Regulatory

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  Dodd-Frank: A Guide

  By Allison Bell  |  April 22, 2013

  Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010: The Insurance Provisions

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  MetLife refiles bank sale so that deal must please OCC, not FDIC

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  September 24, 2012

  MetLife does not want to fall under the Federal Reserves BHC strictures and is doing its best to debank, but winning regulatory approval is a must for the sale to GE.

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  MetLife, Fed, Treasury Set to Testify on SIFI in Post-JPMorgan Loss Climate

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  May 14, 2012

  The Volcker Rule may be a subject not only for banks, in light of JPMorgan trading losses, but also for insurance representatives before the House subcommittee.

• Connecticut to Work with Switzerland

  By Allison Bell  |  September 26, 2011

  The Connecticut Insurance Department and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority have signed a memorandum of understanding.

• Plan Administrator: Keep Pension, Health Data Rules the Same

  By Allison Bell  |  September 22, 2011

  The U.S. Labor Department should try to make the regulations governing the security of information at retirement plans and health benefits plans as similar as possible, and leave room for technology changes.

• Medicaid Planning Critic Goes to Capitol Hill

  By Allison Bell  |  September 21, 2011

  Stephen Moses, a man who has spent years fighting the rules that let relatively affluent people qualify for Medicaid nursing home benefits, got a chance today to explain his position to members of Congress.

• PPACA: HHS Provides $109 Million in Rate Review Grants

  By Allison Bell  |  September 20, 2011

  Federal regulators have provided more funding for state efforts to block what officials believe to be unreasonable health coverage premium increases.

• Two Minute Warning

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  September 5, 2011

  Surprise provisions of the Budget Control Act could leave advisors scrambling for quick fixes for their clients' portfolios

• GAO Study: More DB Plans Are Investing in Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  September 2, 2011

  A growing number of defined benefit plans, predominately large ones, are investing through hedge funds and in private equity funds.

• CMS Announces Drug Program Bidding Results

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  August 4, 2011

  Medicare Part D prescription drug plan bidding cut the 2012 national average monthly bid amount.