THE Irish branch of reinsurance firm General Re will come under intense scrutiny today when its owner Warren Buffett is interviewed by US investigators about transactions carried out from its Dublin operations.

IMPROPER dealing from companies based in the IDFSC in Dublin will not go unpunished, the head of the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority (IFSRA) warned yesterday.

US FINANCIAL services firm American International Group admits a reinsurance transaction with the Dublin-based subsidiary of General Re was improper.

GENERAL Re, the reinsurance company whose Dublin branch is at the centre of an international investigation, yesterday agreed to respond to a regulatory probe in Australia.

INTERNATIONAL financial regulators are probing transactions at the Dublin subsidiary of an insurance company owned by billionaire investor Warren Buffett.