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

Association will focus first and foremost on working with regulators on implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act.

It's illegal to text while driving in most U.S. states. Yet a study by researchers at the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) that tracked four states’ claims activities before and after such laws were passed finds no reductions in crashes after laws take effect.

Regulatory, economic uncertainty cloud life and annuity carriers’ growth potential, making delivery of new products, cost cutting now mandatory, notes Ernst & Young report.

Insurers may be interested to note the results of the study released by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

Rep. Barney Frank plans to defend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act from Republicans, and he made it clear he's willing to get personal.

Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held a special interim election during a conference call. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner James Donelon was elected NAIC VP and Illinois Insurance Director Michael McRaith was elected NAIC secretary-treasurer.

Top companies in our survey grind down costs by consolidating IT and rationalizing processes. They’re growing faster as well.

Financial legislation requires surplus lines producers to participate in a national database for licensing and renewals.

The highest-priority initiatives continue to be policy admin and BI, with claims, agent portals and commissions also of importance.

Just 15% of health care CIOs surveyed were confident they could meet the April 1, 2011 deadline to qualify for meaningful use incentives.