One of the cornerstones of AIRROC’s mission and vision is to be the leading industry educator and enhancing knowledge about the legacy market and the exit strategies and solutions they offer. In furtherance of that role, Carolyn Fahey, Executive Director of AIRROC, Al Bottalico, Insurance Specialist with Norton Rose Fulbright and James Mills, Vice President and Legal Counsel … [Read more...] about Restructuring Solutions in Focus
Portfolio Transfers
The NCOIL IBT Model Law – Transforming the US Insurance Industry
The NCOIL IBT model law provides an efficient restructuring tool that will allow companies to achieve operational and capital efficiencies to compete more effectively in the global marketplace. U.S. insurers and reinsurers now have an expanded landscape for restructuring options in the United States. On March 8th, 2020 the Executive Committee of the National Council of … [Read more...] about The NCOIL IBT Model Law – Transforming the US Insurance Industry
Insurance Business Transfer – What now?
An esteemed panel discusses the relatively new legal frameworks that provide legal finality and a further exit solution in addition to the well tested and accepted Loss Portfolio Transfer mechanism. For the optimistic, passionate and inquisitive IBT enthusiasts, the last panel of the Education Day in Jersey City this year must have been an hour of … [Read more...] about Insurance Business Transfer – What now?
New beginnings: US regulation is generating more flexibility for legacy deals
Written by Luann Petrellis Luann is an insurance professional who specializes in developing runoff and restructuring strategies for discontinued (re)insurance businesses. Luann drafted the Insurance Business Transfer regulations for the state of Rhode Island, the first restructuring tool of its kind that enables companies to achieve finality for commercial P&C legacy … [Read more...] about New beginnings: US regulation is generating more flexibility for legacy deals
NAIC Restructuring Mechanisms Working Group Continues its Study of IBTs and Corporate Division Statutes
AIRROC’s Corporate Partner Locke Lord provides a “Quick Study” on the NAIC’s Summer Meeting in New York on August 4, 2019; specifically the NAIC’s Restructuring Mechanisms Working Group progress on insurance business transfers and corporate division statutes. Read more by clicking on this link. … [Read more...] about NAIC Restructuring Mechanisms Working Group Continues its Study of IBTs and Corporate Division Statutes
A-Ok in OK
Carolyn Fahey and Francine Semaya recently had the pleasure of interviewing Oklahoma Insurance Department Commissioner John Doak and others in the Department. They talked about the Oklahoma Senate Bill 1101, known as the Insurance Business Transfer Act, that was signed by Governor Mary Fallin on May 7, 2018. This new law provides an efficient mechanism for insurance companies … [Read more...] about A-Ok in OK
Legacy Watershed: Capitalizing on the New Legislative Options for Runoff
New legislation is loosening the tight regulatory knot that’s been wrapped around legacy insurance business in the U.S. Upcoming game-changers include: Key amendments to the Rhode Island Voluntary Restructuring Statute (the ‘Rhode Island Statute’), which, among other amendments (House Bill 8163), would allow (re)insurers to transfer eligible portfolios without requiring … [Read more...] about Legacy Watershed: Capitalizing on the New Legislative Options for Runoff
The Legacy Market: Anticipation. Excitement. Commitment. Patience. That Order.
In the previous three articles, we took a journey that would be a dream if it were a holiday itinerary: Europe and its uniform legal and regulatory framework for portfolio transfers; then Europe met the U.S., which with small but steady steps is trying to develop its own system for legal finality and insurance business transfers; and finally, we focused on Rhode Island, … [Read more...] about The Legacy Market: Anticipation. Excitement. Commitment. Patience. That Order.
Insurance Business Transfer Statutes
A panel comprised of Eleni Iacovides of DARAG, Vincent Laurenzano and Bernhardt Nadell of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Jim Wrynn of FTI Consulting, and Frank Schmid of AIG discussed the various statutory and regulatory provisions governing insurance business transfers. The panel addressed traditional statutory and regulatory procedures for handling impaired and insolvent … [Read more...] about Insurance Business Transfer Statutes
The Legacy Market: Resistance. Protection. Equivalence. Vision. That Order.
