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07/21/2010

 

Court Ruling, Overhaul Bill Keeps Indexed Annuities State-Regulated

07/21/2010

 

Debate Begins on Bill to Limit Reinsurance Deductions

07/13/2010

 

Rep. Frank Tells NCOIL Optional Federal Charter to Be Debated in 2011

07/13/2010

 

NCOIL Advances Credit Default Swap Model Act

07/07/2010

 

Federal Insurance Office Passes House, Preemptions Limited

07/07/2010

 

NCOIL to Hear Rep. Frank on FIO, Insurance Issues, PIA to Participate

06/30/2010

 

PIA National Underwriter Op-ed: Don’t Penalize Agents For Mega-Brokers’ Sins

06/30/2010

 

PIA Position Wins, Federal Insurance Preemption Limited in House, Senate Agreement

06/22/2010

 

House-Senate Negotiators Favor Commissioner on Systemic Risk Council

06/15/2010

 

Conference to Address ONI Provisions in Financial Reform Bill

06/09/2010

 

PIA Seeks Changes in Office of National Insurance Bill

06/09/2010

 

PIA of New York’s Disclosure Language Accepted by NY Insurance Department

06/03/2010

 

FTC Delays Enforcement of “Red Flag” Rules Again, Until December 31

05/26/2010

 

Senate Passes Financial Reform Bill, State Insurance Regulation Preserved

05/26/2010

 

Senate Passes Federal Preemption Amendment

05/18/2010

 

PIA, Coalition Opposes Sen. Leahy’s McCarran Repeal Amendment

05/18/2010

 

Several Insurance-Related Amendments Eyed As Financial Reform Nears Vote

05/12/2010

 

PIA Works to Advance Amendment Changing Provision in ONI

05/12/2010

 

NCOIL Reiterates Opposition to ONI, Compliments Merkley Amendment

05/04/2010

 

PIA, Insurers Urge Changes in Financial Reform Legislation

05/04/2010

 

GOP Rep. Issa: 1999 Banking Deregulation Bill Went ‘Too Far’

05/04/2010

 

NAIC Continues Latest Round of Certification

05/04/2010

 

How Did the Financial Crisis Happen? Some Interesting Reading

04/28/2010

 

PIA: Remove Office of National Insurance From Financial Reform Bill

04/28/2010

 

State Legislators to Congress: Don’t Create an Office of National Insurance

03/16/2010

 

CBO Says Kanjorski’s FIO Bill Will Preempt State Insurance Regulations

03/10/2010

 

Insurers Don’t Pose Systemic Risks, P/C Coalition Says

03/10/2010

 

NCOIL Urges Congress to Exclude Insurance From Systemic Risk Regulation

03/04/2010

 

P/C Companies to Congress: Leave Us Out of Financial Services Overhaul

03/04/2010

 

NAIC to Explore More Rate Authority For States

02/26/2010

 

Obama To Seek Federal Power Over Health Insurers

02/22/2010

 

PIA Hails Removal of Medical Malpractice Insurers From Bill Restricting Insurance Antitrust Exemption

02/18/2010

 

Med Mal May Be Removed From Bill to Limit McCarran-Ferguson

02/12/2010

 

Vote On McCarran Repeal Delayed

02/02/2010

 

House Democrats Plan Vote on McCarran-Ferguson Repeal

02/02/2010

 

OFC: The Bad Idea That Just Refuses to Go Away

01/20/2010

 

State Legislators Oppose Repeal of Exemption for Health and Med Mal Insurers

01/20/2010

 

Wall Street Journal Editorial: Bring Back Glass-Steagall

01/13/2010

 

Sen. McCain’s Bill Would Restore Glass-Stegall, Separate Banking and Insurance

01/13/2010

 

NAIC Seeks States’ Control in Healthcare Reform

01/13/2010

 

NAIC Seeks Talks with State Lawmakers On Its Controversial Commission Proposal

01/13/2010

 

House Dems Push to End McCarran-Ferguson Antitrust Exemption

12/15/2009

 

House Approves Federal Insurance Office Proposal

12/09/2009

 

PIA: Concerns Remain As Federal Insurance Office Act Advances in House

12/09/2009

 

PIA Testifies on NAIC NISC Proposal

12/09/2009

 

NAIC NISC Proposal Condemned at Public Hearing

12/09/2009

 

PIA Assists Industry Coalition Working to Oppose Sen. Leahy’s Antitrust Repeal Effort

12/09/2009

 

PIA Insurance Foundation White Paper Featured in National Underwriter

12/09/2009

 

PIA Foundation White Paper Author Boozell Participates in NCOIL Roundtable

12/09/2009

 

PCI Targets Ads to Oppose Unnecessary Regulation

12/02/2009

 

NAIC Supports, NCOIL Opposes Federal Insurance Office Bill

12/02/2009

 

Hastily-Scheduled NAIC Public Hearing on Supervisory Commission Announced

11/24/2009

 

NCOIL Passes Strong Resolution Opposing Federal Insurance Office Bill

11/24/2009

 

NAIC Gives FIO Bill Qualified Endorsement After Securing Changes

11/17/2009

 

NCOIL to Consider Resolution Formally Opposing FIO

11/17/2009

 

