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• GAO, NRRA Spar over Federal RRG Law and What Comes Next

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 25, 2012

  The battle between the National Risk Retention Association and the Government Accountability Office rages on as the private group has publicly criticized a GAO report calling for clarification of a federal law regulating risk retention groups.

• Claims Auditing 101: Part 2

  By Ken Brownlee, CPCU  |  January 27, 2012

  Before an auditor can fully understand what he or she is looking at—either in an insurer’s or self-funding entity’s overall loss data or in individual claim files—the auditor must understand that insurer’s or entity’s claims philosophy.

• IQ: Report: Insurers Slow to Recognize Climate Change to Industry Solvency

  October 1, 2011

  Only 11 of 88 insurers surveyed have formal policies in place to deal with mounting risks due to climate change.

• House Committee Removes State Farm Amendment From NFIP Extension

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 16, 2011

  The house of representatives is likely to take up legislation that would reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program for five years before Memorial Day, hopefully providing certainty for a program that has lived on the edge since 2008.

• U.S. Treasury’s Wolin Gives FIO Update

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 12, 2011

  Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin says the staff of the new Federal Insurance Office has already begun work and served an “important consultative role” in advising on several issues related to the new Dodd-Frank financial services reform law.

• NAIC Panel Seeks More Info Before Backing Agent MLR Exemption

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

  State insurance regulators Sunday delayed for at least four weeks action on a resolution that would support the demand by insurance agents for an exemption from the medical loss ratio provision of the health care reform law.

• Florida’s Reduced Collateral Rule for Reinsurers Is Only a First Step

  By Joel Mutnick, CPA  |  March 21, 2011

  With reduced collateral requirements, Florida has opened the door for companies to enter the reinsurance market and provide greatly needed relief to domestic insurers.

• Insurance societies and associations: Make all voices heard

  By Staff Writer  |  December 14, 2010

  The insurance industry's societies and associations played a pivotal role in 2010 on a host of issues, including healthcare reform, business taxation, international growth opportunities and help in facing the challenges of social media.

• Old issues, New Congress

  By Ted Besesparis  |  December 1, 2010

  Ted Besesparis writes about the potential prospects of some issues of particular concern to professional insurance agents in light of the new healthcare reform, 1099 requirement, flood insurance and OFC.

• Change For The Good?

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 15, 2010

  Election Day was a good one for the property and casualty insurance industry, with the results boding well for many industry initiatives and concerns.