WASHINGTON--Trade groups representing smaller insurers are asking Congress to delay a decision whether to mandate coverage of a nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological attack in any legislation

WASHINGTON--Florida's Republican Gov. Charles Crist said in a television interview yesterday that he intends to use his state's move to an earlier primary election date to pressure presidential candid

At issue is a provision in both House and Senate bills reforming surplus lines regulation that establishes the state regulator of the "principal place of business" of a company as the chief regulator

Congress last week took the first concrete step for renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, laying the groundwork through its annual budget resolution process to extend the federal reinsurance

The resolution language gives the go-ahead for "various committees to act to ensure a continuing federal role in the continued availability of terrorism insurance" as long as it doesn't add to the bud

The studies, conducted by Milliman Inc., deal with the potential impact of recent legislation in Florida designed to bring down the cost of homeowner's insurance, and a federal catastrophe fund propos

"Part of the beauty of this approach is that residents of risk-free states would not pay a dime into a catastrophe fund," said James Loy, national co-chair of ProtectingAmerica.org. Mr. Loy is a retir

Specifically, the American Insurance Association and the Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism, which drafted a joint negotiating approach, are proposing concessions that would lower the threshold