An intense effort is underway to have the Senate Banking Committee drop a provision in flood-insurance legislation that would require homeowners and businesses to purchase federal flood insurance even if their properties are protected by levees.

An intense effort is underway to have the Senate Banking Committee drop a provision in flood-insurance legislation that would require homeowners and businesses to purchase federal flood insurance even if their properties are protected by levees.

A House panel has passed legislation sought by business interests, including the American Insurance Association, that imposes a uniform 30-day presence requirement for non-resident personal income-tax returns.

A House panel has passed legislation sought by business interests, including the American Insurance Association, that imposes a uniform 30-day presence requirement for non-resident personal income-tax returns.

New York today implements new speed-to-market rules that eliminate rate and form regulation of most commercial-risk insurance policies.

Congress last night passed and sent to the President legislation extending the National Flood Insurance Program until Dec. 16.

Congress last night passed and sent to the President legislation extending the National Flood Insurance Program until Dec. 16.

The outline for a compromise over a uniform mechanism to implement the surplus-lines and reinsurance-modernization law emerged during the National Association of Insurance Commissioners fall meeting on Oct. 28.