Natural Disasters, Healthcare Reform on NCOIL Agenda

11/11/2009

 

FIO Bill, As Currently Drafted, Is An Unmitigated Disaster for Main Street

11/11/2009

 

PCI Says FIO Needs to be Pulled Back

11/11/2009

 

PIA White Paper Author Boozell to Participate in NCOIL Roundtable

11/11/2009

 

Think Tank Says Separate Banks and Insurance

11/02/2009

 

House FSC Could Take Up Delayed Federal Insurance Office Act This Week

10/27/2009

 

Insurers’ Antitrust Exemption Threatened by Congressional Action

10/27/2009

 

Insurance Exempted From Consumer Financial Protection Agency

10/27/2009

 

PIA Advocates Consistency on Preemptions in H.R. 2609

10/27/2009

 

NCOIL Opposes H.R. 2609, Sends Letter in Advance of Markup

10/27/2009

 

Optional Federal Charter Won’t Happen, Illinois Regulator Predicts

10/27/2009

 

Former Fed Chairman Volcker: Bring Back a Version of Glass-Steagall

10/21/2009

 

Debate Over Healthcare Now Endangers McCarran-Ferguson

10/21/2009

 

PIA National President Spalding Says No to Federal Regulation of Insurance

10/21/2009

 

An Example of Hypocrisy: Bankers Argue Against Federal Regulator – For Them

10/21/2009

 

House FSC Approves Amendment Restricting OCC Preemptions

10/13/2009

 

Canadian Government Bans Banks From Selling Insurance On Their Web Sites

10/13/2009

 

Revamped Kanjorski ONI Bill Is a Step Backward

10/13/2009

 

PIA Joins Trades In Urging Congress Against Ending Antitrust Immunity for Health

09/29/2009

 

OCC Objects to Ban on Preemptions, Criticizes Administration Plan to Back States

09/29/2009

 

NAIC ‘Uniformity’ Plan Draws Skepticism and Fire

09/22/2009

 

Insurance Industry Faces Increase in Legislative Activity

09/15/2009

 

House Passes Surplus Lines Bill

09/09/2009

 

PIA White Paper Featured in National Underwriter, The Standard

08/31/2009

 

PIA White Paper on Future of Regulation Creating Buzz in Industry, Press

08/31/2009

 

Death of Sen. Kennedy Could Move OFC Supporter to Banking Chairmanship

08/31/2009

 

Ario: Federal Regulation Less Likely Now

08/26/2009

 

Professional Insurance Agents Insurance Foundation Publishes White Paper on the Future of Insurance Regulation

08/04/2009

 

State Regulators Object to Federal Health Czar, Insist Oversight Remain With Them

07/29/2009

 

Conning Still Grumbling About Distribution, Wishes Some Channels “Culled”

07/29/2009

 

Administration’s ONI Bill Has More Preemptions Than Kanjorski’s

07/29/2009

 

Missouri DOI Head Huff Supports State Regulation

07/21/2009

 

PIA Joins to Oppose Inclusion of Insurance in Consumer Agency

07/21/2009

 

Members Named to Commission to Probe Causes of Financial Crisis

07/15/2009

 

Missouri Joins Interstate Insurance Compact

07/01/2009

 

Supreme Court: States Can Apply Some Laws to National Banks

07/01/2009

 

Supreme Court Decision in Line With Obama’s Restrictions on Preemption of State Law

07/01/2009

 

Proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency Has Limited Mention of Insurance

07/01/2009

 

Auerbach Lauds PIA Stance at White House Meeting

06/24/2009

 

Supporters of Federal Insurance Regulation Redouble Their Efforts

06/17/2009

 

PIA Supports Bipartisan Bill to Reverse SEC Decision on Annuities

06/17/2009

 

Obama Administration to Outline Its Regulatory Reform Today

06/17/2009

 

Kanjorski Holds Hearing to Push OII

06/09/2009

 

NAIC CEO Vaughan Predicts Systemic Regulation

06/09/2009

 

PIA Article on H.R. 1880 in American Agent & Broker

06/02/2009

 

Royce & Bean Admit Their Bill Would Be “Onerous” to Some Insurers

05/27/2009

 

Kanjorski Reintroduces Office of Insurance Information Bill

05/27/2009

 

Surplus Lines Bill Reintroduced in Congress

05/27/2009

 

KS Commissioner Praeger: We Need State Regulation

05/22/2009

 

President Obama Issues Broad Restrictions on Preemption of State Law

05/22/2009

 

State Insurance Commissioners Descend on Capitol Hill, Lobby Congress

05/22/2009

 

New York Times Editorial Calls for Defeat of Optional Federal Charter

05/19/2009

 

House Hearing on OFC Bill Focuses Mostly on Systemic Risk

05/19/2009

 

Vaughan: Economic Turmoil Underscores Strengths of State Regulation

05/19/2009

 

Academics Express Support for State Regulation

05/12/2009

 

PIA Encouraged by GAO Report on Insurance Reciprocity and Uniformity

05/12/2009

 

House Subcommittee to Hold May 14 Hearing on Insurance Oversight

05/12/2009

 

NCOIL to Congress: States & Feds Should Work Together on Systemic Risk

05/12/2009

 

NAIC Knows How to Catch a Madoff, Vaughan Says

05/12/2009

 

Praeger: Congress Should Preserve States’ Role in Health Insurance

05/05/2009

 

Another Attempt to Enact Federal Insurance Regulation Begins

05/05/2009

 

The Royce-Bean Bill – A Federal Insurance Deregulation Bill

05/05/2009

 

Skepticism in the U.S. Senate On Federal Insurance Regulation

05/05/2009

 

New York Times: Insurer Oversight Is Not Yet Broken

05/05/2009

 

Please Vote in the National Underwriter’s Online Poll on Insurance Regulation!

