International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015
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International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015 This bill establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry (including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and consumers). The Secretary of the Treasury and the Board Chairman shall report annually to certain congressional committees on their efforts with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners regarding global insurance regulatory or supervisory forums. The Secretary, the Board Chairman, and the Director of the Federal Insurance Office, before supporting or consenting to the adoption of any key element in any international insurance proposal or international insurance capital standard, must study its impact upon U.S. markets and consumers. The Secretary and the Board Chairman must also report, as well as testify to Congress on their efforts to increase transparency at meetings of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors.
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Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Monitor issues related to tax reform, International regulatory and standards negotiations, flood insurance, and issues related to the implementation of Dodd- Frank. S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. S. 1679, Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act. S. 1086, International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $42,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 23- Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (Enacted) H.R. 26- Terrorism Risk Insurance (Enacted) H.R. 141- Flood Insurance H.R. 494- Health Insurance H.R. 947- National Flood Insurance Act H.R. 1478- Policy Holder Protection Act H.R. 2141- International Insurance H.R. 2205- Data Security H.R. 2901- Flood Insurance H.R. 2918- Flood Insurance H.R. 3456- Flood Insurance H.R. 3794- Risk Retention H.R. 4107- Flood Insurance H.R. 4441- Insurers using drones following a state or federal disaster H.R. 4866- Flood Insurance H.R. 4947- Flood Insurance H.R. 5143- International Insurance H.R. 5953- National Flood Insurance Program H.R. 6032- Cybersecurity H.R. 6104- National Flood Insurance Program H.R. 6196- National Flood Insurance Program H.R. 6434- Flood insurance H.R. 6436- International insurance No #: Taxes; insurance S. 487- Flood Insurance S. 798- Policyholder Protection Act S. 1086- International Capital Standards S. 1484- International Insurance S. 1561- Reinsurance S. 1679- Flood Insurance S. 2324- Flood Insurance S. 2909- TRIA S. 3442- TRIA No #: Flood insurance bills (Luetkemeyer & Velazquez) **Issues lobbied without specific bill numbers: Covered Agreements, Senate Financial Services and General Government Appropriations
Client expense: $790,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
HR 2995-Insurance appropriations. S 1086-International capital standards. HR 2141-International insurance standards. S 1484-International insurance standards. HR 5143-International insurance standards. HR 3794-non-profit risk retention groups. CHOICE Act-draft legislation to repeal the Dodd-Frank Act. Issues lobbied without specific bills introduced: International and Domestic Insurance Capital Standards; Defense of State-Based Insurance Regulation; International Insurance Regulation; McCarran-Ferguson Act; Covered Agreements; Risk Retention Groups; Covered Agreement Negotiations.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
S. 1086, the "International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. H.R. 2141, the "International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. H.R. 5143, the Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016. H.R. 5983, the Financial CHOICE Act of 2016. Negotiations involving insurance covered agreements. Forthcoming Federal Reserve rule on insurance-specific capital standards pursuant to the Dodd Frank Act Section 171. No Bill number - a proposal to facilitate automatic enrollment programs with regard to disability coverage and to establish a National Clearinghouse for Income Protection Information.
Client expense: $450,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
S. 1086, the International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. H.R. 2141, The International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. HR 5143, the Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016. Recommend adding the following, but a point to consider from PFS - My only concern is if included, the committee may see it and want some type of letter of support. HR 5983, the Financial CHOICE Act of 2016. Negotiations involving insurance covered agreements. Forthcoming Federal Reserve rule on insurance-specific capital standards pursuant to the Dodd Frank Act Section 171. No Bill number - a proposal to facilitate automatic enrollment programs with regard to disability coverage and to establish a National Clearinghouse for Income Protection Information.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Implementation of Public Law No. 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, specifically, provisions on risk, insurance oversight (Federal Insurance Office), and potential CFPB activities related to P&C insurance. Discussions on U.S. and global designation of systemically relevant non-bank financial firms. General discussions on Insurance Capital Investment. General discussions on Commercial Insurance regulation. General issues related to resilience and mitigation, as related to P&C insurance. Legislation and proposals regarding natural catastrophe related policies. Legislation and proposals regarding the insurability of cyber exposures, including: S.456, Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015; S.754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015; H.R.1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act; H.R.234, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act; S.177, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015; H.R.580, Data Accountability and Trust Act; H.R. 1704, Personal Data Notification and Protection Act; H.R. 2205/S. 961, Data Security Act of 2015; and H.R. 6032, Data Breach Insurance Act. General discussions on issues related to Surety Bonds, including: surety provisions in public-private partnerships; H.R. 413, Partnership to Build America Act of 2015; S. 1526, Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2015; H.R. 5293/S. 3000, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, provisions on construction procurement; S. 2848/H.R. 5303, Water Resources Development Act of 2016. Implementation of Pub. L. No. 1144, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015, data collection provisions and control/ownership clarifications. Legislation and proposals regarding the development of international capital standards for internationally-active insurance groups, including: S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act; S. 1086, International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 2141, International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policy Protection Act of 2015; S. 1491, Community Lender Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act of 2015; H.R. 5485/S. 3067, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2017; S. 798/H.R. 1478, Policyholder Protection Act of 2015; H.R. 5143, Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016. H.R. 3794, Nonprofit Property Protection Act. General discussions related to the national flood insurance program focused on pre-event mitigation and long term resilience.
Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
H.R.526/ S. 357- Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2015- To amend title 11 of the United States Code to require the public disclosure by trusts established under section 524(g) of such title, of quarterly reports that contain detailed information regarding the receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos; and for other purposes. (entire bill) S.1086, International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015- A bill to establish an insurance policy advisory committee on international capital standards, and for other purposes. (entire bill) H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016 - To provide greater transparency and congressional oversight of international insurance standards setting processes, and for other purposes H.R.2141, International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015- To require consultation with Congress, insurers, and consumers with respect to domestic insurance and international insurance standards, regulations, or frameworks, and for other purposes. (entire bill) H.R.2230, Disaster Savings Accounts Act of 2015- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction for amounts contributed to disaster savings accounts to help defray the cost of preparing their homes to withstand a disaster and to repair or replace property damaged or destroyed in a disaster. (entire bill) S.1679/H.R. 2901, Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act- A bill to amend the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to require that certain buildings and personal property be covered by flood insurance, and for other purposes. (entire bill) H.R.1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016- An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. (Sec 839) S.1526, Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2015- A bill to amend title 10 and title 41, United States Code, to improve the manner in which Federal contracts for construction and design services are awarded, to prohibit the use of reverse auctions for design and construction services procurements, to amend title 31 and 41, United States Code, to improve the payment protections available to construction contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers for work performed, and for other purposes. (entire bill) Issues related to the imposition of capital standards to non-banks. Issues related to the implementation of Dodd-Frank Act (PL 111-203), the provision which may impact insurance regulation. Implementation of Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Act of 2012. Issues related to the Systemic Risk Designation process pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. H.R.3794- Nonprofit Property Protection Act- To amend the Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 to expand the types of commercial insurance authorized for risk retention groups serving nonprofit organizations and educational institutions, and for other purposes. (entire bill) S.2848/HR 5303 - The Water Resources Development Act (issues relating to Surety). H.R. 3456 - Flood Insurance mitigation and Policy Holder Protection Act of 2015. (entire bill) H.R. 4107 - Flood Insurance Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015. (entire bill) H.R. 3583 - PREPARE Act (title V) H.R. 5485/S. 3067 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act 2017 (Sec. 745) H.R. 5983 - Financial CHOICE Act - (Titles I, II, III, and V) H.R. 6392 - Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act - (entire bill)
Client expense: $390,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S. 1086: International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act H.R. 5143: Transparent Insurance Standards Act No Bill Number: Issues related to the development of domestic and international capital standards No Bill Number: Issues related to the Financial Stability Oversight Council process for designating systemically important financial institutions
Client expense: $290,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S. 1086: International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act H.R. 5143: Transparent Insurance Standards Act No Bill Number: Issues related to the Financial Stability Oversight Council process for designating systemically important financial institutions
Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
International discussions on appropriate capital standards for insurers; Issues related to surety bonds / public private partnerships; Natural disaster-related legislation; Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; International regulatory matters, including statutory disability issues; H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015; S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act; and H.R. 2901 / S. 1679 - Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act; H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act.
Client expense: $1,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions, Insurance Capital Standards and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. Implementation of S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1090/ S. 2497, the Retail Investor Protection Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues a final rule governing standards of conduct for brokers and dealers under specified law. Issue: Fiduciary Duties Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 1478/S. 798 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength H.R. 601 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. This bill prescribes negotiating objectives for international insurance regulatory frameworks, including: standards, requirements, and rules focused solely upon protection of policy holders, as reflected in the U.S. solvency regime; and a negotiated international insurance regulatory framework that recognizes U.S. prudential measures as equivalent to foreign measures. Issue: global insurance standards. S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. This legislation will improve accountability and transparency in the United States financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, provide sensible relief to financial institutions. Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. This bill establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry (including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and consumers). Issue: financial regulatory reform. H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council, when determining whether to subject a U.S. or a foreign nonbank financial company to supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), including prudential standards, to consider the appropriateness of imposing such standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate identified risks to U.S. financial stability. Issue: FSOC S. 1137 - PATENT Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. H.R. 9 - Innovation Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act. Issue: privacy, cybersecurity source of strength, financial regulatory reform, Department of Labors proposed fiduciary rule. H.R. 4248 - FSOC Designation Review Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 3340 - FSOC Reform Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 4538/S. 2216 - Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: safe harbor for reporting of suspected senior financial abuse HR 5983: Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: Implementation and regulatory reform of the financial services industry. H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act. Issue: international insurance standards H.R. 5983 -- Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: Implementation and regulatory reform of the financial services industry. Draft House International Insurance Standards legislation. Issue: international insurance standards. Issue: Federal Housing Finance Agency proposed rule on federal home loan bank membership. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Tracking: Issue: Holocaust era insurance policy claims. No bill number assigned. Issue: Patent reform legislation. No bill number assigned.
Client expense: $500,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Pub.L. 11-203), specifically as it applies to insurance regulation and capital standards proposed by the Federal Reserve Board. H.R. 5983 Financial CHOICE Act of 2016 Issues related to the Federal Insurance Office, including issues related to the Covered Agreement. Regulatory reform in general Issues related to the implementation of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014. H.R.2901/S.1679: Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act H.R.6104: Timely Payments for Flood Victims Act of 2016 H.R.6196: Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act Issues related to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's final rule on disparate impact Issues related to access to the Death Master File, particularly as it applies to life insurance H.R. 2141: International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015 S.1086: International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 5143: Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016
Client expense: $590,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Financial regulatory reform issues including implementation of PL 111-203 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Implementation of PL 113-279, S 2270 Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. Issue: capital standards. HR 4538 / S 2216 Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: protecting seniors' financial security. HR 2141 International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. Issue: insurance standards. HR 5143 Transparent Insurance Standards Act. Issue: insurance standards. S 1086 International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. Issue: insurance regulatory reform. HR 1550 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Issue: FSOC procedures. HR 5983: Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: implementation and regulatory reform of financial services industry. No bill number. Issue: covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance.
Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016 No Bill # - Issues relating to Dodd-Frank implementation and FIO, OFR, Volcker Rule, FSOC, FSB and their associated work on topics like capital standards, non-bank SIFI designation, insurance regulation, and oversight S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 No Bill # - Insurance Capital Standards H.R. 4248 - FSOC Designation Review Act No Bill # - IAIS development of international capital standards for global systemically important insurers and internationally active insurers H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. N/A - Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (Pre-rulemaking stages) N/A - RIN 3064-AE33 "Recordkeeping for Timely Deposit Insurance Determination"
Client expense: $1,790,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Regulation of insurance (general), general issues related to the Federal Insurance Office , general issues related to the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance (FACI), general issues related to the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), general issues related to the Financial Stability Board (FSB), general issues related to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) H.R. 26, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015, creation/implementation of the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (general), implementation of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act (Public Law No: 113-89), issues related to the National Flood Insurance Program (general), Implementation of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (BW-12), H.R. 1748, the Safe Building Code Incentive Act, H.R. 2141, the International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act, S. 1679/ H.R. 2901, the Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act, H.R. 1478/S. 798, the Policyholder Protection Act, S. 406/H.R. 801, The Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2015,H.R. 638, the Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act,H.R. 141, the Flood Insurance Premium Parity Act of 2015, H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act, S.754 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, S. 1734, the the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015, H.R.1731 - National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015, HR 1786, the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization, H.R. 1471, the FEMA Disaster Assistance Reform Act of 2015, H.R. 2918, the Flood Insurance Fairness Act, H.R. 2230, the Disaster Savings Accounts Act of 2015, S. 1086, the International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015, S. 1484, the Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015, S. 2324/H.R. 4107, the Flood Insurance Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015, H.R.2205, the Data Security Act of 2015, Issues related to insurance and the Policyholder Protection Act in H.R.2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016,issues related to the reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, Comments on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Establishing a Deductible for FEMAs Public Assistance Program Docket ID FEMA-2016-0003, H.R. 4866, the Flood Insurance Rate Increase Suspension Act of 2016, Federal Register Notice of Proposed Rulemaking FEMA-2016-0012 Proposal to Remove Financial Assistance/Subsidy Arrangement proposal to remove from National Flood Insurance Program regulations, H.R. 5143, the Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016, H.R. 5983, the Financial CHOICE Act, H.R. 6032, the Data Breach Security Act
Client expense: $101,251 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Risk Management Agency, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 554 - Enhancing Educational Opportunities for All Students Act; entire bill H.R. 1098 - The Investor Choice Act; entire bill H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 1560 - Protecting Cyber Networks Act; entire bill H.R. 1731 - National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 1770 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act; entire bill H.R. 2205 - Data Security Act; entire bill H.R. 2289 - Commodity End-User Relief Act; entire bill H.R. 2356 - Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 2896 - Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2015 or the TAILOR Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 3524 - Equal Employment for All Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 5143 - the Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016; entire bill H.R. 5311 - the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act; entire bill H.R. 5485 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017; provisions relating to SECs proposed Rule 30e-3 on e-delivery of shareholder reports H.R. 6118 - Financial Services Innovation Act of 2016; entire bill H.R. 6392 - Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2016; entire bill S. 177 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015; entire bill S. 1086 - The International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act, entire bill S. 1158 - Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2015; entire bill S. 1560 - To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to provide end-users with a reasonable amount of time to meet their margin requirements and to repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities; entire bill S. 1722 - Salary Collection Regulatory Relief Act; entire bill S. 3092 - Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2016; entire bill S. 3153 - Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2016 or TAILOR Act of 2016; entire bill Administrations package of legislative and regulatory initiatives designed to improve U.S. cybersecurity and protect customers from data breaches Financial CHOICE Act of 2016 Discussion Draft; provisions relating to SIFI designation, international capital standards, FIO restructuring, Senior$afe Act, DOL ERISA Fiduciary rule
Client expense: $770,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Monitor issues related to tax reform, International regulatory and standards negotiations, flood insurance, and issues related to the implementation of Dodd- Frank. S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. S. 1679, Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act. S. 1086, International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $42,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 23- Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (Enacted) H.R. 26- Terrorism Risk Insurance (Enacted) H.R. 141- Flood Insurance H.R. 494- Health Insurance H.R. 947- National Flood Insurance Act H.R. 1478- Policy Holder Protection Act H.R. 2141- International Insurance H.R. 2205- Data Security H.R. 2901- Flood Insurance H.R. 2918- Flood Insurance H.R. 3456- Flood Insurance H.R. 3794- Risk Retention H.R. 4107- Flood Insurance H.R. 4441- Insurers using drones following a state or federal disaster H.R. 4866- Flood Insurance H.R. 4947- Flood Insurance H.R. 5143- International Insurance H.R. 5953- National Flood Insurance Program H.R. 6032- Cybersecurity H.R. 6104- National Flood Insurance Program H.R. 6196- National Flood Insurance Program H.R. 6434- Flood insurance H.R. 6436- International insurance No #: Taxes; insurance S. 487- Flood Insurance S. 798- Policyholder Protection Act S. 1086- International Capital Standards S. 1484- International Insurance S. 1561- Reinsurance S. 1679- Flood Insurance S. 2324- Flood Insurance S. 2909- TRIA S. 3442- TRIA No #: Flood insurance bills (Luetkemeyer & Velazquez) **Issues lobbied without specific bill numbers: Covered Agreements, Senate Financial Services and General Government Appropriations
Client expense: $790,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Insurance
S.1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015: establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry. H.R.2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015: bill prescribes negotiating objectives for international insurance regulatory frameworks, including: (1) standards, requirements, and rules focused solely upon protection of policy holders, as reflected in the U.S. solvency regime; and (2) a negotiated international insurance regulatory framework that recognizes U.S. prudential measures as equivalent to foreign measures. H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016: To provide greater transparency and congressional oversight of international insurance standards setting processes. H.R. 5485 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 - To express the importance of agreeing to domestic insurance capital standards before international standards are adopted.
Client expense: $504,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
S.1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015: establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry. H.R.2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015: bill prescribes negotiating objectives for international insurance regulatory frameworks, including: (1) standards, requirements, and rules focused solely upon protection of policy holders, as reflected in the U.S. solvency regime; and (2) a negotiated international insurance regulatory framework that recognizes U.S. prudential measures as equivalent to foreign measures. H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016: To provide greater transparency and congressional oversight of international insurance standards setting processes. H.R. 5485 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 - To express the importance of agreeing to domestic insurance capital standards before international standards are adopted.
