The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) scheduled a hearing in Richmond Oct. 27 on proposed adjustments to premiums levels charged for workers’ compensation insurance.

While state officials have already scheduled a hearing on the matter, one of New Jersey’s representatives in Congress also wants a closer examination into the compensation package for executives at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Two insurance trade groups jointly filed suit May 25 against the New York State Insurance Department asking the New York State Supreme Court to halt implementation of a new broker compensation disclosure rule.

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 friction between investors looking for opportunities and insurance companies whose products inadvertently provide those opportunities is forcing a hard look at stranger-originated annuity transactions (STATs), according to an industry expert.

A national life insurance settlement association has come out in opposition to the practice of stranger-originated annuity transactions, or STATs.

The difficulties coastal property owners in New York are having obtaining homeowners’ insurance will be discussed at a hearing today (May 10).

A trade group of insurance and financial service professionals has voiced its opposition to the growing use of stranger-originated annuity transactions (STATs).

A Maine court has sided with the state’s insurance regulator in her denial of an 18.1% average rate increase for residents enrolled through Anthem Health Plans of Maine.

The Pennsylvania House Insurance Committee has scheduled a May 27 public hearing in Harrisburg, Pa., to explore what the federal health reform law means for the state.