Effort to Close Litigation Funding Tax Loophole Added to Federal Budget Bill June 17, 2025 By Chad Hemenway Within changes submitted by U.S. Senate Republicans to President Donald Trump’s tax bill is language that would close a tax...
US House Bill Reintroduced to Rid Federal Insurance Office of Subpoena Power May 15, 2025 By Chad Hemenway Rep. Scott Fitzgerald on May 15 reintroduced a bill to eliminate the subpoena power of the Federal Insurance Office (FIO)....
NAMIC, Big ‘I’ Join Call to Do Away With Federal Insurance Office April 11, 2025 By Chad Hemenway The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America are the latest from...
States’ AI-Related Legislation Aimed at Insurance Is ‘Unfounded’, Says NAMIC March 25, 2025 By Chad Hemenway Policy discussions on the use of artificial intelligence in insurance are “unfounded” and “detrimental to policyholders,” according to a analysis...
Treasury’s FIO Releases ‘Flawed’ Homeowners Insurance Report, Industry Says January 22, 2025 By Chad Hemenway The U.S. Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office last week released what it called the “most comprehensive data on homeowners insurance in...
People Moves: NAMIC Promotes Cotto to Counsel of Federal and Political Affairs January 16, 2025 The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) promoted Tony Cotto to assistant vice president and counsel for federal and...
3rd-Party Litigation Funding, Federal Regs Among Insurance Trades’ Priorities for 2025 December 27, 2024 This story has been corrected to include the correct year in the headline. Insurance trade organizations are always working for...
Industry Trades Applaud New FIO-NAIC Partnership on Data Collection March 11, 2024 By Chad Hemenway The U.S. Treasury late last week backed off a plan to have the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) collect data on...
Industry Trades Rail Against Federal Climate Disclosure Bill August 1, 2023 By Chad Hemenway Federal legislation introduced last week that would require insurance companies with more than $100 million in annual premiums to disclose...
Industry Trades Respond to FIO’s Proposal to Collect Climate Change Data October 19, 2022 By Chad Hemenway Shortly after Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) proposed to have P/C insurers submit homeowners insurance underwriting data to assess climate...