Negotiations have broken down over a bipartisan financial services reform package in the Senate, leaving Democrats to unveil their own proposal by the end of the month, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., said today.

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, wants another House committee to take jurisdiction over the troubled and controversial National Flood Insurance Program.

Too many issues remain undecided for the federal government to ask workers' comp providers to start reporting on April 1 under the Medicare Secondary Payer mandatory reporting requirements, insurer trade groups said in a letter.

Joining insurance industry efforts around the globe, Harleysville Insurance and its employees have donated more than $50,000 toward the ongoing efforts to assist those impacted by the earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12.