Compliance

IIABA says agent commissions should be excluded from calculations of non-claims costs.

National Insurance Producer Registry add states reaches 100-million transaction milestone.

Under the rule, ONC will select one organization to accredit entities wishing to become a health IT certification body.

Registration for Medicaid MU programs in 11 states started this week.

A combination of regulatory, political, and economic factors are set to create an uncertain environment for U.S. health care insurers, Moody's Investors Service says, leading to a continuation of the negative outlook for the industry.

The memorandum of understanding marks the first formal coordination effort between states and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

While opinions on how to fix them vary, nobody would dispute that the problems surrounding the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) are legion.

Oversight of the Dodd-Frank Act has become the prevailing theme for lawmakers as they discuss their agendas, but will substantive changes occur?

AIG unit adopting remediation plan based on review of statutory filings to Pennsylvania Department of Insurance.

2010 lessons rely heavily on financial regulation, risk management, according to an Enterprise Data Management Council report.

AIA and ACLI contend interim rule would violate McCarran-Ferguson Act.

National Insurance Producer Registry president, vice president and secretary/treasurer elected during December 15 teleconference meeting.

Chair, vice-chair and treasurer elected during a special December election.

The coming year will bring additional regulatory oversight and new efforts by health insurers to manage it. Health insurers will be asked to justify rate increases for individual and group policies, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Last week HHS said it will require rate increases of 10% or more to be publicly disclosed and reviewed.

Provision of Dodd-Frank Act would require agencies to issue ratings using identical terminology.

Executives from across the globe are wrapping up reports on just what went wrong and why this year, with the key goal of avoiding similar glitches in the future.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may prove to be the most important agency to watch in 2011.

Perhaps no section of the law is more critical to that discussion than the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s power to unwind failing giants.

Deciding which financial firms beyond banks are systemically important is one of the biggest decisions still to be made by regulators under the Dodd-Frank Act.

IIABA says removal of uncertainty going forward is key as President Obama signs extension of existing rates