Legislation that would create an Office of Insurance Information within the Treasury Department has been reintroduced with little fanfare by Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa.

Legislation that would provide incentives for the adoption and enforcement of statewide building codes throughout the nation has been introduced in the House.

Crop insurance remains a stable ship in a sea of turbulence, according to industry officials.

Last Thursday, Reps. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., and Scott Garrett, R-NJ, introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives modernizing and reforming regulation of the surplus lines (nonadmitted) market.

The Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that women who lost credit for employment during maternity leave before the law was changed cannot count their time off toward a pension.

Allstate Corp. last week announced it would not participate in the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program, explaining that it already has adequate capital and cash on hand.

American International Group's embattled chairman and chief executive officer, Edward M. Liddy, will step down as soon as replacements can be found, with the two leadership positions to be filled by separate individuals, the company announced last week.

A Florida legislator yesterday reintroduced the Homeowners' Defense Act, legislation which would allow states to join a national catastrophe insurance pool.