A House panel plans to act soon on legislation that would exempt agent commissions from the Medical Loss Ratio provision of the healthcare reform law.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) on April 3 approved the final regulation governing the factors it will use to determine whether an insurer is systemically significant.

Based on a new Government Accountability Office study, the insurance industry and plaintiffs lawyers are renewing their call for passage of legislation that they argue would make the Medicare Secondary Payment program work better.

Based on a new Government Accountability Office study, the insurance industry and plaintiffs lawyers are renewing their call for passage of legislation that they argue would make the Medicare Secondary Payment program work better.

Congress is in recess until April 16th, but action on flood insurance front remains quiet despite the fact that the latest extension on the current authorization expires at the end of May.

Spokesmen for insurance-trade groups insist that when all is said and done, officials of the Financial Stability Oversight Council will support insurers view that insurance activities by their very nature do not pose a threat to the stability of the U.S. financial system.

Spokesmen for insurance-trade groups insist that when all is said and done, officials of the Financial Stability Oversight Council will support insurers view that insurance activities by their very nature do not pose a threat to the stability of the U.S. financial system.

The Financial Stability Oversight Councils final rule determining whether an insurer is systemically significant casts a wider net than expected regarding who will get a closer look, and takes an expansive view of defining a companys debt, analysts say.