Regulation and Oversight

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has released its first update on the state insurance regulatory response to COVID-19, noting the pandemic's impact on the NAIC's 2020 regulatory and operational priorities. The report says that state insurance regulators and the NAIC have been closely monitoring insurers' financial health. Read More

Experiences shared by a panel of captive insurance regulators suggest that while some things might have been done differently, captive regulation largely continued in a business-as-usual fashion during the COVID-19 pandemic. The regulators spoke in a webinar sponsored by the International Center for Captive Insurance Education. Read More

Guernsey's financial services sector is emerging from its COVID-19 lockdown. The island, a leading domicile for captive insurance, alternative investment funds, and private wealth, went into lockdown on March 24 to help control the spread of the disease. There are currently no known active COVID-19 cases in the island. Read More

In a letter, the US Treasury Department has indicated its concern over legislation forcing insurers to pay COVID-19 pandemic-related business interruption (BI) claims when policies exclude the risk. The letter says insurers should pay valid claims, but forcing insurers to pay excluded claims conflicts with contractual obligations. Read More

The Vermont Captive Insurance Association (VCIA) has spoken out about the US Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) treatment of micro-captives. In a letter to US Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig, VCIA President Richard Smith says a March 20, 2020, IRS letter raises concerns about IRS tactics. Read More