Posted: 7/5/2012

Financial Stability Oversight Council [F]

Our Position

NAMIC OPPOSES designating property/casualty insurance companies as a Systemically Important Financial Institution (SIFI). Property/casualty insurance companies are adequately regulated at the state level for solvency and engage in conservative investment practices that ensure they are able to meet their responsibilities to their policyholders.

NAMIC Federal Advocacy on the Financial Stability Oversight Council

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Congress Hears NAMIC Views on Dodd-Frank

NAMIC President and CEO Charles M. Chamness outlines why the Volcker Rule regarding proprietary trading is ill-suited to property/casualty insurers, and why a bank-centric approach by the Federal Reserve Board would be inappropriate for insurance company connected savings and loan holding companies.