In testimony before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee this summer, Richard Bouhan, executive director of the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices, urged lawmakers to pass

WASHINGTON--The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America has lashed out against a Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to regulate equity indexed annuities and securities as "unwarran

The Democratic Party has approved a plank in its platform for the coming election that calls for creation of a national catastrophe fund. An advocate for such legislation said the move was a first for

WASHINGTON--A group of insurance trade groups and companies has urged the leadership of the Senate Banking Committee to act on legislation creating a national program providing awards to local governme

WASHINGTON--If Sen. Joe Biden, D- Delaware, is elected vice president, it would set off a domino effect making Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., chairman of the Senate Banking Committee next year, Senate Major

Under the latest policy, issued as Bulletin 08-13, agents or insurers "may give inexpensive gifts to prospective or existing customers so long as such gifts are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis a

The angry comments by officials of ProtectingAmerica.org, established in 2005 by Allstate, highlights a huge split between insurers facing pressure by states to lower homeowner's insurance costs, and

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation said last week that it interprets Florida law as saying that nonadmitted or surplus lines insurers are not required to file forms or reports with the