WASHINGTON--The Senate late Thursday passed an amendment to legislation extending and reforming the National Flood Insurance Program, giving a consumer advocacy official in the Federal Emergency Manage

WASHINGTON--In a breakthrough, the Senate leadership is clearing the decks for consideration of legislation intended to reform and reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as early as Tu

The battle lines began to take shape last week over legislation to create a federal insurance "information office" within the Treasury Department, in what promises to be a tough fight over what might

The justices heard oral arguments in Metropolitan Life Insurance Company et al. vs. Wanda Glenn, a case involving questions about a benefits determination made by a company that served both as the ins

In dispute is whether workers over age 40 who challenged their dismissal must make their case, or should the company which dismissed them during an involuntary reduction in force have the burden of pr

"Women of America: Put your lipstick on, square your shoulders, suit up" and get ready to fight, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., said moments after the bill's opponents denied supporters the 60 votes ne

The justices heard oral arguments in Metropolitan Life Insurance Company et al. vs. Wanda Glenn, a case involving questions about a benefits determination made by a company that served both as the

WASHINGTON--Senators from Mississippi and Louisiana are demanding major changes in the Senate version of legislation extending and reforming the National Flood Insurance Program, including adding a win