Client expense: $530,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Issues related to: Flood Insurance; Retirement Security/Annuities; H.R.1550, To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to improve the transparency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, to improve the Systemically Important Financial Institution (SIFI) designation process, and for other purposes; H.R.1309, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; S.1484 Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015; H.R.141 Flood Insurance Premium Parity Act of 2015; H.R.1478 The Policy Holder Protection Act; S.1679 Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act; H.R 2901, Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act; H.R 1550 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015; H.R. 2141 International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015; S.1086 International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act; H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016; and H.R.3738, Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015; Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act (H.R.3340); H.R. 4538 Seniors And Veterans Emergency Benefits Act or the SAVE Benefits Act and S. 2216 Senior$afe Act of 2015
Client expense: $950,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016, H.R. 5143, all provisions Monitor implementation of (Pub. L. 114-1), the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015, all provisions Monitor implementation of Pub. L. 114-113, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (contains the Policyholder Protection Act), all provisions Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015, H.R. 26, all provisions The Federal Insurance Offices activities at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, all provisions Monitor implementation of P.L. 113-279, The Insurance Capital Standard Clarification of 2014, all provisions International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act - S. 1086, all provisions International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act - H.R. 2141, all provisions Financial Regulatory Improvement Act - S. 1484, all provisions Retail Investor Protection Act, H.R. 1090, all provisions Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, H.R. 5018, all provisions Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015, H.R. 3738, all provisions Nonprofit Property Protection Act, H.R. 3794, all provisions FILES Act of 2015, H.R. 3890, all provisions FSOC Designation Review Act, H.R. 4248, all provisions Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015, H.R. 1550, all provisions American Business Competitiveness Act of 2015, H.R. 4377, all provisions Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act of 2015, H.R. 1261, all provisions Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015, H.R. 1262, all provisions Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Board Enhancement Act, S. 1963, all provisions Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2015, H.R. 1263, all provisions Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act, H.R. 1195, all provisions Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015, S. 1484, all provisions Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act, H.R. 3340, all provisions Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015, H.R. 1266, all provisions FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act, H.R. 3557, all provisions Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015, H.R. 3738, all provisions To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Financial Stability Oversight Council to carry out certain requirements under the Financial Stability Act of 2010 before making any new determination under section 113 of such Act, and for other purposes, H.R. 3857, all provisions AFFIRM Act, H.R. 3973, all provisions AFFIRM Act, S. 2244, all provisions Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2016, S. 3318, all provisions A bill to amend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to provide for the release of certain blocked assets, and for other purposes, S. 3442, all provisions Financial CHOICE Act of 2016, H.R. 5983, all provisions Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2016, H.R. 6391, all provisions Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2016, H.R. 6390, all provisions U.S. Insurance Regulation Works Act of 2016, H.R. 6436, all provisions
Client expense: $390,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
PL-114-1 TRIA/NARAB II Implementation HR 1090- Retail Investor Protection Act (all provisions) DOL Fiduciary Standard HR 1550- FSOC Improvement Act (all provisions) S 1086- International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act (all provisions) HFIAA (Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act) Implementation HR 2141- International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act (all provisions) S 1679 and HR 2901- Flood Insurance Market Parity Act (all provisions) HR 3794- Non Profit Property Protection Act (all provisions) HR 4107- Flood Insurance Transparency Act (all provisions) S 2497- Retail Investor Protection Act (all provisions) S 2505 and HR 4292- SAVERS Act (all provisions) S 2502 and HR 4293- Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act (all provisions) HR 3922- Retirement Choice Protection Act (all provisions) HR 5177- National Mitigation Investment Act (all provisions) HR 3583- Prepare Act (title V, flood insurance claims & process reforms) HR 5143- Transparent Insurance Standards Act (all provisions) HJ Res 88- CRA DOL Fiduciary Resolution (all provisions) HR 6104- Timely Payments to Flooded Victims Act (all provisions) HR 6159- Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (all provisions) HR 5983- CHOICE Act (insurance provisions) HR 2230- Disaster Savings Account Act of 2015 (all provisions) HR 6270 & S 3424- To prevent the avoidance of tax by insurance companies through reinsurance with non-taxed affiliates (all provisions) HR 6436- US Insurance Regulation Works Act (all provisions)
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN - Fourth Quarter Report - 2016 Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions, Insurance Capital Standards and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. H.R. 9 - Innovation Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. Issue: patent reform H.R. 601 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy H.R. 1090/S. 2497, the Retail Investor Protection Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues a final rule governing standards of conduct for brokers and dealers under specified law. Issue: Fiduciary Duties H.R. 1478/S. 798 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council, when determining whether to subject a U.S. or a foreign nonbank financial company to supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), including prudential standards, to consider the appropriateness of imposing such standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate identified risks to U.S. financial stability. Issue: FSOC H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act. Issue: privacy, cybersecurity, source of strength, financial regulatory reform, Department of Labor proposed fiduciary rule. H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. This bill prescribes negotiating objectives for international insurance regulatory frameworks, including: standards, requirements, and rules focused solely upon protection of policy holders, as reflected in the U.S. solvency regime; and a negotiated international insurance regulatory framework that recognizes U.S. prudential measures as equivalent to foreign measures. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R. 4248 - FSOC Designation Review Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 3340 - FSOC Reform Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 4538/S. 2216 - Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: protecting seniors financial security H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act. Issue: international insurance standards H.R. 5484/S. 3067 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards; SIFI de-risking. H.R. 5983 -- Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: Implementation and regulatory reform of the financial services industry. S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. This bill establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry (including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and consumers). Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1137 - PATENT Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. Issue: patent reform S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. This legislation will improve accountability and transparency in the United States financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, provide sensible relief to financial institutions. Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1491/H.R. 2642 - Community Lender Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act of 2015. This legislation will provide sensible relief to community financial institutions and to protect consumers. Issue: financial regulatory reform Implementation of S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Amendment to the Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations act, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. Draft House International Insurance Standards legislation. Issue: international insurance standards. Issue: Covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Tracking: Issue: Patent reform legislation. No bill number assigned. Issue: Trust Indenture Act. No bill number assigned.
Client expense: $800,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Monitoring financial services issues, S. 1484, H.R. 4248, S. 1679, S. 1086
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
HR 5143 Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016 - Support for this bill, which seeks to direct U.S. federal negotiators (Treasury and the Federal Reserve) to work with state insurance regulators and preserve the state-based insurance regulatory system in negotiations on international insurance standards. S 1086 International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act and HR 2141 Domestic Insurance and International Capital Standards Act - in particular those aspects of both bills that promote greater transparency -- with Congress, the insurance industry and consumers -- on U.S. involvement in the development of international capital standards. HR 4248 FSOC Designation Review Act - monitoring possible changes in review process for non-bank financial institutions.
