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While insurers need to do a better job involving their producers in strategic and operational decisions, such communication must be a two-way street, says NU Editor Sam Friedman in his blog today at www.NUSamSoapBox.com.

Life insurance industry representatives attacked proposed health care legislation today that would tax mid-to-upper income individuals on income earned from annuities and other investments.

The House overwhelmingly approved legislation repealing the antitrust exemption afforded health insurers through the McCarran-Ferguson Act--but further action on the legislation is unlikely.

The American Bar Association said it expects more than 150 of the nation's top insurance company and policyholders' counsel to attend its Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar next month.

A survey of U.S. consumers' experience with a variety of professions finds they rate their interactions with independent insurance agents as less than enjoyable.

A doctors' group that complains it has been shut out of President Obama's health care summit tomorrow said the president's proposals won't provide the health reform the country needs.