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• Senate Passes 60-Day NFIP Extension; Paves Way for Vote on 5-Year bill

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 24, 2012

  The Senate passed a 60-day National Flood Insurance Program extension as part of an agreement between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. David Vitter, R-La. to move a five-year program extension bill to the Senate floor.

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  The Week in Quotes

  By Staff Writers  |  May 18, 2012

  Leaders comment on the House's 30-day NFIP extension, force-placed insurance, and more.

• House Passes 30-Day NFIP Extension

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 17, 2012

  The House has passed a 30-day National Flood Insurance Program extension that would push the program’s expiration date back to June 30.

• GAO Gives Ammunition to Change Medicare Reporting for NGHPs

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 5, 2012

  Based on a new Government Accountability Office study, the insurance industry and plaintiff’s lawyers are renewing their call for passage of legislation that they argue would make the Medicare Secondary Payment program work better.

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  Insurance Groups to Launch Opposition to Expected McCarran-Ferguson Repeal Amendment

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 15, 2012

  The insurance industry and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners are mobilizing to thwart an effort to add an amendment repealing the McCarran-Ferguson Act to legislation scheduled to be taken up by the House Monday.

• Crop Insurers, Agents Dismayed at New Proposed Cuts

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 1, 2012

  Both crop insurers and agents are questioning President Obama’s 2013 budget proposals to make cuts to subsidies provided to the industry.

• Congress Stuck on NFIP Band Aids

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 1, 2012

  Flood insurance program extended through May, but long-term reauthorization is still uncertain

• With an NFIP Extension to May Complete, Industry Eyes Long-Term Reforms

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 2, 2012

  With the National Flood Insurance Program finally provided breathing space until May 31 through one of President Obama’s last actions of 2011 on Dec. 23, industry officials now say one of their top priorities in the New Year is to ensure the latest short-term extension is the last.

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  Short-Term NFIP Extension Likely Today; Long-Term Extension ‘In Play’

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

  Congress appears ready to pass a short-term National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization by midnight tonight, according to insurance-industry lobbyists, who add that a long-term extension is still “in play.”

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  Long-Term NFIP Extension Finds Its Way Into Budget/Tax Cut Bill

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 9, 2011

  House Republicans Thursday proposed packaging a five-year National Flood Insurance Program extension into a deal that would extend expiring tax cuts.