WASHINGTON–The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Office, Ltd., said today that two congressmen had agreed to reintroduce legislation to reform and modernize surplus lines and reinsurance industry regulation, and they hope the Senate will follow suit.

NAPSLO officials said the bill, the Non-Admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2009, would be introduced soon by Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., and Rep Scott Garrett, R-N.J., hopefully before Congress leaves on a one-week President's Day recess later this week.

According to other industry officials, introduction has been delayed by the rush of work at the House Office of Legislative Counsel, which writes all legislation introduced in that body.

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