Washington Analysis

• Treasury selling remainder of AIG stock

  By Arthur D. Postal and Elizabeth D. Festa  |  January 1, 2013

  The Treasury Department is selling its remaining 16 percent of the common shares of American International Group (AIG), hopefully putting paid to its tumultuous 50-month shotgun financial tryst with the global insurer.

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  Fiscal cliff talks intensify

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  December 28, 2012

  Negotiations resumed Friday, but analysts still remain skeptical a deal can be reached in time.

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  Treasury selling remainder of AIG stock

  By Arthur D. Postal and Elizabeth Festa  |  December 11, 2012

  The Treasury Department is selling its remaining 16 percent of the common shares of AIG, hopefully putting paid to its tumultuous 50-month shotgun financial tryst with the global insurer.

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  Post-election: What's in store for the insurance industry?

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  November 7, 2012

  Obama's re-election indicates current policies will be maintained, but some deadline dates could be pushed back a bit.

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  AIG on the Verge of Federal Regulation

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  September 10, 2012

  American International Group is on the verge of becoming the first insurance holding company ever regulated by the federal government.

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  Pension Benefit Deal Looms in Congress

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  June 27, 2012

  An adjustment to defined benefit funding requirements sought by industry is part of the mix as Congress works on legislation that would both reauthorize highway funding programs and freeze student-loan interest rates.

• Potomac Watch

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  February 1, 2012

  It is possible that a gridlocked Congress could fail this year to deal with the estate tax and related issues, issues that are the lynchpin of the insurance industry’s place in the financial world.

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  MLR Debate Heats Up

  By Elizabeth D. Festa and Arthur D. Postal  |  December 1, 2011

  The divide between the Obama administration and healthcare insurance agents over an exemption for agent commissions from the medical loss ratio is likely to remain for some time

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  What are the Legal Implications of an MLR Exemption?

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  November 23, 2011

  Preserving health insurance agents’ commissions against PPACA’s medical loss ratio standard is not as simple as passing a vote. There are potentially thorny legal issues to contend with as well.