WASHINGTON--The House passed legislation today to continue and expand government support for insurers in the event of a terrorism mega-catastrophe for 15 years, setting the stage for a possible confron

WASHINGTON--The Bush administration threatened today to veto legislation extending the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act in the form expected to pass the House tomorrow unless it is drastically scaled back

Flurry of letters from opposing industry associations push to get or keep state chiefs on their

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., was working last week on a way to clear budgetary speed bumps that caused the House leadership to delay floor action on legislation extending federal support for terrorism

WASHINGTON--Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said yesterday he is at work on a solution to budget issues that caused the House leadership to delay this week's floor action on legislation extending federal s

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency order barring an effort by the state of Louisiana and plaintiff lawyers to have the state's attorney general sue the Army Corps of Engineers

Nationwide Insurance won strong support for the anti-concurrent-causation language in its Mississippi homeowners' policies when a federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled the wording "is not

A Treasury Department official last week threw cold water on legislation creating a joint federal-state program to backstop state-sponsored insurance programs that provide natural catastrophe