05/05/2009

 

PIA Participates in NAIC/NIPR E-Reg Conference

05/05/2009

 

NCSL Holds Hearing on States and Systemic Risk

04/28/2009

 

We’re in Good Hands With State Regulation

04/28/2009

 

Consumer Groups Continue Their Opposition to Federal Insurance Regulation

04/28/2009

 

Rep. Kanjorski’s Hometown Newspaper Opposes Optional Federal Charters

04/28/2009

 

Financial Regulatory Overhaul Slows in Congress

04/28/2009

 

Senate Votes to Create Commission, Select Committee to Investigate Financial Meltdown

04/28/2009

 

More Wind From Rep. Gene Taylor: A Bill to Repeal McCarran-Ferguson

04/28/2009

 

Rethinking Gramm-Leach-Bliley

04/21/2009

 

Consumer Advocates Wary of Federal Insurance Regulation

04/21/2009

 

SEC Defends Its Attempt to Regulate Indexed Annuities

04/21/2009

 

PIA President Auerbach Commentary on AIG Bonuses Featured in The Standard

04/14/2009

 

NAIC President Blasts Royce-Bean Bill as “Letting the Fox Guard the Henhouse”

04/14/2009

 

Voss: State Regulation of Insurance Provides Calm During Economic Storm

03/31/2009

 

NAIC: Obama Plan Retains State Insurance Supervision

03/31/2009

 

Main Street Likes Geithner’s Insurance Proposals, OFC Advocates Don’t

03/25/2009

 

NAIC Corrects Misinformation About AIG

03/25/2009

 

McRaith Testifies to Strength of State Insurance Regulation

03/25/2009

 

House FSC to Question Geithner, Bernanke About AIG This Week

03/17/2009

 

Rep. Frank: “Maybe It’s Time to Fire Some People at AIG”

03/17/2009

 

U.S. to Toughen Finance Rules

03/10/2009

 

NAIC: Federal Risk Oversight Should Complement, Not Replace State Regulation

03/10/2009

 

“Optional” or Not? It’s Back to the Drawing Board for Reps. Royce and Bean

03/10/2009

 

Rep. Frank Says OFC for Life Only

03/10/2009

 

Wall Street Journal Criticizes SEC’s “Lunge for Power” on Indexed Annuities

03/05/2009

 

PCI to Congress: Focus First on Systemic Risk, Other Issues Later

03/05/2009

 

Kanjorski Schedules Hearing on Systemic Risk

03/05/2009

 

Key Congressional Staffer Tells NCOIL OFC “Not In Vogue Anymore”

03/05/2009

 

TARP Panel Member Sununu Joins Firm With Ties to Bank That Received $3 Billion

02/26/2009

 

PIA Position, Statements on Upcoming OFC/ONI Bill Continue to Draw Attention

02/26/2009

 

PIA’s Auerbach Comments in Rough Notes Article on Guaranty Funds

02/18/2009

 

NCOIL Says OFC Would Irreparably Damage Insurance Oversight

02/18/2009

 

Consumer Advocates Weigh In Against OFC Proposal

02/11/2009

 

Consumer Group: Don’t Let Insurance Deregulation Proposal Infect Financial Reform Plan

02/10/2009

 

NCOIL Urges Congress to Let States Regulate Credit Default Swaps

02/10/2009

 

Rep. Frank Says Rep. Kanjorski Will Coordinate Insurance Related Reforms

02/10/2009

 

New Jersey Approves Interstate Insurance Compact

02/03/2009

 

Sununu Uses New Position on TARP Panel to Continue Pushing for OFC

02/03/2009

 

Ohio General Assembly Approves Resolution Opposing Federal Insurance Regulation

01/30/2009

 

NAIC Denies Life Insurers’ Bid to Loosen Capital Requirements

01/29/2009

 

Lawmakers Urge Geithner to Set Up Insurance Office Without Congressional Approval

01/29/2009

 

NCOIL to Urge NAIC Not to Relax Solvency Requirements

01/22/2009

 

Coalition Sues SEC to Overturn Annuity Rule

01/22/2009

 

Sen. Shelby’s Remarks About AIG and Federal Regulation

01/22/2009

 

President Obama Promises Regulatory Proposal in April

01/13/2009

 

ACLI Tries to Steer GAO Report Toward OFC

01/13/2009

 

NAIC Responds to GAO Report, Cautions Against Unjustified Changes

01/13/2009

 

NAMIC Says GAO Report is Evidence State System Worked Well

01/08/2009

 

PIA, NCOIL, NAMIC Among Groups Poised to Oppose Federal Insurance Regulation

12/23/2008

 