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions, Insurance Capital Standards and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. Implementation of S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1090/S. 2497, the Retail Investor Protection Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues a final rule governing standards of conduct for brokers and dealers under specified law. Issue: Fiduciary Duties Amendment to the Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations act, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. H.R. 5484/S. 3067 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards; SIFI de-risking. H.R. 1478/S. 798 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength H.R. 601 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. This bill prescribes negotiating objectives for international insurance regulatory frameworks, including: standards, requirements, and rules focused solely upon protection of policy holders, as reflected in the U.S. solvency regime; and a negotiated international insurance regulatory framework that recognizes U.S. prudential measures as equivalent to foreign measures. Issue: global insurance standards. S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. This legislation will improve accountability and transparency in the United States financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, provide sensible relief to financial institutions. Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. This bill establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry (including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and consumers). Issue: financial regulatory reform. H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council, when determining whether to subject a U.S. or a foreign nonbank financial company to supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), including prudential standards, to consider the appropriateness of imposing such standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate identified risks to U.S. financial stability. Issue: FSOC S. 1491/H.R. 2642 - Community Lender Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act of 2015. This legislation will provide sensible relief to community financial institutions and to protect consumers. Issue: financial regulatory reform S. 1137 - PATENT Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. Issue: patent reform H.R. 9 - Innovation Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. Issue: patent reform H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act. Issue: privacy, cybersecurity, source of strength, financial regulatory reform, Department of Labor proposed fiduciary rule. H.R. 4248 - FSOC Designation Review Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 3340 - FSOC Reform Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 4538/S. 2216 - Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: protecting seniors financial security H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act. Issue: international insurance standards H.R. 5983 -- Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: Implementation and regulatory reform of the financial services industry. Draft House International Insurance Standards legislation. Issue: international insurance standards. Issue: Federal Housing Finance Agency proposed rule on federal home loan bank membership. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Tracking: Issue: Holocaust era insurance policy claims. No bill number assigned. Issue: Patent reform legislation. No bill number assigned. Issue: Trust Indenture Act. No bill number assigned.
Client expense: $1,134,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Monitoring financial services issues, S. 1484, H.R. 5143, S. 1679, S. 1086
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Monitoring financial services issues, S. 1484, H.R. 4248, S.1679, S. 1086
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 23- Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (Enacted) H.R. 26- Terrorism Risk Insurance (Enacted) H.R. 141- Flood Insurance H.R. 947- National Flood Insurance Act H.R. 1478- Policy Holder Protection Act H.R. 2141- International Insurance H.R. 2205- Data Security H.R. 2901- Flood Insurance H.R. 2918- Flood Insurance H.R. 3456- Flood Insurance H.R. 3794- Risk Retention H.R. 4107- Flood Insurance H.R. 4441- Insurers using drones following a state or federal disaster H.R. 4866- Flood Insurance H.R. 4947- Flood Insurance H.R. 5143- International Insurance H.R. 5953- National Flood Insurance Program H.R. 6032- Cybersecurity H.R. 6104- National Flood Insurance Program H.R. 6196- National Flood Insurance Program No #: Taxes; insurance S. 487- Flood Insurance S. 798- Policyholder Protection Act S. 1086- International Capital Standards S. 1484- International Insurance S. 1561- Reinsurance S. 1679- Flood Insurance S. 2324- Flood Insurance S. 2909- TRIA S. 3442- TRIA No #: Taxes; insurance **Issues lobbied without specific bill numbers: Covered Agreements, Senate Financial Services and General Government Appropriations
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Insurance
- Rulemaking for implementing the Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (EHCCA) of 2014, which was a part of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2014. HHS, Treasury/IRS and DOL's NPRM also addresses excepted benefit and short-term limited duration plans. - Federal Reserve rulemaking on capital rules for insurers supervised by the Federal Reserve Board - Issues related to the development of an international capital standard at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). Issues related to development of Higher Loss Absorbency Standard at the IAIS. - Rulemaking under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA); issues affecting sales and marketing of insurance products. - S. 1679 and H.R. 2901 - Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act. Clarification to Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012. - S. 1086, The International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act -- All provisions. - H.R. 5143, Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016 -- All provisions. - DOL Overtime rules and legislative efforts to delay or alter implementation. - Secondary Payer Advancement, Rationalization, and Clarification (SPARC) Act, H.R. 6120. Replaces unclear Medicare (Part D) requirements with updated rules to allow Part D Prescription Drug Plans to recover greater amounts of prescription drug costs from primary payers faster.
Client expense: $1,160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · third_quarter · Insurance
HR 2995-Insurance appropriations. S 1086-International capital standards. HR 2141-International insurance standards. S 1484-International insurance standards. HR 5143-International insurance standards. HR 3794-non-profit risk retention groups. CHOICE Act-draft legislation to repeal the Dodd-Frank Act. Issues lobbied without specific bills introduced: International and Domestic Insurance Capital Standards; Defense of State-Based Insurance Regulation; International Insurance Regulation; McCarran-Ferguson Act; Covered Agreements; Risk Retention Groups; Covered Agreement Negotiations.
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Insurance
S. 1086, the "International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. H.R. 2141, the "International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. H.R. 5143, the Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016. H.R. 5983, the Financial CHOICE Act of 2016. Negotiations involving insurance covered agreements. Forthcoming Federal Reserve rule on insurance-specific capital standards pursuant to the Dodd Frank Act Section 171. No Bill number - a proposal to facilitate automatic enrollment programs with regard to disability coverage and to establish a National Clearinghouse for Income Protection Information.
Client expense: $570,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · third_quarter · Insurance
Implementation of Public Law No. 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, specifically, provisions on risk, insurance oversight (Federal Insurance Office), and potential CFPB activities related to P&C insurance. Discussions on U.S. and global designation of systemically relevant non-bank financial firms. General discussions on Insurance Capital Investment. General discussions on Commercial Insurance regulation. General issues related to resilience and mitigation, as related to P&C insurance. Legislation and proposals regarding natural catastrophe related policies. Legislation and proposals regarding the insurability of cyber exposures, including: S.456, Cyber Threat Sharing Act of 2015; S.754, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015; H.R.1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act; H.R.234, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act; S.177, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015; H.R.580, Data Accountability and Trust Act; H.R. 1704, Personal Data Notification and Protection Act; H.R. 2205/S. 961, Data Security Act of 2015; and H.R. 6032, Data Breach Insurance Act. General discussions on issues related to Surety Bonds, including: surety provisions in public-private partnerships; H.R. 413, Partnership to Build America Act of 2015; S. 1526, Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2015; H.R. 5293/S. 3000, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, provisions on construction procurement; S. 2848/H.R. 5303, Water Resources Development Act of 2016. Implementation of Pub. L. No. 1144, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015, data collection provisions and control/ownership clarifications. Legislation and proposals regarding the development of international capital standards for internationally-active insurance groups, including: S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act; S. 1086, International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015; H.R. 2141, International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policy Protection Act of 2015; S. 1491, Community Lender Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act of 2015; H.R. 5485/S. 3067, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2017; S. 798/H.R. 1478, Policyholder Protection Act of 2015; H.R. 5143, Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016. H.R. 3794, Nonprofit Property Protection Act. General discussions related to the national flood insurance program focused on pre-event mitigation and long term resilience.
