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Low interest rates, rather than storm losses, are driving the bulk of the rate increases in the insurance industry, says a company CFO.

Just a month after all the ballots were counted, insurance-industry panelists at the 23rd annual Executive Conference tried to make sense of this years election results.

Just a month after all the ballots were counted, insurance-industry panelists at the 23rd annual Executive Conference tried to make sense of this years election results.

Congress is being told that the NFIP has enough funds to pay Sandy claims until middle or late January as the Senate starts work on an aid package for Sandy victims that includes a 50 percent increase in the program's borrowing authority.

Congress is being told that the NFIP has enough funds to pay Sandy claims until middle or late January as the Senate starts work on an aid package for Sandy victims that includes a 50 percent increase in the program's borrowing authority.

Congress has passed legislation sought by the insurance industry and other stakeholders since late 2008 that streamlines enforcement of the Medicare Secondary Payment program.