PIA National Applauds NCOIL, NAMIC, CSG Actions to Support State Regulation

12/23/2008

 

SEC Adopts Rule to Regulate Indexed Annuities

12/23/2008

 

Defeated OFC Advocate Sununu Named to TARP Oversight Panel

12/16/2008

 

NCOIL Plans Summit of State Officials to Fight Federal Insurance Regulation

12/16/2008

 

NCOIL Commends Council of State Governments for Opposition to Federal Interference

12/16/2008

 

NAMIC Launches National Grassroots Campaign to Protect Main Street

12/11/2008

 

State Insurance Lawmakers Commend Council of State Governments for Their Opposition to Optional Federal Charters

12/09/2008

 

European Finance Ministers Reject EU-wide Supervision of Insurance

12/09/2008

 

Rep. Frank Sees Activist Congress, Much Legislation, Regulatory Revamp

12/09/2008

 

NAIC Moves Ahead With Reinsurance Reform

12/02/2008

 

FDIC Head Tells AIA Federal Regulation Unlikely in 2009

12/02/2008

 

NAIC Commends Insurance Legislators for Opposing SEC Preemption

12/02/2008

 

NCOIL to Keep Up Fight Against OFC, OII

11/25/2008

 

NCOIL Opposes Federal Takeover of Indexed Annuities

11/18/2008

 

Auerbach to National Underwriter: Guard Against Inappropriate Federal Regulation

11/04/2008

 

PIA National President Auerbach Reaffirms PIA Support for State Regulation

11/04/2008

 

PCI: Industry Faces Long Battle Against “Ruthless Opponents”

10/29/2008

 

NCOIL: Use State Regulatory System as Model for Reform

10/29/2008

 

Congress Weighs Super-Committee for Financial Services Overhaul

10/15/2008

 

Financial Services Roundtable Attempts to Use Bailout to Push OFC, OII

10/15/2008

 

N.Y. Commissioner Blames Deregulation for AIG’s Problems

10/08/2008

 

NAIC's AIG consumer FAQ

10/08/2008

 

Regulators Inform Congress of Strength of State Oversight

10/07/2008

 

NAMIC President: Industry Stable Despite Financial Crisis

10/07/2008

 

Dinallo Says State Regulatory System Worked Well in AIG Case

10/07/2008

 

State Regulators See No Trickle-Down from AIG Parent to Insurance Units

10/03/2008

 

Insurance Industry Remains Stable During Financial Crisis, Thanks to State Regulation

09/30/2008

 

State Regulators Blast Federal Regulation Advocates Over AIG

09/30/2008

 

Aon CEO, Supporter of OFC, Says State Regulators Did a Good Job in Financial Crisis

09/26/2008

 

Florida Commissioner McCarty Says Leave Insurance Regulation to the States

09/24/2008

 

Florida Commissioner McCarty: Leave Insurance Regulation to the States

09/24/2008

 

H.R. 5840 Removed From House Legislative Calendar

09/24/2008

 

Paulson’s Call for Federal Insurance Regulation Dismissed By State Regulators

09/24/2008

 

NAIC Criticizes Paulson, AIA, ACLI for Using AIG to Argue for OFC

09/24/2008

 

Paulson’s $700 Billion Bailout Plan Faces Questions

09/24/2008

 

Perspective: FDR Refused Dictatorial Powers in 1933 During Great Depression

09/16/2008

 

Perspectives of a Massive Shift on Wall Street

09/16/2008

 

Congress: Don’t Toss Insurance Into This Mess!

09/16/2008

 

NAIC’s Endorsement of OII Not Unanimous, NCOIL Still Opposes

09/10/2008

 

State Insurance Commissioners Speak Out Against H.R. 5840

09/03/2008

 

Maine DOI, AG Tell Congress H.R. 5840 Would Hurt Consumers, Markets

09/03/2008

 

Nevada Insurance Commissioner Tells Congress H.R. 5840 Would Disrupt Market

09/03/2008

 

PCI Says Preemptions in H.R. 5840 Should Be Legislative, Not Administrative

09/03/2008

 

PIA Grassroots Action Against H.R. 5840 Continues into September

09/02/2008

 

PIA Grassroots Action Against H.R. 5840 to Continue Into September

09/02/2008

 

Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Opposes H.R. 5840

09/02/2008

 

OFC Backers Repeat Questionable Assertion OFC Would Not Hurt State Revenues

09/02/2008

 

NAIFA Board Votes to Oppose SEC Proposal on Indexed Annuities

08/19/2008

 

Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Announces Opposition to H.R. 5840

08/19/2008

 

At the Halfway Point in PIA Month, the Battle Against H.R. 5840 Continues

08/19/2008

 

Contact Your Insurance Commissioners, Governors About H.R. 5840

08/19/2008

 

PIA Stands With State Insurance Legislators in Opposing H.R. 5840

08/19/2008

 

PIA National President Page: Federal Regulation Couldn’t Win An Up-or-Down Vote

08/19/2008

 

PIA’s Brevik Blogs On The Hill: State Regulation Works

08/19/2008

 

PIA Nationwide Grassroots Alert – Stop H.R. 5840!

