Law and regulation

The Justice Department’s lawsuit opposing the Anthem-Cigna merger is one of two health-care antitrust cases going to trial in the waning days of the Obama administration.

The document is similar to a March blueprint from the Republican president-elect’s campaign that endorsed a series of broad ideas popular on the right, including allowing insurers to sell plans across state lines, sending Medicaid funds as block grants to states and making tax-free health savings account part of an estate.

Company revenues, however, are expected to increase, study finds.

Authorities' hands-off approach likely won't stay for good, however, as regulators may seek to implement a pre-market approval system.

States should continue to license human drivers, enforce traffic laws, inspect vehicles for safety and regulate insurance and liability.

The new regulations will apply only to banks and other financial services companies licensed by the state of New York.

NAIC president and Missouri insurance commissioner John Huff announced the first phase in a national system for life insurance policy location leveraging NAIC data.

At least 25 reports were allegedly altered, according to the complaint.

U.S. regulators plan to require banks to adopt baseline safeguards to shield themselves from cyberthreats after a series of assaults cost the industry billions of dollars and shook consumer confidence.

U.S. regulators have taken an intentionally light approach to regulation to encourage innovation in driverless cars.

The UK's departure from the EU highlights the importance for companies to maintain flexible, globalized IT operations to handle unforeseen events.

The predominant approach will be one in which startups coexist with, not replace, insurers.

In a letter to China's Insurance Regulatory Commission, business leaders claim new regulations will create obstacles to international trade.

Enabling insurance for driverless cars will be key to scaling up the technology, said Nissan Motor Co. in a statement.

If her ruling stands, low-income Obamacare customers could see higher co-payments, deductibles and other costs at doctors’ offices and hospitals.

The industry and its regulators still find themselves learning about the hackers aggressively hunting customer’s PII data, financial records and medical histories.

The designation didn’t take into account the economic effect on the insurer, a district court judge said.

Insurance companies can learn what kinds of big data and analytics will pass scrutiny from the fight over price optimization, industry experts say.

Data scientists at the life insurer take INN through the process of developing a predictive model.