Regulation/Legislation

The Nevada Surplus Lines Association said in cooperation with the Nevada Division of Insurance it has launched a television advertising campaign advising consumers to do thorough research before buying insurance.

In case someone hasn't gotten the message, the decision of the Obama administration to administer the toughest kind of love possible to the automobile industry shouldn't be lost on the insurance community.

Cutting-edge technology and evolving business strategies will be revealed to insurers, reinsurers, producers and other insurance industry-related professionals attending the 2009 ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum.

A four-year-old legal battle in Michigan over the state regulator's attempt to ban insurer use of credit scoring may be headed to the State Supreme Court after a judge's recent ruling in favor of carriers that oppose the prohibition.

The UK Financial Services Authority announced last week that a tribunal upheld its decision prohibiting the former chief executive at a General Reinsurance Group unit from working in financial services.

Two property-casualty insurance trade groups have argued to Congress that American International Group is off the mark in saying that its bankruptcy would pose a "systemic risk" to the property-casualty insurance industry.