Client expense: $300,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · third_quarter · Insurance
International discussions on appropriate capital standards for insurers; Issues related to surety bonds / public private partnerships; Natural disaster-related legislation; Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; International regulatory matters, including statutory disability issues; H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015; S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act; and H.R. 2901 / S. 1679 - Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act; H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act.
Client expense: $310,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 554 - Enhancing Educational Opportunities for All Students Act; entire bill H.R. 1098 - The Investor Choice Act; entire bill H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 1560 - Protecting Cyber Networks Act; entire bill H.R. 1731 - National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 1770 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act; entire bill H.R. 2205 - Data Security Act; entire bill H.R. 2289 - Commodity End-User Relief Act; entire bill H.R. 2356 - Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 2896 - Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2015 or the TAILOR Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 3524 - Equal Employment for All Act of 2015; entire bill H.R. 5143 - the Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016; entire bill H.R. 5311 - the Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act; entire bill H.R. 5485 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017; provisions relating to SECs proposed Rule 30e-3 on e-delivery of shareholder reports H.R. 6118 - Financial Services Innovation Act of 2016; entire bill S. 177 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015; entire bill S. 1086 - The International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act, entire bill S. 1158 - Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2015; entire bill S. 1560 - To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to provide end-users with a reasonable amount of time to meet their margin requirements and to repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities; entire bill S. 1722 - Salary Collection Regulatory Relief Act; entire bill S. 3092 - Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2016; entire bill S. 3153 - Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk Act of 2016 or TAILOR Act of 2016; entire bill Administrations package of legislative and regulatory initiatives designed to improve U.S. cybersecurity and protect customers from data breaches. Financial CHOICE Act of 2016 Discussion Draft; provisions relating to SIFI designation, international capital standards, FIO restructuring, Senior$afe Act, DOL ERISA Fiduciary rule
Client expense: $560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Insurance
Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Pub.L. 11-203), specifically as it applies to insurance regulation and capital standards proposed by the Federal Reserve Board. H.R. 5983 Financial CHOICE Act of 2016 Issues related to the Federal Insurance Office Regulatory reform in general Issues related to the implementation of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014. H.R.2901/S.1679: Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act H.R. 3456: Flood Insurance Mitigation and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015 H.R.6104: Timely Payments for Flood Victims Act of 2016 H.R.6196: Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act Issues related to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's final rule on disparate impact Issues related to access to the Death Master File, particularly as it applies to life insurance H.R. 2141: International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015 S.1086: International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015 Issues related to a covered agreement on reinsurance H.R. 5143: Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016
Client expense: $1,360,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
2016 · third_quarter · Insurance
Regulation of insurance (general), general issues related to the Federal Insurance Office , general issues related to the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance (FACI), general issues related to the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), general issues related to the Financial Stability Board (FSB), general issues related to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) H.R. 26, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015, creation/implementation of the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (general), implementation of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act (Public Law No: 113-89), issues related to the National Flood Insurance Program (general), Implementation of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (BW-12), H.R. 1748, the Safe Building Code Incentive Act, H.R. 2141, the International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act, S. 1679/ H.R. 2901, the Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act, H.R. 1478/S. 798, the Policyholder Protection Act, S. 406/H.R. 801, The Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2015,H.R. 638, the Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act,H.R. 141, the Flood Insurance Premium Parity Act of 2015, H.R. 1560, Protecting Cyber Networks Act, S.754 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, S. 1734, the the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015, H.R.1731 - National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015, HR 1786, the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization, H.R. 1471, the FEMA Disaster Assistance Reform Act of 2015, H.R. 2918, the Flood Insurance Fairness Act, H.R. 2230, the Disaster Savings Accounts Act of 2015, S. 1086, the International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015, S. 1484, the Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015, S. 2324/H.R. 4107, the Flood Insurance Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015, H.R.2205, the Data Security Act of 2015, Issues related to insurance and the Policyholder Protection Act in H.R.2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016,issues related to the reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, Comments on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Establishing a Deductible for FEMAs Public Assistance Program Docket ID FEMA-2016-0003, H.R. 4866, the Flood Insurance Rate Increase Suspension Act of 2016, Federal Register Notice of Proposed Rulemaking FEMA-2016-0012 Proposal to Remove Financial Assistance/Subsidy Arrangement proposal to remove from National Flood Insurance Program regulations, H.R. 5143, the Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016, H.R. 5983, the Financial CHOICE Act, H.R. 6032, the Data Breach Security Act
Client expense: $84,794 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Risk Management Agency, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · third_quarter · Insurance
- Rulemaking for implementing the Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act (EHCCA) of 2014, which was a part of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2014. HHS, Treasury/IRS and DOL's NPRM also addresses excepted benefit and short-term limited duration plans. - Federal Reserve rulemaking on capital rules for insurers supervised by the Federal Reserve Board - Issues related to the development of an international capital standard at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). Issues related to development of Higher Loss Absorbency Standard at the IAIS. - Rulemaking under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA); issues affecting sales and marketing of insurance products. - S. 1679 and H.R. 2901 - Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act. Clarification to Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012. - S. 1086, The International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act -- All provisions. - H.R. 5143, Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016 -- All provisions. - DOL Overtime rules and legislative efforts to delay or alter implementation. - Secondary Payer Advancement, Rationalization, and Clarification (SPARC) Act, H.R. 6120. Replaces unclear Medicare (Part D) requirements with updated rules to allow Part D Prescription Drug Plans to recover greater amounts of prescription drug costs from primary payers faster.
