Introduction ; Level setting; The changing Euopean landscape; Strategic Issues; Beyond Euope; Conclusion...

The U.S. System, Comparing Solvency II and the U.S. System, Lessons Learned from the Current Turmoil, Where do we go from here?...

State regulators and federal regulators competing for jurisdiction over financial marketplace "investment" products, certian insurance and annuity product sales. States' role is unlikely to disappear, but likely to change...

Rating agencies learned their lessons, insurance ratings less affected than other (banks, MBS), insurance ratings will remain an important part of financial markets...until a new black swan emerges...

The IMF and Insurance; Lessons from the crisis; Issues for insurance...

Groups provide fine examples of cohesive synergies. Group dynamics can create unique risks/exposures. Holding companies may exist with direct or indirect control and/or ownership...

The Financial Service Committee identified the fostering of convergence of supervisory practices as one of the major challenges in the years to come. Even though a common regulatory is the basis, a true level playing field can only be achieved through more consistent and common decision-making...

ACLI Solvency Activities, Some key messages Group Supervision, US perspective: Lessons Learned?, Conclusions...

Rapid MMoU implementation directly feeds into IAIS work on financial stability. The current financial crisis has prompted the work on group-wide supervision and in particular the acceleration of implementation of MMoU...

A brief description of the U.S. System, Overview of certain transborder issues and problems...