Articles by Charles E. Boyle

Economic Crisis Challenges Harmonization of U.S. Regulations, EU’s Solvency II

The EU’s Solvency II regulations get most of the headlines, but there are other regulatory bodies, which are trying to modernize and harmonize the regulations for global insurance companies. Their task has been made even more difficult by the prolonged …

Insuring the Olympic Games: Major Risks, Much Secrecy, Heavy Coverage

One hundred days to go before the 2012 Olympic Games open in London. As that day moves closer, preparations, which have been going on for some time, speed up. Today’s ceremony in a rainy Kew Gardens, presided over by Committee …

Australia Insurers Designate Flood Catastrophe Zone

The Insurance Council of Australia has declared widespread areas of New South Wales and Victoria a formal catastrophe zone. The declaration covers the NSW Riverina, NSW Central West and northern Victoria, where a number of communities have been inundated, forcing …