Remaking Financial Services Regulation

  • When: April 17, 2009, 8:15 am - 4:45 pm
  • Where: William F. Starr Hall
  • Contact: Patricia Carbray

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Sponsored by the Insurance Law Center and the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal

The global credit crisis unearthed a string of failures throughout U.S. financial services regulation. State and federal agencies vied in a race to the bottom in lending standards and regulators sacrificed consumer safety for short-term profitability. Investor protection laws were ignored and much of mortgage finance operated in the shadow of the commercial banking system, free from rudimentary regulation. Meanwhile, proposals for an optional federal insurance charter are gaining steam. This conference examines why U.S. financial regulation broke down and how that system should be reformed.

 

Schedule

8:30

Welcome

Dean Jeremy Paul, University of Connecticut School of Law

Introduction

Kurt Strasser, Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law
8:45

Panel 1: Revamping Federal Regulation I: Commercial Banking

  • Moderator: Peter Kochenburger, Executive Director, Insurance Law Center, University of Connecticut School of Law
  • Edward Kane, Department of Finance, Carroll School of Management, Boston College
  • Patricia McCoy, University of Connecticut School of Law
  • Heidi Schooner, Catholic University School of Law
  • Commentator: Stephen Ross, Department of Economics, University of Connecticut
10:15

Coffee Break
10:30

Panel 2: Insurance Regulation: Model or Topic of Reform?

  • Moderator: Peter Siegelman, University of Connecticut School of Law
  • Tom Baker, University of Pennsylvania School of Law
  • Dwight Jaffee, Haas School of Business, University of California (Berkeley)
  • Therese Vaughan, National Association of Insurance Commissioners
  • Commentator: John Day, University of Connecticut School of Law
                                 Thomas R. Sullivan, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner   
 Noon

Luncheon
 12:45

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

  • Richard J. Hillman, Managing Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, D.C.
 1:45

Panel 3: Revamping Federal Regulation II: Banking and Capital Markets

  • Moderator: Kurt Strasser, University of Connecticut School of Law
  • Dwight Jaffee, Haas School of Business, University of California (Berkeley)
  • Arthur Wilmarth, George Washington University Law School
  • Commentator: James Vitarello, U.S. General Accountability Office
 3:00

Break
 3:15

Panel 4: Systemic Risk: Comparative and Global Regulatory Implications

  • Moderator: Patricia McCoy, University of Connecticut School of Law
  • Todd Henderson, University of Chicago School of Law
  • Michael Taylor, Central Bank of Bahrain
  • Susan Wachter, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  • Commentator: John Clapp, University of Connecticut School of Business

Registration

Register now!

Registration fee: $100 (breakfast and lunch included). Registration is free for full-time academics, government employees, senior citizens 65 and over, and students. For inquiries, call Patricia Carbray at 860-570-5184 or send Patricia Carbray an email

 

If you require reasonable accommodation for a disability, please call Jane Thierfeld Brown at 860-570-5130 at least two weeks in advance.

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