GAO Officials cautioned members of the Senate Banking Committee Wednesday that major changes in NFIP's policies and administration are needed, and could involve tough decisions that Congress may be unwilling to make.

The Senate last night passed, by unanimous consent, legislation extending the current National Flood Insurance Program until Sept. 30, 2011.

The AIA is contending that the characteristics of the property and casualty insurance business make a "particularly compelling case" for exempting the industry from regulation of their derivatives activities.

Critical first steps in implementing the healthcare reform law go into effect Sept. 23, and a flurry of new proposals, guidance and directives regarding the law are being issued by federal agencies.

Insurers shouldn't overlook existing customers as a fertile field for additional revenues, according to a new study by the Chief Marketing Officer Council.

Critical first steps in implementing the health care reform law go into effect Sept. 23, and a flurry of new proposals, guidance and directives regarding the law are being issued by federal agencies.

With the Sept. 30 expiration of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in sight, the property/casualty insurance industry is moving to ensure the program is sustained, if only on a temporary basis, into the next Congress before it expires again.

Insurers shouldn't overlook existing customers as a fertile field for additional revenues, according to a new study by the Chief Marketing Officer Council.