A bill prohibiting insurance companies from dropping or not renewing both homeowners and commercial clients who file claims over Chinese drywall will now move to the full Louisiana House of Representatives.

With health insurance aid to thousands of Americans hanging in the balance, House Democrats are struggling to obtain votes to extend benefits through the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA).

Proposed legislation in Oklahoma to prevent pending state health insurance exchanges from covering most abortions was vetoed by the state’s governor.

Health insurance agents and brokers in Pennsylvania want to be included in any health exchange created in the state.

Property-casualty insurers say a new law increasing auto liability rates for Maryland drivers could drive away consumers, while agents’ groups say while that may occur, the changes also will better protect clients injured in an accident.

The Maryland Insurance Administration fined a number of companies $10,000 late last year for failing to include required fraud disclosure statements in forms and applications issued last year, records show.

For the second time in two months, a Louisiana senator has lost his bid to extend the National Flood Insurance Program through a standalone bill and not a comprehensive reform package.

Rather than requiring property-casualty insurers to offer coverage for damage caused by a water main break and other water discharge, the Maryland Insurance Administration will instead study how to best educate consumers.

The chairman of a National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) committee compared stranger-originated annuity transactions (STATs) to cockroaches, while others suggested the need for tighter regulation of the growing practice.

The U.S. Senate’s passage of financial services reform May 20 has drawn the praise of two insurance industry trade groups, both pleased to see that senators deemed property-casualty insurance different than other financial service sectors.