Thomas Leonardi

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  Connecticut Keeps Market Conduct Exam Ball Rolling

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  July 19, 2012

  Delays, late forms, oversights and claims issues will get noticed by Nutmeg State examiners.

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  Conn. Seeks to Recapture Role as Insurance Capital

  By Stephen Singer  |  February 21, 2012

  Hartford is trying to recapture its status as the nation's insurance capital by drawing in a specialized insurance business that is finding a home elsewhere.

• Connecticut OKs LTCI Rate Increases

  By Allison Bell  |  January 26, 2012

  A state regulator says affordability is of concern but not a standard included in the rate review statute.

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  Is the NAIC a Trade Group or Official Standard-Setter?

  By Elizabeth Festa & Arthur D. Postal  |  December 19, 2011

  Long considered a trade association, and formally defined as an educational foundation, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners plans to re-define itself as a "standard-setting" group, even though critics note it does not have the authority to do so.

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  Rockefeller Warns NAIC Its Vote on MLR Will Hurt Consumers

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  November 22, 2011

  The NAIC is gathering for a vote on sending a message to HHS today on a key revision it wants to federal law. Will the big states go along or side with Rockefeller?

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  NAIC: MLR Action Deferred

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  November 8, 2011

  The NAIC will not vote on the medical loss ratio provision of the PPACA until November 22

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  Federal, State Regulators Renounce European Capital Standard Focus

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  November 3, 2011

  From ex-FDIC Chair, to key state regulators, the European model of focusing on capital just won't work in the U.S., they say, and could cause problems as well as more unnecessary compliance measures.

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  Treasury Names Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  November 2, 2011

  Industry heavyweights and at least one gadfly are named to the Treasury's insurance advisory group.