Somewhere between the time I wrote March 22 piece on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the group of state insurance regulators, (NAIC) and the time it was posted, the NAIC resolved one of the issues I raised: its identity.

MetLife, because of its ownership of MetLife Bank, an online retail unit, was forced to submit to the Federal Reserve’s stress testing and failed, possibly because it was “unfairly penalized” by regulators.

Small businesses in California admitted in a new survey that they do not understand the benefits available to them through federal health reform.

A California insurance agent was sentenced to 90 days in jail Feb. 29 after being convicted of selling an annuity to an elderly woman with dementia.

NFP Property and Casualty Services (NFP) acquired a Tustin, Calif.-based commercial and personal lines property-casualty agency.

California insurance regulators initiated administrative action against New Hampshire Insurance Co. and its claims processing agent over their handling of claims after a 2008 fire in Sylmar, Calif.

California’s insurance commissioner reached settlement agreements with two health insurers to guarantee coverage of behavioral therapy for autism.

California’s insurance regulators are challenging two insurance companies for using “large deductible agreements” on workers’ compensation cases without their approval.

Chartis and All Risks Ltd., a Hunt Valley, Md.-based independent wholesale brokerage, are expanding their relationship to include a program for temporary staffing agencies.

The owner of a California cellular telephone retailer was sentenced to three years and four months in state prison for his involvement in more than 2,000 fraudulent insurance claims, costing more than $700,000.