While insurance trade groups cite the flood program extension as their top priority this legislative session, they also plan to push for differentiating insurers from banks in the eyes of lawmakers and regulators, among some other key industry issues.

Here are the top eight legislative priorities that property and casualty insurance executives, and their lobbyists, should focus on if they hope to get anything enacted on Capital Hill this yearor for the entire 112th Congress that ends next year.

Working to ensure enactment of a long-term National Flood Insurance Program extension is the top priority of property and casualty insurance industry trade groups as Congress prepares to return to work Tuesday.

Working to ensure enactment of a long-term National Flood Insurance Program extension is the top priority of property and casualty insurance industry trade groups as Congress prepares to return to work Tuesday.

The Senate Banking Committee plans to take up its version of legislation extending the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on Sept. 8, immediately after Congress returns to work, says an insurance industry lobbyist.

The Senate Banking Committee plans to take up its version of legislation extending the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on Sept. 8, immediately after Congress returns to work, says an insurance industry lobbyist.

American International Group sought to have the Treasury Department and the pay czar tone down criticism of the company, and sought more flexibility in pay and hiring, according to a transcript of a meeting held between the two sides in late November 2009.

American International Group sought to have the Treasury Department and the pay czar tone down criticism of the company, and sought more flexibility in pay and hiring, according to a transcript of a meeting held between the two sides in late November 2009.