Exhibitors acknowledge improvements, but daunting challenges remain.

Observers say the assignment for financial agencies is unprecedented and, eclipses past government overhauls, such as Sarbanes-Oxley.

As lawmakers head into the Memorial Day recess, they are leaving behind some unfinished business. The latest extension of the beleaguered National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is due to expire on 12:01 am, June 1.

Accounting standard-setters issued new rules Wednesday that could have profound effects, not just on how assets and liabilities get valued but on how banks and financial services firms do business.

New research points to financial institutions' responses to the financial crisis, regulatory changes and a desire to combat financial crime.

Insurers watch as accounting standard setters prepare to issue new rules that could have profound effects on their business.

Carriers need to spend to optimize current business processes while simultaneously laying the foundation for future growth.

A surprising reprimand of national politicians and a less surprising disregard for the industry highlighted the conference’s first day.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, the No. 2 Democrat on the Agriculture Committee, was named as a conferee instead of Sen. Mark Warner.

INN’s 2010 Vanguards in Insurance Practices Awards represent true votes of confidence by insurers who rate the value provided by technology solution providers.

Reform passage means a federal insurance regulator is on the horizon.

Industry cautiously optimistic as Senate passes financial services overhaul.

As a result, the government ponders creation of a Financial Stability and Development Council to lay down clear guidelines for the financial market.

The bill must now be reconciled with the House version.

The successful cloture vote means senators have a maximum of 30 hours to debate the bill.

For a bill that has already seen its fair share of fits and starts, regulatory reform legislation hit a wall Wednesday as it failed a key procedural vote in the Senate.

As legislators ponder lifting cap on damages resulting from oil spill, Senate Majority Leader Reid suggests abolishing it altogether.

Minneapolis-based Wolters Kluwer Financial Services reports that it will incorporate its insurance compliance information and analysis technologies with FINEOS Claims for Workers’ Compensation.

Facebook remains an intriguing channel and marketing tool for insurers, and this debate with regulators underlines just how important it could be.

A coalition of industry associations is working to scuttle an amendment to financial reform legislation that would strip health insurers of anti-trust protections currently enjoyed under the auspices of the McCarran-Ferguson Act.