Administration opposes extension in current form; calls for threshold hike to $500MThe Treasury Department issued a report giving limited support for extension of a ...

WashingtonThe American Insurance Association has named Marc Racicot, who headed the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign, as its new president. He succeeds Robert Vagley, who headed ...

IIABA, financial services coalition trade barbs over optional federal charterWashingtonA rift erupted last week between two powerful insurance groups over how best to modernize ...

Fate of federal terrorism program may hinge on Treasury report due June 30WASHINGTONProperty-casualty insurers and commercial insurance buyers are finalizing battle plans to push ...

washingtonA total of 135 national and regional financial services firms--including a number of property-casualty insurance players from both the company and producer side--sent a ...

NAIC maintains steadfast opposition, but former commissioners cut Congress some slackWashingtonThe National Association of Insurance Commissioners last week continued its policy of steadfast opposition ...

Insurers blast newest version for failing to provide exclusive claims remedyWashingtonDespite a strong vote by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to release an asbestos ...

Analysts still give long odds to bill passing full Congress in its current formHistoric legislation creating an alternative claims handling process for those injured ...