CAQ Reaction to PCAOB Court Decision

Posted by Bill Bockwoldton June 28, 2010

I read this press release this morning and feel that our readers will find it interesting. It details the Center for Audit Quality's reaction to the Supreme Court's PCAOB Decision:

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Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Articles & Information, Announcements, 404, 404 audit, audit costs, Non-accelerated filer 404(b) information, SOX Basic®, audit scope, external auditing, insurance audit, Sarbanes-Oxley for Non-Profits

Sarbanes-Oxley Clawback Developments of Interest

Posted by Bill Bockwoldton June 27, 2010

While reading The Harvard Law School Forum I came across a post that discusses the "Sarbanes-Oxley 'Clawback' Developments" by John F. Savarese. It is very interesting, and if you would like to read it, click  here.

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Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Articles & Information, Announcements, 404, deadline, 404 audit, audit costs, Non-accelerated filer 404(b) information, SOX Basic®, SOX Compliance Made Simple, risk management, Sarbanes-Oxley, external auditing, insurance audit

Insurance Companies will be subjected to SOX-like Standards in 2010

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton October 25, 2009

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC - the organization of state insurance regulators for all 50 of the United States, Washington DC, and five US territories) adopted the Model Audit Rule (MAR). The MAR rules are very similar to the SOX/404 rules and become applicable in 2010. I recently commented on an article about this topic from Insurance and Technology blog by Don Goodenow, StoneRiver. Read the article and my comments here.

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Tags: risk assessment, NAIC, MAR, insurance audit