WASHINGTON (Nov. 20, 2025)
Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Concludes Its 2025 Fall International Fellows Program, Bidding Farewell to 10 Foreign Regulators
This week, the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ (Ï㽶ÊÓƵ) concluded its 2025 Fall International Fellows Program in New York City. Ten foreign regulators from eight countries completed the program with a closing session at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ’s Capital Markets & Investment Analysis Office. Fellows learned how the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ keeps state insurance regulators updated on investment risks and trends in the market, held a dialogue with an Ï㽶ÊÓƵ-funded consumer representative, and participated in an Industry Roundtable.
The full in-depth Fellows Program entailed a week-long training at the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Central Office in Kansas City, MO, where participants learned how insurance regulation works in the U.S. and how the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ supports state-based regulation. Participants then worked for five weeks at a state insurance department, seeing firsthand how states approach financial regulation, market conduct, licensing, and many other aspects of regulation.
Insurance departments in Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Louisiana, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia served as hosts for the fall program.
(2025 Fall International Fellows Program participants display their certificates of completion.)
The fall 2025 session marks the end of the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ celebrating its 20th year of carrying out the International Fellows Program. The program fosters global regulatory collaboration and knowledge exchange through hands-on experience and training in U.S. state-based insurance regulation and will continue to do so in 2026 and beyond.
(Top: 2025 Fall International Fellows Program and Industry Roundtable participants with Ï㽶ÊÓƵ staff)
About the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
As part of our state-based system of insurance regulation in the United States, the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ (Ï㽶ÊÓƵ) provides expertise, data, and analysis for insurance commissioners to effectively regulate the industry and protect consumers. The U.S. standard-setting organization is governed by the chief insurance regulators from the 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories. Through the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, state insurance regulators establish standards and best practices, conduct peer reviews, and coordinate regulatory oversight. Ï㽶ÊÓƵ staff supports these efforts and represents the collective views of state regulators domestically and internationally.