08/12/2008

 

State Legislators Reject Congressional Calls for OII

08/12/2008

 

BestWire: NCOIL and PIA Stand For Their Principles in Opposing H.R. 5840

08/05/2008

 

Insurance Information Office Bill Delayed Until September

08/05/2008

 

PIA Sends Letters to Congress, State Insurance Commissioners on H.R. 5840

08/05/2008

 

Senate Hearing Shows Deep Division on Federal Regulation

08/05/2008

 

Iowa Commissioner Voss Meets With SEC Chairman Cox on Annuities

07/29/2008

 

Senate to Hold Insurance Hearing, Not Bill-Specific

07/22/2008

 

H.R. 5840 Becomes a Bill Enabling Federal Insurance Regulation

07/22/2008

 

NCOIL Blasts NAIC For Supporting H.R. 5840

07/22/2008

 

Iowa Commissioner Voss to Meet SEC Chairman Cox This Week On Annuities

07/16/2008

 

PIA President-elect Auerbach to NCOIL: PIA Steadfast in Support of State Regulation

07/16/2008

 

House Subcommittee Passes Three Insurance Bills

07/16/2008

 

Mixed Messages From Treasury Secretary on Blueprint

07/08/2008

 

PIA Tells Rep. Kanjorski Markup on H.R. 5840 is Premature

07/02/2008

 

Voss Wants Meeting After SEC Proposes Reclassifying Indexed Annuities as Securities

07/02/2008

 

Dodd, Shelby Tell Fed, SEC to Hold Off On Agreement to Share Oversight

06/24/2008

 

Paulson Seeks New Powers for Fed

06/24/2008

 

Senate Passes PIANY-Supported Interstate Insurance Compact Legislation

06/17/2008

 

PIA Plan to Expand Producer Licensing Registry is Simplest Solution to Modernization

06/17/2008

 

PIA National President Comments on Proposed Office of Insurance Information

06/17/2008

 

NCOIL President Opposes Federal Insurance Office

06/10/2008

 

PIA Roadmap to State Regulatory Modernization Well Received at NAIC

06/10/2008

 

ACLI Lobbyists Say Rep. Frank Will Push OFC, Frank’s Staff Not Commenting

06/10/2008

 

House Hearing on Bill Creating Office of Insurance Information

06/03/2008

 

PIA’s Roadmap to State Regulatory Modernization

05/20/2008

 

U.S., European Union Officials Issue Joint Statement on Insurance Regulation

05/20/2008

 

Fitch Ratings Says Optional Federal Charter Unlikely in Near Term

05/14/2008

 

PIA of New York Testifies in Support of Interstate Compact

05/06/2008

 

Treasury’s Nason Back in London, Reporting on Progress of Treasury Blueprint

05/06/2008

 

NCSL Reaffirms Opposition to Federal Insurance Regulation

04/29/2008

 

State Advocates at NCSL Call Treasury Plan “A Wall Street Wish List”

04/29/2008

 

PIA National President Page: Stand By For Battle Calls

04/29/2008

 

Good Article on Treasury Plan on Bloomberg News

04/22/2008

 

NCOIL Urges Long-Term State Solutions Over Federal Quick-Fixes

04/22/2008

 

States Tell Congress They Can Handle Insurance Regulation

04/22/2008

 

PIA of Ohio Testifies Against OFC Before Ohio House

04/22/2008

 

NAIC Urges NAIFA Members to Overrule Their National Board on OFC

04/21/2008

 

PIA’s Pile Testifies on NIPR Producer Licensing During House Financial Services Committee Hearing

04/21/2008

 

PIA Opposes Rep. Kanjorski’s Proposal to Create Federal Office of Insurance Information

04/15/2008

 

Credit Unions Get Assurances That Treasury Plan to Abolish Them Won’t Succeed

04/15/2008

 

U.K. Chief Regulator, Lloyd’s Chairman Praise Treasury, Criticize NAIC

04/14/2008

 

Treasury Presents a Vision Of Federal Insurance Regulation

04/09/2008

 

Bankers, Realtors, Credit Unions Criticize Treasury Blueprint

04/08/2008

 

Treasury Report Unleashes Torrent of Opposition

04/08/2008

 

Professional Insurance Agents Oppose Treasury Department’s Insurance Proposals

04/08/2008

 

NCOIL Calls Treasury Schemes “Ruinous”

04/08/2008

 

NAIC to Treasury: Don’t Put Wall Street Ahead of Main Street

04/08/2008

 

NAIC, NCOIL Presidents Discuss Treasury Report in A.M. Best Podcast

04/08/2008

 

NAIC Says AIA President Racicot “Twists the Facts”

04/08/2008

 

Idaho Legislature Passes Resolution Against OFC, Ohio to Consider

04/08/2008

 

Bankers Blast Parts of Paulson Proposals

04/08/2008

 

Realtors, Reacting to Paulson Plan, Call for End to Banks-in-Real Estate Proposal

04/08/2008

 

Treasury Secretary Paulson Suggests Insurers, Reinsurers Could Shore Up Other Institutions

04/01/2008

 

Treasury Endorses Optional Federal Charter, Calls for Creation of Federal Regulator

04/01/2008

 

PIA: Treasury Insurance Blueprint is Fatally Flawed

03/12/2008

 

NAIC, NCOIL Presidents Bury the Hatchet in Order to Bury OFC

03/12/2008

 

