June 4, 2009
The Obama administration stepped up its push for tougher bank and financial firm rules Thursday, scheduling a briefing for lobbyists, with a focus on insurance oversight, and sending a top regulator to a Senate hearing to discuss plans for regulating …
April 2, 2009
Two congressional leaders introduced legislation today that would create a federal regulator for insurance as an alternative to the current state-based regulatory structure currently in plan. Rep. Melissa Bean, D-Ill., and Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., introduced their bipartisan insurance regulation …
March 27, 2009
The nation’s insurance industry found some things to like and not to like in Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s proposed restructuring of financial services regulation. While Secretary Geithner said that any federal regulatory authority should not replace state regulation of insurance, …
November 14, 2008
Gov. Marc Racicot will leave his position as the president and CEO of the American Insurance Association (AIA), effective Feb. 1, 2009. Racicot served more than three years as the leader of the the AIA, a property/casualty insurer trade association. …
July 25, 2007
The federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision and Extension Act moved out of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises this week and on to the full House Financial Services Committee. The measure (H.R. 2761) …
July 23, 2007
Insurance regulatory reform efforts on Capitol Hill took a giant leap forward with the recent House passage of HR 1065, the Non-Admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2007. Sponsored by Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., and Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Florida, HR …
July 23, 2007
Legislation passes House, heads for the Senate; but not all in the industry think it’s the answer as now written Insurance regulatory reform efforts on Capitol Hill took a giant leap forward with the recent House passage of HR 1065, …
June 26, 2007
The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1065, the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2007, legislation that if enacted, will help increase the efficiency of the existing state-based insurance regulatory system, supporters say. H.R. 1065 is virtually the same …
April 24, 2006
The American Insurance Association has issued a bulletin commending outgoing United States Trade Representative (USTR) Rob Portman for his leadership on trade negotiations. The AIA also welcomed his successor, Deputy USTR Susan Schwab, President Bush’s nominee to replace Portman, and …
January 23, 2006
Insurance Journal has launched IJ Broadcasting, an enhanced section on its Web site for multimedia content that will include video and audio interviews, current news and features, educational workshops and other industry-related information. IJ Broadcasting is also making online video …