U.S. Treasury Department and the U. S. Trade Representative Pursuing Possible Covered Agreement With the European Union

[Editor's note: Roland C. Goss is the office managing shareholder of the Washington, DC office of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA. This article reflects the views of the author, and does not constitute legal or other professional advice or service by Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA and/or any of its attorneys. This article appeared on the firm’s reinsurance and arbitration blog, www.ReinsuranceFocus.com.]

The Dodd-Frank Act, for the first time, provided the United States government with the limited authority to regulate the business of insurance and reinsurance through the entry into what is termed “Covered Agreements” with foreign countries or regulatory …