Mitch McConnell

• Groups Kick Off NFIP 'Flood the Hill' Campaign with Letter to Senate Leadership

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 8, 2012

  The pressure on the Senate to act on a long-term National Flood Insurance Program extension intensified as trade groups across multiple industries kicked off their “Flood the Hill” campaign with a letter sent to Senate leadership.

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  Push Begins in Earnest for NFIP Extension with Reforms

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 14, 2012

  Forty-one signatures have been secured on a letter from senators to the Senate leadership urging prompt action on legislation reauthorizing the National Flood Insurance Program.

• Efforts for Long-Term NFIP Extension Intensify

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 26, 2012

  Efforts are underway to jump-start Senate action on a long-term National Flood Insurance Program extension.

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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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  House Passes Controversial Payroll Tax Bill That Includes 5-Year NFIP Extension

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 14, 2011

  The House last night passed a five-year National Flood Insurance Program extension as part of a larger, controversial bill extending some tax cuts while also seeking budget cuts.

• Republicans Question G-Fund Adequacy

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 10, 2010

  U.S. Senate Republicans believe failure to increase federal oversight of large insurance companies is a major deficiency of financial services reform legislation, questioning whether state guaranty funds are adequate to deal with large carrier failures.

• Don't Assess Insurers For Failed Banks, Senate Urged

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 4, 2010

  Legislation to fund the unwinding of failing companies that threaten the nation's financial system should not put assessments on insurers, three trade groups have written the Senate leadership.

• I.I.I. Urges Congress: Don't Tax Insurers In Financial Reform Bill

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 21, 2010

  The Insurance Information Institute is warning that levying a federal tax on property and casualty insurers to pay for the bailout of failed financial institutions would "constitute a significant policy error."

• Obama Defends Sen. Reform Bill; Vows Strong Derivatives Rules

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 16, 2010

  President Obama today criticized opponents of financial services reform, saying failure to enact such legislation "would be leaving taxpayers on the hook if a crisis like the one we've just seen ever happens again."

• Financial Services Measure May Be Nearing A Senate Vote

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 14, 2010

  The Obama administration has made clear it will support the Senate version of a financial services reform bill as the measure appears to be nearing a floor vote.