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• Bills Seek Rollback in Crop-Insurance Subsidies

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 7, 2013

  Legislation has been introduced in both the House and Senate that would slash crop-insurance subsidies to pre-2001 levels.

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  Terrorism Risk After Obama's Victory

  By Gordon Woo  |  November 7, 2012

  Obama's counterterrorism track record from the man who figured out how to model terrorism risk.

• U.S. Treasury Says to Raise $5B from AIG Stock Sale

  By Reuters  |  August 6, 2012

  The U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday it expects to raise $5 billion from its sale of AIG stock, cutting the government's stake in the bailed-out insurer to 55 percent.

• Agents to Feel the Pain if Tax Cuts Are Not Extended

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 19, 2012

  Insurance agents and brokers will be among those primarily impacted by an increase in estate-tax liability if Congress is unable to bridge the ideological divide on extending tax cuts first enacted in 2001.

• Contempt for Court and Other Governmental Entities

  By Ken Brownlee, CPCU  |  May 31, 2012

  As the Supreme Court mulls over the Affordable Care Act, our resident Iconoclast discusses government involvement and some noted missteps.

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  Asking the Right Question

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 27, 2012

  The debate over healthcare reform is finally being heard before the Supreme Court this week in what some courtroom analysts are calling a marathon three-day session of oral arguments.

• Opinion: Supreme Court Battle Over Healthcare Law Good Theater, Poor Substance

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 26, 2012

  To the people who cover Washington, we call it chronicling situational immorality. Not since Bush v. Gore have we seen madness that could compare to this week’s Supreme Court debate over the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law.

• Offering Thanks

  By NU Staff  |  November 17, 2011

  In honor of the national holiday that coincides with this issue of NU, we thought we’d serve up a feast of items about which P&C pros (and NU’s editors) can be thankful.

• Lone-Wolf Attacks Pose Biggest Terror Threat For Western Societies, Underwriters

  By Gordon Woo  |  September 9, 2011

  Strategic surprise is a precious weapon in terrorist campaigns. Al Qaida managed to achieve this spectacularly on 9/11. Since then, counterterrorism efforts have been improved considerably, both within the American homeland and abroad. The result of this much-heightened state of alert: Out of dozens of significant jihadi terrorist plots against...

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  Can the Government Make You Buy Insurance?

  By Diana B. Reitz, CPCU  |  February 10, 2011

  Politics aside, U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson’s order granting summary judgment and declaring the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional highlights an interesting insurance concept.

• Minn. Rep. Seeks To Repeal Dodd-Frank

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 17, 2011

  Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., plans to introduce legislation repealing the Dodd-Frank financial services law, calling it “misguided” and a “blatant abuse of power.”

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  Rep. Bachmann Seeks To Repeal Dodd-Frank

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 7, 2011

  Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., plans to introduce legislation repealing the Dodd-Frank financial services law, calling it "misguided" and a "blatant abuse of power."

• House Passes Tax Cut Legislation; Bill Goes To Pres. Obama

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 17, 2010

  The House last night passed and sent to President Obama omnibus tax cut legislation that prolongs the Bush-era tax cuts for at least two years.

• P&C Industry Back In The Black Thanks To $10B Swing In Net Income

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 28, 2010

  The U.S. property and casualty insurance industry swung back into the black in the first quarter.