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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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By Staff Writer |
July 12, 2010
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a bill preventing insurance companies from cancelling the policies of homeowners who have found the corrosive material in their houses.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 25, 2010
The Senate agreed Monday night to pursue a change in financial services legislation that would exempt insurers that own banks or thrifts from the "proprietary trading" restrictions imposed by the "Volcker rule."
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 14, 2010
P&C trade groups sent a letter to Senate members late Thursday asking them to reject an amendment to financial services reform legislation calling for repeal of the antitrust-protection afforded to health insurers under the McCarran-Ferguson Act.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 11, 2010
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, is making another attempt to end the antitrust exemption accorded health insurers through the McCarran-Ferguson Act.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 11, 2010
Business groups and insurers are mobilizing to defeat a proposed amendment to the financial services reform bill that would substantively expand the reach of private securities litigation.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 11, 2010
Business groups and insurers are mobilizing to defeat a proposed amendment to the financial services reform bill that would substantively expand the reach of private securities litigation.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 22, 2010
Legislation the House Financial Services Committee will take up Tuesday would, among other provisions, reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program for five years.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 1, 2010
Legislation repealing the antitrust exemption afforded health insurers through the McCarran-Ferguson Act, but keeping the shield intact for medical malpractice carriers, was approved overwhelmingly last week by the U.S. House of Representatives.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 24, 2010
The House overwhelmingly approved legislation repealing the antitrust exemption afforded health insurers through the McCarran-Ferguson Act--but further action on the legislation is unlikely.