Rep. Royce Tries to Drum Up Support for OFC

03/12/2008

 

Beware the Ides of March – Keep This Timeline in Mind

02/26/2008

 

OFC May be Confined to Life Sector, Chairman Frank Says

02/26/2008

 

NAIC, NCOIL and NCSL Reaffirm Commitment to State Regulation

02/21/2008

 

State Regulators, Lawmakers Reaffirm Opposition to Federal Regulation

02/21/2008

 

NAIC Questions Motives of OFC Supporters

02/21/2008

 

NCOIL to Offer Resolution Reaffirming Opposition to OFC

02/12/2008

 

Treasury to Issue Plan to Overhaul Regulation Before March 31

02/12/2008

 

OFC Advocates Reveal Their Strategy in Statements to Foreign Press

02/12/2008

 

State Regulator Says State DOIs Need More Authority Over Medicare Plans

02/06/2008

 

Roundtable Says OFC Would Pass If Congress Voted in Secret

02/06/2008

 

Advocates of U.S. Federal Insurance Regulation Airing Their Views in Europe

01/29/2008

 

OFC Supporters Suffer Setbacks

01/29/2008

 

Dodd Mentions OFC as Part of Agenda

01/29/2008

 

Some Nations in Europe Object to EU-wide Insurance Regulation

01/22/2008

 

PIA’s Eppstein Comments on State Reforms in Insurance Journal Video Interview

01/22/2008

 

“Principles-Based” Approach Puts Insurance Customers at Risk in U.K.

01/04/2008

 

PIA’s Insurance Issues to Watch in 2008

12/19/2007

 

Treasury to Look at Changes to Insurance Regulation, Official Says in London

12/11/2007

 

NAIC President Faults NCOIL Study of State Regulation

12/04/2007

 

Treasury Study Reveals Deep Industry Split; PIA Leads Opposition to Federal Regulation

12/04/2007

 

Landmark PIA-Backed NCOIL Study on State Regulation Advances

12/04/2007

 

NCOIL Committee Endorses Surplus Lines Compact

12/04/2007

 

PIA Counsel Myers Tells NCOIL Panel Compacts Are Best

11/27/2007

 

PIA Takes the Lead in Opposition to OFC in Comments for Treasury Department Study

11/27/2007

 

PIA Says Treasury Department Is Biased in Questions for Study of Financial Regulation

11/27/2007

 

New NCOIL President Pledges Continuing Fight Against Federal Insurance Regulation

11/20/2007

 

The Problem With “Principles-Based” Regulation

11/06/2007

 

Another House Hearing Held on Insurance Regulatory Reform

11/06/2007

 

Rep. Frank Says Agents Will Block OFC Passage

11/06/2007

 

PIA Counsel Myers on NCOIL Panel on Interstate Compacts

10/30/2007

 

Sen. Sununu Uses Surplus Lines Bill to Push Optional Federal Charters

10/30/2007

 

House Subcommittee to Hold Second Hearing on Insurance Regulation

10/16/2007

 

Treasury Seeks Public Comments on Regulatory Reform

10/10/2007

 

PIA National Urges Congress to Reject Federal Insurance Regulator (includes Rep. Kanjorski Comments)

10/03/2007

 

PIA National Urges Congress to Reject Federal Insurance Regulator

09/11/2007

 

PIA Turns Up the Heat on Optional Federal Charters

09/04/2007

 

NAIC Thanks Governors for Reaffirming Support of State Regulation

09/04/2007

 

As Congress Returns, Expect Special Interests to Push Their Federal Insurance Scheme

09/04/2007

 

Former South Carolina Gov. Hodges Says OFC Would Be a “Nightmare”

08/31/2007

 

PIA Urges Nation’s Governors to Continue Opposing Optional Federal Charters

08/30/2007

 

Speaking Truth to Power in the Fight Against Federal Regulation

08/29/2007

 

NCOIL Urges Governors to Stand Their Ground in Opposing an OFC

08/21/2007

 

PIA President Pile Blasts ‘Unholy Alliance’ Supporting OFC

07/31/2007

 

Back to the ‘80s: If You Liked the S&L Crisis, You’ll Love OFC in Insurance

07/31/2007

 

NCOIL Passes Resolution Opposing Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson

07/23/2007

 

PIA Insurance Foundation Donates $50,000 to NCOIL Insurance Legislators Foundation

07/03/2007

 

Treasury Chief Plans Review of U.S. Financial Services Regulation

06/19/2007

 

PIA Continues Its Defense of Contingent Commissions

06/12/2007

 

PIA, Producers Call On NAIC to Actively Oppose Repeal of McCarran

06/11/2007

 

Early Draft of New OFC Bill Would Have Stripped Premium Tax Funds From States

06/11/2007

 

PIA to NAIC: Fight McCarran Repeal

06/11/2007

 

NAPSLO Unconvinced that OFC Bill Would Help Surplus Lines

05/30/2007

 

Optional Federal Charter Bill Again Introduced

05/01/2007

 

NCOIL Urges U.S. Chamber Not to Endorse OFC, Supports PIA Position

04/24/2007

 

PIA President-elect Robert Page Addresses Issues in BestWeek Interview

04/24/2007

 

