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ACORD LOMA and IASA will be a scant 10 days apart, but will marketing budgets support attendance at both?

The Group of North American Insurance Enterprises believes changes to the Available for Sale (AFS) classification of investments could harm insurers' ability to present an accurate representation of an insurance company’s financial condition or performance.

Services are designed to help insurers define improvements in operational practices around risk management.

Group warns of regulatory arbitrage in a letter to Treasury Secretary.

Association urges NAIC to streamline regulations.

Mary Weiss will play key role in the NAIC's new Center for Insurance Policy and Research.

Society of Actuaries and Aon warns that organizations will need to step up their business continuity and preparedness plans in response to the pandemic declaration.

Observers said the new standards, unveiled earlier this week, include a call to require compensation committees to be independent of management, are already widely practiced, and would not have a significant impact.

Critics of new health care legislation contend that a public option would eventually displace the private market.

Insurance business and IT executives agree that when an IT solution is on the table, IT is responsible for communication tied to its success.

Some people may be tired of talking about it, but the temptation to give up must be fought at every turn.

IT Governance needs to be a continuous process for examining and re-evaluating projects as they move through the pipeline.

Treasury Secretary says the job is too complex for just one agency.

Sometimes the solution to reaching insurance company customers is deceptively simple.

The Treasury is expected to announce today that a few firms have been allowed to repay Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, signaling government confidence that the worst of the crisis may be over.

Legislation seeks to undue Securities and Exchange Commission decision to regulate fixed annuities as securities.

Reports show that five large private insurers and the trade group America's Health Insurance Plans spent a total of $6.4 million in the first quarter on lobbying efforts.

The president says all the right things about the threat to our nation’s systems, but his plan remains sketchy at best.

President signals intentions regarding health care reform in letter to Senate heavyweights.

In a letter to the Treasury Secretary, ACLI chief denies federal charter will cause regulatory race to the bottom.