In The Legacy Market article that ran in the Spring 2017 issue, we discussed the various exit and capital release tools available to the European insurance market with each providing different degrees of finality and capital relief. The second Legacy Market article which ran in the Fall issue, discussed the first finality statute available in the U.S. and steps taken by other … [Read more...] about The Legacy Market: Resistance. Protection. Equivalence. Vision. That Order.
Separate but Not Equal
Recent developments indicate that U.S. regulators are responding to these market realities. In 2015, Rhode Island passed regulations providing for “insurance business transfers” for commercial P&C runoff business. The Rhode Island Insurance Business Transfer (RI IBT) is modeled on the U.K.’s Part VII Transfer that has been British law for almost 20 years and has resulted in … [Read more...] about Separate but Not Equal
The Legacy Market: Strength. Stability. Transparency. Certainty. That Order.
In a world where “strong and stable” equates to weak and uncertain, the European legacy market remains strong and stable (as defined by the Oxford Dictionary), transparent, and continues to deliver Certainty (the capital C is not a typo!) and a cleaner, leaner and stronger balance sheet to each carrier that engages in the process through the implementation of the most … [Read more...] about The Legacy Market: Strength. Stability. Transparency. Certainty. That Order.
Is Reg. 68 Good for the Industry? A Chat with Dwyer, Broccoli and Brennan
At the Commutation & Networking Forum in October, 2016, the authors sat down with Elizabeth Dwyer, Jack Broccoli and Christopher Brennan to talk about the Rhode Island statute. Ms. Dwyer is the Rhode Island Superintendent of Banking and Insurance in the Department of Business Regulation. Jack Broccoli is in the Rhode Island Department of Banking and Insurance and … [Read more...] about Is Reg. 68 Good for the Industry? A Chat with Dwyer, Broccoli and Brennan
Rhode Island Regulation 68: Voluntary Restructuring of Solvent Insurers Act
Recently Rhode Island revised its Voluntary Restructuring of Solvent Insurers Act as implemented by DBR Regulation 68. This is, in many respects, modeled after the UK’s Part VII Transaction, which, subject to court approval, enables companies to transfer/novate a book of business (and divest itself of all residual liability), to another unrelated insurer that assumes all … [Read more...] about Rhode Island Regulation 68: Voluntary Restructuring of Solvent Insurers Act
Can U.S. Insurance Companies Afford Not to Restructure?
Part 3: The case for expanding the Rhode Island Insurance Business Transfer to other lines of business Current global market conditions have increased pressure on business leaders to focus on efficient capital management with an eye towards long-term trends. Rhode Island’s amendments to Insurance Regulation 68 are the first step in providing greater flexibility to the U.S. … [Read more...] about Can U.S. Insurance Companies Afford Not to Restructure?
Insurance Business Transfer: Rhode Island’s Answer to Part VII
Something new and important is coming to the $200 billion plus run-off market in the U.S. Proposed amendments to Insurance Regulation 68 are pending in the State of Rhode Island (RI) and are expected to be approved later this year. These amendments have the potential to invigorate and transform the market, similar to what has occurred in the UK run-off market over the last … [Read more...] about Insurance Business Transfer: Rhode Island’s Answer to Part VII
Test Drive the Future of Runoff: The Vermont Legacy Insurance Management Act of 2014
Companies and investors in the runoff space are generally aware that the State of Vermont’s new Legacy Insurance Management Act (LIMA), signed into law on February 19, 2014, has created a novel runoff business transfer method in a runoff market that has long been in need of growth and innovation, but the Act, its background and its potential applications have only begun to be … [Read more...] about Test Drive the Future of Runoff: The Vermont Legacy Insurance Management Act of 2014
Welcome to the New World of Run-Off. Part 2: New Restructuring Opportunities for the U.S. P&C Market
The global financial crisis of several years ago forever changed the way business looks at itself – as well as the way the public and regulators view business. The outlook of most business leaders has changed from the pre-2007 expected future of unlimited growth to a more somber and practical outlook – with more focus on potential loss of wealth, asset protection, increased … [Read more...] about Welcome to the New World of Run-Off. Part 2: New Restructuring Opportunities for the U.S. P&C Market
