United States Trade Representative

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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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  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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  FACI Sets Next Washington Meeting for Aug. 6

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  June 4, 2012

  Huge demographic changes are prime for two subcommittees organized as the Affordability and Accessibility of Insurance Subcommittee and the International Regulatory Balance Subcommittee.

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  FIO, Congress Urged to Take Greater Roles to Boost Industry's Trade Globally

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  May 17, 2012

  Lawmakers, industry and government officials pushed for supervisory harmony and a fuller role by the Federal Insurance Office to bring about better international competitiveness for the U.S. insurance industry in a hearing May 17 before a House Financial Services Committee panel.

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  FACI's First Objective: Focus on the Silver Tsunami

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  April 2, 2012

  With the inaugural meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance (FACI) now in the record books, it is clear that at least initially, the group's focus will reflect FIO Director Michael McRaith’s perspective on broad, global themes.