A deal struck between two key senators appears to give new life to a possible five-year extension of the National Flood Insurance Program, which is set expire May 30.

National health insurer Aetna will offer individual health insurance to Costco members in nine states, including Pennsylvania and Virginia.

A letter, signed by a coalition of Republican and Democratic senators, asks Senate leadership to bring a long-term reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program to the floor for a vote as soon as possible.

Mercury Insurance, a multi-line insurance organization operating in 13 states, is offering a new commercial auto insurance product it says uses technology to enable its independent agents to more easily rate, qualify and issue new business.

Seven Republican congress members introduced a bill (H.R. 3127) that would prohibit the payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased members of Congress.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) granted a second round of awards totaling $109 million to 28 states and Washington, D.C., to further implement federal health reform.

A construction defects lawyer faces felony charges, including insurance fraud, for allegedly setting her house in Las Vegas on fire in October 2010 during a failed suicide attempt.

The U.S. District Court in Nevada has ruled in favor of a risk-retention group in its fight against that state’s attempt to bar its operations despite federal preemption under the Liability Risk Retention Act (LRRA).

Wellpoint, an Indianapolis, Ind.-based national health benefits provider, acquired a senior-focused health care delivery program as it seeks new opportunities in response to the effects of federal health reform.

A federal appeals court in Atlanta, where 26 states will argue against the U.S. Government, is the next stop in the ongoing legal battle over federal health reform.