Members of a national self-insurance industry trade group expressed concern March 12 about how proposed health care reform might harm the 75 million people who are covered by self-insured employee …  Read →

President Barack Obama has signed an extension to the National Flood Insurance Program, extending the program through Sept. 30. The program was scheduled to expire yesterday (March 11).

Had it not …  Read →

President Obama‘s budget on the surface appears likely to help people save for their retirements, but Congress must carefully explore the proposals to make sure they don’t have “unintentionally harmful …  Read →

The president of the Reinsurance Association of America testified before Congress that promoting natural resource conservation and encouraging more risk mitigation in densely populated areas are keys to managing risk …  Read →

A proposal to create an Office of National Insurance is being fine-tuned, as its sponsors determine whether to make a federal charter optional or mandatory for insurers who are deemed …  Read →

One of the Democratic senators working to reform health care in the U.S. has said he would consider taxing health insurance benefits, a move that

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus …  Read →

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has announced that it will add a “handful” of new staff to Washington D.C. to join its incoming chief executive officer, Therese Vaughan.

Vaughan, the …  Read →

The government’s restructured aid package to insurer American International Group of $150 billion “should be enough” to get the company on the right track, but only time will tell, according …  Read →