Regulation/Legislation

A little more than a year ago, the 2,700-page Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act became law. The intervening months have been filled with lawsuits, court decisions, commentary, and wrangling for position. A benefit compliance expert talks about where things stand now.

Although an NFIP extension passed, dont hold your breath for other bipartisan bills

FIO may rescue gaps left in the Dodd-Frank Act

During the legislative session, lawmakers vowed that they were finally taking the necessary steps to start fixing the states battered property insurance market. Now, just a few months later, they are backpedaling from some of those decisions.

The Senate Banking Committee plans to take up its version of legislation extending the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on Sept. 8, immediately after Congress returns to work, says an insurance industry lobbyist.

American International Group sought to have the Treasury Department and the pay czar tone down criticism of the company, and sought more flexibility in pay and hiring, according to a transcript of a meeting held between the two sides in late November 2009.