In a comment letter to the Federal Insurance Office yesterday, the American Bankers Insurance Association called for FIO to reconsider its definition of “captive insurer” under a proposed rule to implement recent changes to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. The proposed rule differentiates “captive insurers” from “small insurers” for the purposes of the data collection requirements proposed in the rule. ABIA argued that this distinction is inappropriate, as it treats small captive insurers differently than other small insurers. For more information, contact ABA’s Sarah Ferman.
ABA, others seek court ruling in Illinois interchange fees lawsuit
ABA joined other plaintiffs in filing a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit challenging an Illinois law restricting interchange fees, pointing to the court’s previous finding that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed on their argument that...