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By Laura Mazzuca Toops, AA&B editor |
December 1, 2011
With a host of state and federal legislative issues up for grabs (NFIP, NARAB II, health care reform and more), insurance trade associations are busier than ever representing the needs of their members to legislators. Find out about what the industry’s top associations have in store for 2012 and beyond.
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By Dave Lenckus |
November 16, 2011
Some say agency health business can decrease valuation by as much as 90 percent--while other buyers actively seek out this specialty.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 14, 2011
The Supreme Court today agreed to decide whether requiring Americans to buy health insurance is constitutional.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 26, 2011
Two key senators have introduced legislation repealing the controversial tax-reporting provision of the health care reform law.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 21, 2011
The tug-of-war over changes to the health care reform legislation was formally launched Thursday, as several Senate Democrats made clear that while they would support repealing a widely criticized tax-reporting provision, they would only accept a “clean bill” doing so from the House.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
September 23, 2010
Get ready for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and all the uncertainties that go with it, including major Constitutional issues regarding the claims appeals process, according to a panel of legal experts here.
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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.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 7, 2010
The battle by congressional Democrats to limit the damage from major cuts imposed through the health care reform law to the politically popular Medicare Advantage program has started.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 19, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services should not define a "medical loss" too rigidly in regulations developed around the new health care law, property and casualty and health agent trade groups said.
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By Daniel Hays |
March 24, 2010
Reacting to the new health care reform law, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell signed legislation outlawing the U.S. government from requiring state residents to purchase medical insurance.