Client expense: $1,150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · third_quarter · Insurance
Monitor issues related to tax reform, International regulatory and standards negotiations, flood insurance, and issues related to the implementation of Dodd- Frank. S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. S. 1679, Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act. S. 1086, International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $42,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
S. 1086: International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act H.R. 5143: Transparent Insurance Standards Act No Bill Number: Issues related to the development of domestic and international capital standards No Bill Number: Issues related to the Financial Stability Oversight Council process for designating systemically important financial institutions
Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Financial regulatory reform issues including implementation of PL 111-203 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Implementation of PL 113-279, S 2270 Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. Issue: capital standards. HR 4538 / S 2216 Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: protecting seniors' financial security. HR 2141 International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. Issue: insurance standards. HR 5143 Transparent Insurance Standards Act. Issue: insurance standards. S 1086 International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. Issue: insurance regulatory reform. HR 1550 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Issue: FSOC procedures. HR 5983: Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: implementation and regulatory reform of financial services industry. No bill number. Issue: covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance.
Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016 No Bill # - Issues relating to Dodd-Frank implementation and FIO, OFR, Volcker Rule, FSOC, FSB and their associated work on topics like capital standards, non-bank SIFI designation, insurance regulation, and oversight S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015 No Bill # - Insurance Capital Standards H.R. 4248 - FSOC Designation Review Act No Bill # - IAIS development of international capital standards for global systemically important insurers and internationally active insurers H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015 S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. N/A - Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (Pre-rulemaking stages) N/A - RIN 3064-AE33 "Recordkeeping for Timely Deposit Insurance Determination"
Client expense: $2,180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions, Insurance Capital Standards and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. Implementation of S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III H.R. 1090/ S. 2497, the Retail Investor Protection Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues a final rule governing standards of conduct for brokers and dealers under specified law. Issue: Fiduciary Duties Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards H.R. 1478/S. 798 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength H.R. 601 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. This bill prescribes negotiating objectives for international insurance regulatory frameworks, including: standards, requirements, and rules focused solely upon protection of policy holders, as reflected in the U.S. solvency regime; and a negotiated international insurance regulatory framework that recognizes U.S. prudential measures as equivalent to foreign measures. Issue: global insurance standards. S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. This legislation will improve accountability and transparency in the United States financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, provide sensible relief to financial institutions. Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. This bill establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry (including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and consumers). Issue: financial regulatory reform. H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council, when determining whether to subject a U.S. or a foreign nonbank financial company to supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), including prudential standards, to consider the appropriateness of imposing such standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate identified risks to U.S. financial stability. Issue: FSOC S. 1137 - PATENT Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. H.R. 9 - Innovation Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act. Issue: privacy, cybersecurity source of strength, financial regulatory reform, Department of Labors proposed fiduciary rule. H.R. 4248 - FSOC Designation Review Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 3340 - FSOC Reform Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 4538/S. 2216 - Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: safe harbor for reporting of suspected senior financial abuse HR 5983: Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: Implementation and regulatory reform of the financial services industry. H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act. Issue: international insurance standards Issue: Federal Housing Finance Agency proposed rule on federal home loan bank membership. No bill number assigned. Issue: Covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Tracking: Issue: Holocaust era insurance policy claims. No bill number assigned. Issue: Patent reform legislation. No bill number assigned.
Client expense: $620,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
FIN - Third Quarter Report - 2016 Public Law 111-203, H.R. 4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Issue: Implementation and Regulatory reform. Captive Reinsurance Transactions, Insurance Capital Standards and Global Capital Standards. Roles of federal and state agencies at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the Financial Stability Board. H.R. 9 - Innovation Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. Issue: patent reform H.R. 601 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers. Issue: privacy H.R. 1090/S. 2497, the Retail Investor Protection Act. Prohibits the Secretary of Labor from prescribing any regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) defining the circumstances under which an individual is considered a fiduciary until 60 days after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issues a final rule governing standards of conduct for brokers and dealers under specified law. Issue: Fiduciary Duties H.R. 1478/S. 798 - Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength pursuant to such Act. Issue: Source of strength H.R. 1550 - Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015. Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council, when determining whether to subject a U.S. or a foreign nonbank financial company to supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), including prudential standards, to consider the appropriateness of imposing such standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate identified risks to U.S. financial stability. Issue: FSOC H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act. Issue: privacy, cybersecurity, source of strength, financial regulatory reform, Department of Labor proposed fiduciary rule. H.R. 2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015. This bill prescribes negotiating objectives for international insurance regulatory frameworks, including: standards, requirements, and rules focused solely upon protection of policy holders, as reflected in the U.S. solvency regime; and a negotiated international insurance regulatory framework that recognizes U.S. prudential measures as equivalent to foreign measures. Issue: global insurance standards. H.R. 3340 - FSOC Reform Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 4248 - FSOC Designation Review Act. Issue: SIFI de-risking. H.R. 4538/S. 2216 - Senior$afe Act of 2016. Issue: protecting seniors financial security H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act. Issue: international insurance standards H.R. 5484/S. 3067 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. Issue: Global insurance standards; SIFI de-risking. H.R. 5983 -- Financial CHOICE Act. Issue: Implementation and regulatory reform of the financial services industry. S. 423 - Privacy Notice Modernization Act of 2015. This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual written privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, (2) has not changed its policies and practices with respect to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers, and (3) otherwise provides customers access to such most recent disclosure in electronic or other form permitted by specified regulations. Issue: privacy S. 1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015. This bill establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry (including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and consumers). Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1137 - PATENT Act - This bill amends title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections. Issue: patent reform S. 1484 - Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015. This legislation will improve accountability and transparency in the United States financial regulatory system, protect access to credit for consumers, provide sensible relief to financial institutions. Issue: financial regulatory reform. S. 1491/H.R. 2642 - Community Lender Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act of 2015. This legislation will provide sensible relief to community financial institutions and to protect consumers. Issue: financial regulatory reform Implementation of S. 2270 - Insurance Capital Standards Clarification Act of 2014. The bill would give the Federal Reserve the authority to tailor capital standards for insurance companies subject to Fed supervision. Issue: Capital Standards, Basel III Amendment to the Transportation, Housing & Urban Development Appropriations act, to prohibit federal guarantees for mortgages seized through eminent domain. Issue: Mortgage Investments. Draft House International Insurance Standards legislation. Issue: international insurance standards. Issue: Covered agreements on prudential measures with respect to the business of insurance and reinsurance. No bill number assigned. Issue: Unclaimed life insurance products. No bill number assigned. Tracking: Issue: Patent reform legislation. No bill number assigned. Issue: Trust Indenture Act. No bill number assigned.
