A national association of insurance companies is throwing its “strong support” behind a bill before Congress that would raise the debt ceiling.

If you’re an insurance agency CEO, I have a New Year’s resolution for you that should be at the top of your list: visit your public officials.

The annual Day on the Hill, sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia and the Virginia chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, is scheduled for Feb. 2-3 in Richmond, Va.

A consumer group warned in a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that health insurers “cannot be trusted” when lobbying over provisions of the new federal health reform law.

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.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has paid a $95,000 fine for a series of automated phone calls urging state residents to voice their opposition to national health care reform.

He holds one of the most important votes in the Senate regarding health care reform, but a national watchdog group thinks Sen. Joe Lieberman is one of many “insurance puppets” at work in Washington, D.C.

Twenty North Carolina lawmakers are asking the state’s insurance department and attorney general to investigate lobbying by BlueCross and BlueShield of North Carolina against federal health reform efforts.

Minnesota-based UnitedHealth has sent its 75,000 employees nationwide an email urging them to contact their senators to oppose pending health reform legislation, even providing a two form letters, with one attacking the public option.

It will be another two months until the leader of a grassroots organization finds out whether he will see jail time after being arrested at the Richmond, Va., headquarters of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield for trespassing.