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Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Late yesterday, the Federal Reserve proposed rules requiring the nation’s largest banks to hold more capital and to keep it more easily accessible. This is one effort on their part to prevent another financial crisis. Tough specific details are still forthcoming, the requirements are seen as less strict than those put forth for international banks [...]

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The Great Recession is not known for inspiring great things, but it did spur the creation of the Dodd-Frank bill, which, among many things, created the Financial Stability Oversight Council and the Federal Insurance Office. And the near-collapse of the U.S. economy did wonders for the discipline of risk management. As a result, according to [...]

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Whether you like it or not, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is now law. Passed by the Senate finally last week and signed by President Obama yesterday, financial reform will have wide-ranging implications for the financial services sector (including the insurance industry), the rest of corporate America and, really, just the [...]

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