Congressional Research Service

• Insurers Unlikely To See Fed Reg Via Dodd-Frank; States Fail Consumers

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 22, 2011

  Insurers are unlikely to be subject to federal oversight through the Dodd-Frank act, a Congressional staffer says, but it is unclear whether the act will lead to heightened state regulation.

• Professor Gives 'F' Grade to State Regulators' Consumer Protection

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 15, 2011

  Testimony at a recent Senate hearing alleges a lack of consumer protection by state regulators, while one expert says few insurers will be deemed systemically important by the Financial Stability Oversight Council.

• Former Kentucky Insurance Head Rumored to Fill Industry FSOC Spot

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 23, 2011

  The White House is conducting background checks on S. Roy Woodall, a sign that it is finally moving to fill the slot on the Financial Stability Oversight Council reserved for an independent member with insurance expertise.

• House Committee Removes State Farm Amendment From NFIP Extension

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 16, 2011

  The house of representatives is likely to take up legislation that would reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program for five years before Memorial Day, hopefully providing certainty for a program that has lived on the edge since 2008.

• Senate Passes Tax Cut Legislation Favored By Industry

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 15, 2010

  The Senate this afternoon passed tax cut legislation strongly supported by the property and casualty insurance industry--especially agents.

• Keep Antitrust Exemption For Med Mal, Insurer Groups' Urge Federal Lawmakers

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 8, 2010

  Federal lawmakers may cut a provision of proposed legislation that seeks to end the antitrust exemption for medical malpractice insurers afforded by the McCarran-Ferguson Act exemption, according to insurance industry sources.

• Keep Antitrust Exemption, Insurer Groups Urge House

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 3, 2010

  Insurance trade groups are asking the House to reject proposed legislation that would end the antitrust exemption afforded health and medical malpractice insurers by the McCarran-Ferguson Act.

• Keep Antitrust Exemption, Insurer Groups Urge House

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 2, 2010

  Insurance trade groups are asking the House to reject proposed legislation that would end the antitrust exemption afforded health and medical malpractice insurers by the McCarran-Ferguson Act.