Insurance companies and insurance activities are subject to profuse industry regulation, justified by potential market … worldwide foresee, one way or another, significant nuances in the application of the rules of competition in the insurance … sector.This work studies in depth the EU insurance block exemption for various types of agreements and practices in the …

Since 1945 Congress has exempted certain activities of insurance companies from federal antitrust scrutiny. This … exemption, provided by the McCarran-Ferguson Act, is not unqualified; it only applies to insurance company activities that … constitute the "business of insurance" and that already are regulated under state law. Moreover, the exemption does not apply to …