The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has agreed to delay until January 2012 certain mandatory reporting requirements for workers' compensation cases under the Medicare Secondary Payer law.

A vibrant farm industry is currently helping the crop insurance industry cope with the Agriculture Department's decision to substantively cut back its subsidy program.

A Florida court ruling, if adopted by other judges and upheld by higher courts, could limit builders' liability for damages caused by defective drywall, according to lawyers at an insurance industry trade group.

Bruce Ramge has been appointed acting director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance by Gov. Dave Heineman.

Property/casualty insurance companies "do not have the characteristics of a firm that pose a system risk," and therefore should not be subject to federal oversight, a coalition of large insurers told federal regulators.

Property and casualty insurance companies "do not have the characteristics of a firm that pose a system risk," and therefore should not be subject to

The American Insurance Association (AIA) said insurers should have a blanket exemption from the "Volcker Rule" based on language contained in the financial services reform legislation passed by Congress.

Investment activities of insurers are "fundamentally different from the types of activities that are targeted by the so-called 'Volcker Rule' on proprietary trading," officials of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America said.