The Pinsent Masons Guide to Insurance Distribution: Law and Regulation - Hardcover

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<div>In Britain a single authority, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), created by an Act of Parliament in 2000, acts as the country's regulator for insurance, investment business and banking.&#160;&#160;By contrast, in the USA each state effects its own financial and insurance regulatory framework.<br><br>But Federal regulation has been pushed to the forefront by the current economic meltdown. Since the recent near failure of insurance giant AIG in September 2008, there&#160;have been calls for the US to embrace federal regulation of the insurance industry as early as 2009.&#160; It is in this context that <i>The Pinsent Masons&#160;Guide to Insurance Distribution</i>&#160;can serve as a useful reference book.<br><br>Written by specialists at&#160;Pinsent Masons, a commercial law firm specializing in insurance, this guide outlines British regulatory law covering insurance companies creating partnering distribution agreements - those detailed arrangements between insurers and the parties who can sell and distribute insurance policies on the insurers' behalf.&#160; Readable and accessible, it deals with all aspects of the distribution of insurance through third party providers, the responsibilities and liabilities within the context of current law, and good practice.</div>

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