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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 4, 2012
Spokesmen for insurance-trade groups insist that when all is said and done, officials of the Financial Stability Oversight Council will support insurers’ view that insurance activities by their very nature do not pose a threat to the stability of the U.S. financial system.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 2, 2012
The Financial Stability Oversight Council will vote Tuesday on the factors it will use in determining whether an insurer is “systemically significant,” a regulatory process that has been underway since the fall of 2010.
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By Staff Writers |
March 29, 2012
While the insurance industry is state regulated, Washington D.C. has always remained a major player in the business. PC360 Washington editor Arthur D. Postal has compiled a list of the top-20 public and industry figures in Washington D.C.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 22, 2012
The House took action again today on repealing the McCarran-Ferguson antitrust exemption for health insurers by passing the larger bill to which the repeal amendment was attached.
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By Arthur D. Postal |
February 9, 2012
The P&C insurance industry is supporting legislation that would alter patent law to allow for the use of parts not made by the manufacturer in repairing damaged vehicles.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 3, 2012
The property and casualty insurance industry is supporting legislation that would alter patent law to allow for use of parts not made by the manufacturer in repairing damaged vehicles.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
December 21, 2011
Comments provided to the Federal Insurance Office on how insurance should be regulated in the future ranged from strong support of the current state-regulatory system to calls for the federal government to play a lead role “if uniformity and consistency of regulation is to be achieved.”
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 30, 2011
The Treasury Department will hold a public hearing Dec. 9 to gain industry views on what it should recommend in an upcoming report on modernizing and improving insurance regulation.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
October 26, 2011
In the wake of the first congressional testimony of Michael McRaith, director of the new Federal Insurance Office, officials of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies say he appears to “have an understanding” of the role the new agency is to fulfill.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
October 6, 2011
While legislators were expected to get answers today on measurements the Financial Stability Oversight Council will use in designating insurers as “systemically significant,” Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says a meeting next week will offer clarity on that issue.