PIA Signs Joint Industry Letter Opposing McCarran Repeal

04/24/2007

 

Ruling Affirms Federal Preemption of State Regulation of Bank Operational Subsidiaries

04/17/2007

 

Lott Renews Call for McCarran Repeal in Senate Hearing

04/17/2007

 

Antitrust Modernization Commission Issues Report

04/11/2007

 

Sen. Lott Tells Miss. Rotary Club He’s “Reinvigorated” Battling “Surly” Insurers

04/11/2007

 

Bill by Sen. Lott Proposes Federal Oversight of Homeowners Insurance Contracts

04/06/2007

 

Spitzer Litigation Undermines the State Regulatory System

04/03/2007

 

Commission Report on Antitrust Law Out

03/13/2007

 

Industry Critics Use Senate McCarran-Ferguson Hearing to Vent

03/13/2007

 

Sen. Sununu Will Reintroduce OFC Bill in April

03/06/2007

 

Senate Hearing Set for Wednesday on Bill to Repeal McCarran-Ferguson

03/06/2007

 

PIA Addresses Issues During NCOIL Meeting

02/27/2007

 

PIA Issues Statement In Opposition to Bill to Repeal McCarran-Ferguson

02/27/2007

 

PIA Will Oppose Bill to Repeal McCarran-Ferguson Antitrust Exemption

02/27/2007

 

Could the National Insurance Act Destabilize the Insurance Industry?

02/13/2007

 

Rep. Kanjorski Says Fed Regulator Should Start Small, But Could Expand

02/06/2007

 

Paulson Comment Indicates Interest in Optional Federal Charter

02/06/2007

 

PIA Remains Steadfast in Opposition to Optional Federal Charter

02/06/2007

 

Optional Federal Charters – Special Interest Legislation for the Very Few

01/30/2007

 

House Bill to Alter McCarran-Ferguson Antitrust Exemption to be Introduced This Week

01/04/2007

 

PIA Vows Continued Opposition to Federal Regulation in 2007

12/05/2006

 

OFC Supporters Scramble to Blunt Remarks by Rep. Frank Expressing Skepticism

11/28/2006

 

New NCOIL President Opposes OFC, Says SMART Not So Smart

11/28/2006

 

Koken to Chair Interstate Compact Commission

11/22/2006

 

Aide to Kanjorski Floats Trial Balloon on Optional Federal Charters

11/22/2006

 

Health Insurers’ Plan to Expand Coverage Hints at Preemption of State Regulation

10/24/2006

 

Democrats’ Katrina Panel Recommends Repeal of Insurance Antitrust Exemption

10/24/2006

 

State Regulators Tell Antitrust Commission McCarran Fosters Competition

10/19/2006

 

State Regulation at a Crossroads: Be Careful What You Wish For

10/03/2006

 

Optional Federal Charter Bill Introduced in House, PIA Opposes

10/03/2006

 

“Mini-SMART” Surplus Lines Bill Passed in House, Senate Fate Uncertain

09/26/2006

 

NAMIC Says Consumers Would Lose Under Federal Regulation

09/26/2006

 

“Mini-SMART” Surplus Lines Bill Set for Vote in House

09/20/2006

 

House Member to Introduce Optional Federal Charter Bill

09/14/2006

 

NAIC Won’t Develop Personal Lines Rate Model Law

08/22/2006

 

Massachusetts Brings States in NAIC Compact to 28

08/02/2006

 

A Note to OFC Advocates: Be Careful What You Wish For

08/02/2006

 

Send Congress a Message - Defeat S. 2509

08/01/2006

 

Brevik Blasts Optional Federal Charter Bill During NCOIL Panel

07/25/2006

 

PIA’s Brevik: OFC is “Special Interest Legislation of the Worst Kind”

07/25/2006

 

Treasury Official Stops Short of Endorsing Optional Federal Charters

07/25/2006

 

Governors, State Legislatures Oppose OFC

07/25/2006

 

PIA Grassroots Action Continues: Tell Congress to Kill the Sununu-Johnson Bill!

07/25/2006

 

PIA Expresses Concerns About Surplus Lines Bill

07/18/2006

 

Will An Assistant Treasury Secretary Boost Optional Federal Charters at Hearing?

07/18/2006

 

PIA’s Brevik on NCOIL Panel on OFC This Week

07/18/2006

 

NCOIL Ramps Up Opposition to Optional Federal Charter

07/18/2006

 

NAIC President Tells Congress Success Rests With State Regulation

07/18/2006

 

“Mini-SMART” Surplus Lines Bill Faces House Subcommittee Vote

06/27/2006

 

Optional Federal Charter Bill Readied in House

06/27/2006

 

PIA Urges Caution as “Mini-SMART” Bill Introduced in House

06/27/2006

 

Senate Holds Hearing on Possible Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson

06/20/2006

 

Senate Committee Schedules McCarran-Ferguson Hearing

06/20/2006

 

Willis CEO Plumeri Tries to Tie Catastrophe to OFC

06/20/2006

 

Interstate Compact Commission Holds First Meeting

06/20/2006

 

Surveys Indicate Progress Toward Market Conduct Reforms

05/17/2006

 

Ohio Poised to Put NAIC Interstate Compact Over the Top

05/11/2006

 

