The recent federal court ruling saying the federal health reform law is unconstitutional should encourage the Obama Administration to suspend enforcement the new IRS 1099 reporting requirement for businesses included in the law.

As she exits her position as Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner, Nonnie Burnes is drawing praise from an insurance trade group and a free-market think tank for her work to end state-set auto rating for auto insurance.

Rep. Richard E. Neal, chairman of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, introduced a bill to close a reinsurance tax loophole, saying its passage would end “a significant …  Read →

While Virginia ranked in the top 10 nationally on a new report regarding insurance regulations in the property-casualty industry, officials said it is just one of many analyses looking at …  Read →

Maryland Insurance Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler said he is not losing any sleep about the state finishing in the bottom 10 in a new report card on insurance regulations in …  Read →

A move by Florida Gov. Charlie Crist to stop deregulation of property-casualty insurance could encourage other companies to leave the state, according to a public policy group.

Charlie Crist

Crist vetoed …  Read →

The electronic rate and form filing system used by numerous states and operated by the national organization of insurance commissioners is a monopoly that is out of date and unfair, …  Read →

The New York insurance commissioner’s decision to seek additional information from Allstate Corp. about possible credit default swap activity is drawing fire from a free-market think tank.

Eli Lehrer

Two analysts …  Read →

American International Group had an up and down day, as it reported $61.7 billion in losses in the fourth quarter of last year – the worst loss in U.S. corporate …  Read →