What Would the Insurance Provisions of Dodd-Frank Look Like Under the Trump Administration?

The incoming Trump Administration has already signaled its intent to repeal, or at the very least reform, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank). To date, President-elect Trump has not signaled what changes he would make with respect to the insurance provisions of Dodd-Frank.  However, there is a bill in Congress that provides at least some insight as to what these changes might look like.

In September 2016, Congressman Jed Hensarling (R-TX), Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced H.R. …

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Federal Insurance Office Issues Reinsurance Report

Among other provisions, Title V of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) authorizes the Federal Insurance Office (the FIO) to monitor all aspects of the insurance industry, including reinsurance. {Dodd-Frank Act, §§ 501-502; 31 U.S.C. § 313 (c)(1)(A) (2010)}. On December 31, 2014, pursuant to Title V of the Dodd-Frank Act, the FIO issued its report on reinsurance entitled “The Breadth and Scope of the Global Reinsurance Market and the Critical Role Such Market Plays in Supporting Insurance in

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