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March 31, 2021 at 09:55 AM
What You Need to Know
- U.S. officials held virtual meeting discussions on insurance with European and U.K representatives.
- The EU talks were part of a general U.S.-EU financial regulatory forum.
- The UK talks were held under a two-country agreement on overseeing insurers' and reinsurers' stability.
Biden administration officials are reaching out to global officials about insurance regulation.
U.S. Treasury Department, Federal Reserve and Securities and Exchange Commission representatives met virtually with European officials on March 24 and March 25, through a U.S.-EU Joint Financial Regulatory Forum. Separately, on March 25, U.S. Treasury officials held a video conference with UK officials, under the terms of a “bilateral,” or two-country, insurance prudential measures agreement that took effect Dec. 31, 2020.
The EU Forum Included Insurance Regulators
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority was one of the agencies sent representatives to the forum. One topic discussed was Europe’s Solvency II insurer solvency standards regulation.
Participants also talked about the looming end of the London Interbank Offered Rate interest rate benchmark, or LIBOR.
