Business Groups Back Expanding Federal Flood Insurance Options March 14, 2011 By Andrew G. Simpson Expanding a federal program that is already $17 billion in debt might seem like a non-starter of an idea on...
New Product Safety Database Under Scrutiny March 1, 2011 By Jennifer C. Kerr It’s something Nikki Johns wishes had been around before her infant son died in a drop-side crib: a centralized federal...
Congress Trying Again on Patent Reform February 3, 2011 By Diane Bartz Senior U.S. lawmakers are once again planning to reform the patent system to try to eliminate huge damage awards, an...
P/C Insurers Like Some of Obama’s State of Union Promises January 27, 2011 Property/casualty insurers found things to like in President Obama’s State of the Union speech that was largely focused on the...
November Elections Brought Insurance Power Shift January 21, 2011 By Andrew G. Simpson The Republican takeover of the House of Representatives bodes well for the insurance industry, according to one leading Washington insurance...
Republican Strategy: Prune Obamacare ‘Branch by Branch’ January 20, 2011 By Donna Smith Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday launched a plan to replace President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul “branch by...