state-based insurance regulation

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  U.S. Rep. Asks NAIC to Explain if it Is Public or Private Organization

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 28, 2012

  A senior member of the House Financial Services Committee is asking the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to explain the legal reasoning behind its decision to describe itself as a “standard-setting organization” rather than a trade group.

• Potential Frankenstein

  By Ted Besesparis  |  December 1, 2011

  FIO study of insurance regulation could be flawed

• Defund FIO study

  By Ted Besesparis  |  March 1, 2011

  Last year when Congress created the Federal Insurance Office (FIO), it ordered a broad study of insurance regulation in the United States—but it assigned the task of conducting that study to the FIO that it had just created. This creates an ideological conflict of interest.

• Healthcare Reform: What Now?

  By Ted Besesparis  |  June 3, 2010

  Now that the healthcare reform bill with of its final changes has been signed into law, what will its impact be on professional insurance agents and their customers?

• Insurers Urging Changes In Financial Reform Legislation

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 29, 2010

  As debate continues on financial services reform legislation in the Senate, insurance industry representatives said they will work to eliminate regulatory provisions they consider too "bank-centric."