The Principal Provisions of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill Affecting Insurance and Reinsurance

[Editor's note: Roland Goss is a partner with Jorden Burt LLP, resident in the firm's Washington, D.C. office. He is the chair of the firm's reinsurance practice and blogmaster for its reinsurance and arbitration blog, www.ReinsuranceFocus.com. For further information please contact Roland Goss ([email protected] or (202) 965-8148). This article does not constitute legal or other professional advice or service by Jorden Burt LLP and/or its attorneys.]

The recently enacted financial regulation reform bill, the Dodd-Frank Act contains many provisions that may affect the business of insurance and reinsurance. This article addresses provisions of the DFA primarily relating to the insurance …