AIG taps Peter Fisher's global experience with the regulation of financial services companies, including his work with the Treasury Department undersecretary for domestic finance and at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The U.S. lawmaker who wrote a Dodd-Frank Act provision that imposes bank-like capital standards on the insurance industry introduced legislation to ease the requirements.

Insurance companies will urge U.S. lawmakers today to stop the Federal Reserve from imposing bank-like capital standards on their industry.

Senate leaders are seeking agreement to quickly pass a House flood-insurance bill to avert steep premium increases for property owners in coastal states.

Lawmakers will hold their first hearing Tuesday on an issue that has largely mystified regulators: how to craft capital rules for insurance companies.

U.S. Health Insurance Regulator says the botched rollout of Healthcare.gov had nothing to do with his decision to leave, and no one encouraged him to leave.

Cohen will step down as director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight at the end of the month, when the first enrollment period for the health care law concludes.

With mid-term congressional elections bearing down, the government changed its regulation of Obamacare, which will give insurers more time to sign up customers.

The Obama administration, which has been deliberating the issue since November, is expected to announce today the extension of the health plans.

Health insurers such as WellPoint and Humana stand to gain $5.5 billion next year to cover losses from Obamacare in a program the law’s opponents label a bailout.

Application is designed to enable data to be submitted, validated, corrected and approved through a Web browser by a system based on AAISdirect.

Experts say the framework is ultimately likely to be cited in data breach litigation, other consumer claims and even by regulators as a baseline that all institutions must follow.

The Fed is working on how to tailor capital and liquidity rules to insurance firms, says Fed Gov. Daniel Tarullo.

A survey of financial services executives finds companies investing in technology, people and processes, yet readiness levels are low and stress levels are high.

Insurance CEOs are overwhelmingly optimistic about growth and hiring, but more than half are concerned about their ability to manage technological change and new market entrants, according to survey.

Mark Bertolini tells investors health plans allowed to continue in 2014 though they don’t comply with new Obamacare rules may be extended for as long as three years.

Health plans offered through government-run insurance exchanges may be required to cover 30 percent of "essential community providers" in each county in 2015, an increase from 20 percent this year.

Reforms, supported by Obama administration, would increase premiums.

HB 2662, introduced for the 2014 legislative session, would authorize insurers to conduct all transactions with policyholders over the Internet.

Two people with knowledge of the matter say any decision could be months away.