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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360 |
May 22, 2012
The lack of competition and exorbitant rate charges point to a need for strong regulation of force-placed insurance programs, say consumer advocates in New York.
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By Elizabeth Festa |
March 13, 2012
The first meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance has been scheduled at the U.S.Treasury Department, even as interested parties await the report to Congress from Treasury’s Federal Office of Insurance.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 10, 2011
The Treasury Department has
announced the 15 members of the Federal Advisory Committee on
Insurance (FACI), which is charged with advising the newly created Federal
Insurance Office—but state legislators are upset they aren’t being represented.
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By Allison Bell |
October 25, 2010
Florida has a high concentration of older residents and a history of being a place where some have gone to try to take advantage of others.
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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 28, 2010
A bill opposed by insurers that would have banned credit-based insurance scoring in Wisconsin never made it out of committee before the end of the legislative session.
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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 29, 2010
The NAIC has put on hold its National Insurance Supervisory Committee proposal, which would have seen regulators develop uniform standards with the threat of federal intervention for states that did not comply.
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By Daniel Hays |
February 9, 2010
The New York Insurance Department, in advance of releasing its new disclosure rules for the state's agents and brokers tomorrow, announced that they are fair to producers while protecting consumers.
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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 3, 2010
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist announced he would veto legislation that would allow specified insurers to use rates for homeowners insurance not subject to approval from the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR).
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By Staff Writer |
January 11, 2010
One of the more outspoken consumer advocates--Birny Birnbaum, executive director of the Center for Economic Justice--is packing it in as an NAIC-funded representative...
