Washington
Compromise legislation proposed by the Obama administration and Rep. Barney Frank would give federal banking regulators broad authority over large, troubled insurers, stirring concern within the property and casualty industry and among state officials.
The Financial Stability Improvement Act's key language would remove the restraints on the Federal Reserve Board's authority over companies subject to consolidated regulation under the 1999 Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
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