Two-tier insurance company capital standards proposed by Fed

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The concept is to treat exceptionally large firms differently from others within the industry. The Federal Reserve proposed new insurance company capital standards as a part of a two tiered system that had already been expected for the industry and that is expected to provide significant protection for the American economy. Within this system, major insurers are going to have different capital requirements applied to them. Prudential Financial Inc. and American International Group Inc. will both have different insurance company capital standards applied to them due to their size and…

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Open federal insurance regulations meeting to be held on June 3

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The U.S. Federal Reserve hopes that Friday will use this opportunity for proposals for capital and other rules for insurers. The U.S. Federal Reserve has announced that June 3, 2016 will be the date for its open meeting in which proposals will be discussed with regards to federal insurance regulations for rules including capital and other factors affecting insurers. This Friday’s meeting will be centered around changes in regulations that have been building for over five years. The announcement from the American central bank was made following the preview of…

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