Client expense: $1,230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Insurance
S.1086 - International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015: establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry. H.R.2141 - International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015: bill prescribes negotiating objectives for international insurance regulatory frameworks, including: (1) standards, requirements, and rules focused solely upon protection of policy holders, as reflected in the U.S. solvency regime; and (2) a negotiated international insurance regulatory framework that recognizes U.S. prudential measures as equivalent to foreign measures. H.R. 5143 - Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016: To provide greater transparency and congressional oversight of international insurance standards setting processes. H.R. 5485 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 - To express the importance of agreeing to domestic insurance capital standards before international standards are adopted.
Client expense: $426,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Insurance
Transparent Insurance Standards Act of 2016, H.R. 5143, all provisions Monitor implementation of (Pub. L. 114-1), the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015, all provisions Monitor implementation of Pub. L. 114-113, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (contains the Policyholder Protection Act), all provisions Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015, H.R. 26, all provisions The Federal Insurance Offices activities at the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, all provisions Monitor implementation of P.L. 113-279, The Insurance Capital Standard Clarification of 2014, all provisions International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act - S. 1086, all provisions International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act - H.R. 2141, all provisions Financial Regulatory Improvement Act - S. 1484, all provisions Retail Investor Protection Act, H.R. 1090, all provisions Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, H.R. 5018, all provisions Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015, H.R. 3738, all provisions Nonprofit Property Protection Act, H.R. 3794, all provisions FILES Act of 2015, H.R. 3890, all provisions FSOC Designation Review Act, H.R. 4248, all provisions Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015, H.R. 1550, all provisions American Business Competitiveness Act of 2015, H.R. 4377, all provisions Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability Act of 2015, H.R. 1261, all provisions Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 2015, H.R. 1262, all provisions Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Board Enhancement Act, S. 1963, all provisions Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2015, H.R. 1263, all provisions Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards Act, H.R. 1195, all provisions Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015, S. 1484, all provisions Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act, H.R. 3340, all provisions Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2015, H.R. 1266, all provisions FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act, H.R. 3557, all provisions Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015, H.R. 3738, all provisions To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Financial Stability Oversight Council to carry out certain requirements under the Financial Stability Act of 2010 before making any new determination under section 113 of such Act, and for other purposes, H.R. 3857, all provisions AFFIRM Act, H.R. 3973, all provisions AFFIRM Act, S. 2244, all provisions Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2016, S. 3318, all provisions A bill to amend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 to provide for the release of certain blocked assets, and for other purposes, S. 3442, all provisions Financial CHOICE Act of 2016, H.R. 5983, all provisions
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · third_quarter · Insurance
Issues related to: Flood Insurance; Retirement Security/Annuities; H.R.1550, To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to improve the transparency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, to improve the Systemically Important Financial Institution (SIFI) designation process, and for other purposes; H.R.1309, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2015; S.1484 Financial Regulatory Improvement Act of 2015; H.R.141 Flood Insurance Premium Parity Act of 2015; H.R.1478 The Policy Holder Protection Act; S.1679 Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act; H.R 2901, Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act; H.R 1550 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015; H.R. 2141 International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act of 2015; S.1086 International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act; H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016; and H.R.3738, Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015; Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act (H.R.3340); H.R. 4538 Seniors And Veterans Emergency Benefits Act or the SAVE Benefits Act and S. 2216 SAFE Benefits Act
Client expense: $940,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 23- Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (Enacted) H.R. 26- Terrorism Risk Insurance (Enacted) H.R. 141- Flood Insurance H.R. 947- National Flood Insurance Act H.R. 1478- Policy Holder Protection Act H.R. 2141- International Insurance H.R. 2205- Data Security H.R. 2901- Flood Insurance H.R. 2918- Flood Insurance H.R. 3456- Flood Insurance H.R. 3794- Risk Retention H.R. 4107- Flood Insurance H.R. 4441- Insurers using drones following a state or federal disaster H.R. 4866- Flood Insurance H.R. 4947- Flood Insurance H.R. 5143- International Insurance H.R. 5953- National Flood Insurance Program H.R. 6032- Cybersecurity H.R. 6104- National Flood Insurance Program H.R. 6196- National Flood Insurance Program No #: Taxes; insurance S. 487- Flood Insurance S. 798- Policyholder Protection Act S. 1086- International Capital Standards S. 1484- International Insurance S. 1561- Reinsurance S. 1679- Flood Insurance S. 2324- Flood Insurance S. 2909- TRIA S. 3442- TRIA No #: Taxes; insurance **Issues lobbied without specific bill numbers: Covered Agreements, Senate Financial Services and General Government Appropriations
Client expense: $1,010,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Insurance
PL-114-1 TRIA/NARAB II Implementation HR 1090- Retail Investor Protection Act (all provisions) DOL Fiduciary Standard HR 1550- FSOC Improvement Act (all provisions) S 1086- International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act (all provisions) HFIAA (Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act) Implementation HR 2141- International Insurance Standards Transparency and Policyholder Protection Act (all provisions) S 1679 and HR 2901- Flood Insurance Market Parity Act (all provisions) HR 3794- Non Profit Property Protection Act (all provisions) HR 4107- Flood Insurance Transparency Act (all provisions) S 2497- Retail Investor Protection Act (all provisions) S 2505 and HR 4292- SAVERS Act (all provisions) S 2502 and HR 4293- Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act (all provisions) HR 3922- Retirement Choice Protection Act (all provisions) HR 5177- National Mitigation Investment Act (all provisions) HR 3583- Prepare Act (title V, flood insurance claims & process reforms) HR 5143- Transparent Insurance Standards Act (all provisions) HJ Res 88- CRA DOL Fiduciary Resolution (all provisions) HR 6104- Timely Payments to Flooded Victims Act (all provisions) HR 6159- Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (all provisions) HR 5983- CHOICE Act (insurance provisions) HR 2230- Disaster Savings Account Act of 2015 (all provisions) HR 6270 & S 3424- To prevent the avoidance of tax by insurance companies through reinsurance with non-taxed affiliates (all provisions)
Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of