Number: RL33439 Title: Insurance Regulation in the United States and Abroad Authors: Baird Webel, Government and Finance Division Abstract: This report first gives a statistical overview of various countries and then presents a summary of U.S. insurance regulatory structure. Following this is an examination of insurance regulation in European Union as a whole, as well as the individual regulatory structures in three EU members (United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Germany). This report also provides summaries of the systems in Canada, Australia and Japan. Pages: 15 Date: May 23, 2006