On the heels of releasing the first of four reports on Pennsylvania’s four Blue Cross Blue Shield plans and possible anti-competitive practices, state regulators face a suit by Highmark for what it calls an “unlawful and unauthorized” examination.  Read Story

Comparing Maryland’s auto insurer of last resort to big Wall Street banks who used federal bailout money for bonuses and other extravagances, a state Senate panel grilled the state agency over how it uses its funding provided by policyholders.  Read Story

In a move it says “dramatically accelerates its national growth,” Marsh & McClennan Agency has acquired Roanoke, Va.-based Thomas Rutherfoord Inc., one of the nation’s largest independently owned firms.  Read Story

A day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she is considering a maneuver to bypass an actual vote to approve comprehensive health care reform, Republicans came out firing.  Read Story

A San Diego, Calif.-based broker-dealer will pay $1.95 million to settle allegations by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it failed to reasonably supervise a former employee charged with fraud.  Read Story

MetLife has announced it has approved a $1.5 billion payment in policy dividends to eligible life insurance policyholders through its Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.  Read Story

With the U.S. House Budget Committee forwarding a reconciliation health care reform bill to the entire congressional chamber, one Obama Administration official says a final up-or-down vote is “only days away.”  Read Story

UnitedHealthcare and Continuum Health Partners have reached a multi-year agreement to keep the health system’s four hospitals within the insurer’s network.  Read Story

A Minnesota man, who lost his license to sell insurance in that state in December 2009, has now lost his license to practice in North Dakota as a result.  Read Story

Two property-casualty insurers, who recently stopped writing business in Virginia, had their certificates to operate in Arkansas suspended by regulators, citing their negative surplus balance.  Read Story