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• House Panel Will Consider Limited McCarran-Ferguson Repeal Today

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 20, 2012

  A House panel will consider today whether to clear for House-floor action later this week three amendments to healthcare legislation that would remove the McCarran-Ferguson Act antitrust exemption for health and medical-malpractice insurance

• Washington Update: Senators Oppose Flood Provision; Frank to Retire

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 1, 2011

  The Senate Banking Committee is being urged to drop a provision in flood-insurance legislation that would require homeowners and businesses to purchase federal flood coverage even if their properties are protected by levees.

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  Rep. Barney Frank Will Not Seek Re-election After Term Ends; Industry Reacts

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 28, 2011

  Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., one of the primary authors of financial services reform legislation passed by Congress last year, says he will not return after his term ends in 2013.

• House Looking At NFIP, Producer Licensing

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 11, 2011

  Reinsurers have let it be known that the reinsurance market would be prepared to take on some flood risk if Congress decides to pursue that option.

• House Slates NFIP Hearing; Reauthorization Bill May Be Near

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 7, 2011

  A House hearing has been scheduled for March 9 on the status of the National Flood Insurance Program amid signs that legislation reauthorizing the program that passed the House last year will soon be re-introduced—albeit with some changes sought by the industry.

• House Slates NFIP Hearing; Reauthorization Bill May Be Near

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 25, 2011

  A hearing has been scheduled by a subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee for March 9 amid signs legislation reauthorizing the program that passed the House last year will soon be re-introduced.

• NFIP Extended to Sept. 30th

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 2, 2010

  On July 2, 2010, President Obama signed into law an extension of the National Flood Insurance Program, good until Sept. 30.

• Flood Insurance and Florida's Resistant Homeowners

  By Lynne McChristian  |  August 1, 2010

  My neighbor dropped flood coverage this year to shave expenses. Frankly, I'm thinking of doing the same thing.

• Insurers Blast Flood Bill Over Concurrent Causation

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 26, 2010

  The House passed a five-year extension of the National Flood Insurance Program, but a concurrent causation amendment is prompting fierce industry opposition, and it is unclear whether the Senate will even take up the measure this year.

• House Clears Bill Reauthorizing NFIP Program For 5 years

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 19, 2010

  The House today passed legislation that would provide certainty to the National Flood Insurance Program.