WRIN.tv’s Monday Morning Headlines, compiled by SNL Insurance, is a video digest of the news you need to know about the U.S. Insurance industry. Today’s Monday Morning Headlines: Fed chair grilled about FSOC approach to SIFI designation FIO Director implies capital standards may not be in place until 2016/2018 NAIC seeking bids to enhance its own cybersecurity Small cut in Medicare reimbursements boosts health insurer stocks Former PA Insurance Commissioner joins Transamerica For more on the stories featured in this edition of Monday Morning Headlines, follow the links below to the full reports on SNL Insurance: ICS may be delayed as a final product for several years, sources say Yellen defends SIFI designations in tense House testimony NAIC undertaking cybersecurity review of its own data system Health care stocks rise amid proposed 2016 Medicare rates announcement Ex-Pennsylvania insurance commissioner to join Transamerica Bonus Stories Assured Guaranty wants amicable solution to Puerto Rico’s financial woesAssured Guaranty officials pledged to continue to work toward an “amicable solution” that respects bondholders’ rights regarding exposures related to the commonwealth of Puerto Rico as the debate over how to best address the island’s financial woes shifted to Capitol Hill. Congressional legislation that would permit Puerto Rico to authorize a Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing by one or more of its public corporations was the topic of a Feb. 26 hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. PIMCO’s view on global divergence, the Fed and the impact on insurers Which managed care stocks did health care-focused funds buy? SNL Insurance is a premier provider of insurance news, data and analysis. For more information about SNL’s insurance news coverage, visit the SNL Insurance website.
