Liz Festa

Liz came to the Deloitte Center for Regulatory Strategy (DCRS) from a career in financial journalism spanning more than two decades with a focus in the insurance sector where she covered Wall Street and company IPOs, demutualizations, mergers and acquisitions for a fast-paced international wire service. She returned to the regulatory arena in Washington, covering Congress, federal and state agencies and market events as well as time covering the city as a freelance features reporter.

For a various trade publications and news services, Liz provided in-depth coverage of the Dodd Frank Act and its regulatory apparatus, financial stability and systemic risky, international capital standard regimes, solvency crises in long term care insurance, market conduct issues, health care reform, the availability and affordability insurance issues as well as accounting changes affecting insurance companies risk-based capital.