Upcoming Insurance Regulatory-Related Congressional Hearings

 

The following insurance regulatory-related United States Congressional committee and subcommittee hearings have been scheduled:

 

U.S. House of Representatives

March 17-“Perspectives on Regulation of Systemic Risk in the Financial Services Industry”
(Full House Financial Services Committee)

Scheduled witnesses (testimony included where hyperlinks shown):

• The Honorable Steve Bartlett, President & Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Roundtable
• The Honorable T. Timothy Ryan Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
• The Honorable Peter J. Wallison, Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
• Ms. Terry J. Jorde, President and Chief Executive Officer, Country Bank USA on behalf of Independent Community Bankers of America
• Mr. Travis Plunkett, Legislative Director, Consumer Federation of America
• Mr. Damon Silver, Associate General Counsel, AFL-CIO
• Mr. Edward L. Yingling, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Bankers Association

A live webcast of this hearing can be viewed by clicking here.

 

March 18-“American International Group’s Impact on the Global Economy: Before, During, and After Federal Intervention”
(House Subcommittee on Capital Markets)

Scheduled witnesses:

Panel One

• Mr. Scott Polakoff, Acting Director, Office of Thrift Supervision 
• The Honorable Joel Ario, Insurance Commissioner, Pennsylvania Insurance Department, on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners 
• Ms. Orice M. Williams, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, Government Accountability Office 
   

Panel Two 

• Mr. Edward M. Liddy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, American International Group 
• Mr. Rodney Clark, Managing Director, Insurance Ratings, Standard & Poor’s  

 

March 26-“Addressing the Need for Comprehensive Regulatory Reform”
(Full Committee)

Scheduled witnesses

• The Honorable Timothy Geithner, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury

 

U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs

 

March 17-“Perspectives on Modernizing Insurance Regulation”

Scheduled witnesses:

• Mr. Michael McRaith, Director, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
• The Honorable Frank Keating, President and Chief Executive Officer, the American Council of Life Insurers
• Mr. William R. Berkley, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, W. R. Berkley Corporation, on behalf of the American Insurance Association
• Mr. Spencer Houldin, President, Ericson Insurance Services, on behalf of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America
• Mr. John Hill, President and Chief Operating Officer, Magna Carta Companies, on behalf of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
• Mr. Frank Nutter, President, the Reinsurance Association of America
• Mr. Robert Hunter, Director of Insurance, the Consumer Federation of America

 

March 18-“Lessons Learned in Risk Management Oversight at Federal Financial Regulators”

Scheduled witnesses:

• Mr. Scott Polakoff, Acting Director, Office of Thrift Supervision
• Ms. Orice Williams, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, Government Accountability Office
• Mr. Roger Cole, Director, Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, Federal Reserve Board
• Mr. Timothy Long, Senior Deputy Comptroller, Bank Supervision Policy and Chief National Bank Examiner, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
• Dr. Erik Sirri, Director, Division of Trading and Markets, U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

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