Federal insurance regulation

• Putting Rumors to Rest

  By Ken Brownlee, CPCU  |  October 26, 2011

  A number of newspapers are using a “truth meter” approach to the proclamations of national and local politicians, rating what has been stated as truth, mostly true, half true, mostly false, or so false it is rated “pants on fire.” There are a good many statements made about and by...

• NAPSLO Work Continues On E&S Reforms; State Action Still Needed

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 13, 2010

  To Michael Byrne, a partner with the law firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf in New York, a particularly interesting aspect of the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act is the fact that there is no federal agency to interpret the federal law.

• The OFC that Wouldn't Die

  By Ted Besesparis  |  September 7, 2010

  Congress will see a "major push" on optional federal charter (OFC) legislation in the next session.

• Touching the Third Rail

  By Ken Brownlee  |  September 2, 2010

  A "third rail" is the power source for a train that is so charged that one touch is fatal. So get ready as the Iconoclast stretches out his Fibber's 10-foot pole toward a few forbidden "third-rail" insurance topics.

• Foreshadowing Federal Insurance Rate Regulation

  By Charles M. Chamness  |  June 21, 2010

  Before Congress and the administration turned their attention to health insurance reform, it was possible to believe insurers could escape rate regulation if they had the option of choosing federal insurance regulation over state regulation.