by 2015

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  November 7, 2011

  IDC Global Risk Research Director Michael Versace says the risk technology market is large and growing, despite macro-economic assumptions pointing to downward pressure on IT spending in financial services.