A proposed federal regulation will require health insurers to publicly disclose that they are seeking rate increases of 10 percent or more in the individual and small group markets.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is making available a new flood insurance low-cost transitional program for properties that have been newly mapped into high-risk areas due to a flood map revision on or after October 1, 2008.

Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kansas, has introduced legislation in Congress with strong support from the reinsurance industry that would create a federal license for reinsurers.

A federal district court judge in Richmond, Va., ruled recently that Congress cannot require people to buy health insurance--a key provision of the health care reform law signed by President Barack Obama in March.

Passage of comprehensive financial services reform legislation that for the first time gives the federal government some voice in regulating the property and casualty insurance industry was clearly a major milestone.

After many months of wrenching debate, Democrats in March finally succeeded in getting health care reform legislation to the finish line.

The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents has described 2010 as a year of "stop-and-starts" for the critical National Flood Insurance Program.

Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kansas, has introduced legislation in Congress with strong support from the reinsurance industry that would create a federal license for reinsurers.