insurance underwriting

AHIP to feds: Make broker comp rules flexible

By Allison Bell | January 4, 2013

Health insurers also ask HHS to think about cost and respect state authority.

Sen. Collins says Dodd-Frank amendment should lighten up on insurers

By Elizabeth D. Festa and Arthur D. Postal | November 28, 2012

Collins chimes in, as lobbyists had hoped, a day before a hearing on Basel III capital standards implementation.

U.S. banking regulators delay Basel III capital rules applying to insurers' thrifts, banks

By Elizabeth Festa | November 9, 2012

Insurers who do not intend to dethrift or sell their banks will have more time to try and lobby the Fed to ease some of the standards as they would apply to insurance companies.

NAIC takes low-key approach on federal regulation

By Arthur D. Postal and Elizabeth D. Festa | October 24, 2012

NAIC experts "stand ready" to answer — by phone or in person — any additional questions federal regulators have.

MassMutual Agrees to Pay $400 Million for Hartford Retirement Plans Unit

By Allison Bell | September 4, 2012

Elaine Sarsynski would lead the integration effort.

Paving the Way

By Arthur D. Postal | September 1, 2012

A brave new era of insurance regulation will likely be launched sometime this month, when the government’s share of American International Group (AIG) is expected to fall below 50 percent and the Federal Reserve Board uses that opportunity to launch fresh oversight of the AIG holding company.