Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., defended the Dodd-Frank Act, saying Repubicans critical of the bill acknowledged it was necessary.

The Treasury Department will hold a public hearing Dec. 9 to gain industry views on what it should recommend in an upcoming report on modernizing and improving insurance regulation.

The Treasury Department will hold a public hearing Dec. 9 to gain industry views on what it should recommend in an upcoming report on modernizing and improving insurance regulation.

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., one of the primary authors of financial services reform legislation passed by Congress last year, says he will not return after his term ends in 2013.

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., one of the primary authors of financial services reform legislation passed by Congress last year, says he will not return after his term ends in 2013.

Eighteen months after passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, group medical benefits costs rose once again, according to a recent survey.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners late Tuesday approved a resolution asking both the Department of Health and Human Services and Congress to act promptly to exempt insurance agents from the medical loss ratio provision of the healthcare reform law.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners late Tuesday approved a resolution asking both the Department of Health and Human Services and Congress to act promptly to exempt insurance agents from the medical loss ratio provision of the healthcare reform law.