Benjamin Lawsky, the superintendent of financial services for New York, has urged insurers based in the state to respond in writing to a number of questions related to the expiration of TRIA...

RIMS has named Rick Roberts as president for the 2015 term...

Liberty Speciality Markets (LSM) has appointed Guillaume de Lestang as senior underwriter for financial lines in its Zurich office...

The District of Columbia has approved enacting amendments to the Captive Insurance Company Act of 2004 in order to, among other things, strike any and all references to segregated accounts within the legislation...

There will be no respite for reinsurers at the start of renewal season, with the reshaping of the global reinsurance industry now starting in earnest, according to the latest renewals report from Willis Re...

American Overseas Group has appointed three new directors to its subsidiary companies...

Fitch Ratings has stated that it is likely to place several US CMBS transactions on rating watch “negative” unless Congress acts to reauthorise TRIPRA, which is set to expire 31 December 2014...

Robert Bilodeau has joined Wilmington Trust as senior relationship manager in the insurance collateral solutions group...

A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A+” (Superior) and the issuer credit rating of “aa-” of Noble Assurance Company...

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Maxseguros EPM Limited's insurer financial strength (IFS) rating to “BBB+” from “BBB”...

EIOPA has endorsed key aspects of Bermuda’s commercial reinsurance regulatory regime as meeting the criteria of the Solvency II directive...

Insurers and reinsurers in Western Europe posted solid performances in 2014 and retained their capital strength against a backdrop of economic calm, according to a new report from A.M. Best...