Ohio Poised to Put NAIC Interstate Compact Over the Top

05/09/2006

 

Spurred by OFC Bill, House Committee Applies Pruning Knife to SMART

05/09/2006

 

PIA of Minnesota Conducts Grassroots Campaign for Interstate Compact

04/26/2006

 

PIA Grassroots Action Alert! Help PIA Oppose the Optional Federal Charter Bill

04/26/2006

 

PIA National Board of Directors Affirms Opposition to Optional Federal Charter

04/24/2006

 

The Real Battle: Banks & Securities Firms Versus Insurance

04/20/2006

 

NCOIL Reaffirms Its Opposition to Optional Federal Charter

04/20/2006

 

NAIC Closing In On Goal of Creating Interstate Compact

04/12/2006

 

PIA 2006 FLS Sends Agents to Capitol Hill to Lobby Against Optional Federal Charter Bill

04/12/2006

 

PIA Regulatory Affairs Chairman Don Flanders Tells Sen. Sununu PIA Opposes His Bill

04/12/2006

 

Sen. Ben Nelson Tells PIA FLS He's Skeptical of Optional Federal Charter

04/04/2006

 

Insurance Record Notes PIA Fight Against “Federal Gorilla”

03/07/2006

 

Kanjorski Says Federal Insurance Regulation More Likely if Democrats Win Congress

03/07/2006

 

PIA Asks State Legislatures to Pass Resolutions Opposing Federal Regulation, Optional Federal Charters for Insurance

03/06/2006

 

Optional Federal Charters – A Bad Idea Returns

03/06/2006

 

PIA Reaffirms Opposition to Optional Federal Charters

02/28/2006

 

NCOIL Resolution Supports State Regulation of Insurance

02/25/2006

 

Insurance Regulatory Reform — A Constant Process

02/20/2006

 

OFC — Behind Closed Doors

02/14/2006

 

Pomeroy Predicts SMART “Will Not Reach the House Floor This Year”

02/08/2006

 

Treasury Meets Behind Closed Doors With Optional Federal Charter Advocates

02/08/2006

 

PIA Reaffirms Strong Opposition to Optional Federal Charters

02/01/2006

 

Michigan House Insurance Committee Passes Resolution Opposing SMART

01/10/2006

 

Puerto Rico Joins NAIC Interstate Compact

11/30/2005

 

PIA to NAIC: Two Models Not Ready for Prime Time

11/22/2005

 

Congress Bars Banks in Real Estate for Another Year

11/01/2005

 

Oxley Commits to Extension of TRIA, Warns on SMART

10/18/2005

 

Rulings Against Spitzer Could Erode State Regulation

10/12/2005

 

Life Insurers Push Optional Federal Charter, Say SMART “Does Nothing For Us”

09/12/2005

 

Spitzer: Repeal McCarran-Ferguson, Keep State Regulation

08/09/2005

 

Federal Judge Blocks Spitzer NY Banks Probe

08/09/2005

 

Appeals Court Rules in Favor of OCC on Preemption

07/01/2005

 

Will SMART Be Smart?

06/22/2005

 

NAIC Critiques SMART While Push Started for Optional Federal Charter

06/22/2005

 

OCC Files for Injunction to Block Spitzer Probe of Banks in New York

06/15/2005

 

PIA’s Borowski Says SMART Not Ready for Introduction

06/07/2005

 

PIA to Meet With House FSC Staff on SMART

06/07/2005

 

Acting OCC Head Not Bowing to Spitzer

06/01/2005

 

Anti-SMART Bill Pulled in Ohio House after a Visit From Rep. Oxley

06/01/2005

 

PIA Attends Bipartisan Meeting on Two Sections of SMART

06/01/2005

 

Roundtable Funds “Agent Group” That Supports Optional Federal Charter

05/27/2005

 

Rep. Baker to NAIC: Put Up or Shut Up on SMART

05/27/2005

 

PIA Files Comments on Two Sections of SMART

05/17/2005

 

Ohio House Panel Passes Resolution Opposing SMART

05/10/2005

 

New York State Senator & Former NCOIL President Finds Many Flaws in SMART

05/10/2005

 

Consumer, Civil Rights, Labor Groups Attack SMART

03/29/2005

 

NAIC President Koken Criticizes SMART in Letter to Oxley, Baker

03/09/2005

 

Rep. Frank Says P&C Regulation “Must Remain Local”

01/06/2005

 

NCOIL Says Preservation, Modernization of State Regulation Top 2005 Priorities

12/09/2004

 

Threat to State Regulation Overturned by Court of Appeals, Chicago

11/29/2004

 

Spitzer Probe Should Not Prompt Federal Oversight

10/26/2004

 

MD Insurance Commissioner Says States Must Show Benefit to Preserve State Regulation

10/26/2004

 

Sen. Shelby Plans Hearing; Serio, Garamendi Say State Regulation is Working

10/19/2004

 

PIA Says Spitzer Actions Demonstrate State Regulation is Working

10/18/2004

 

New York Attorney General Sues Marsh & McLennan Companies

10/07/2004

 

SMART Looks Promising, But Devil Is in the Details

10/07/2004

 

PIA Encouraged by Initial Draft of SMART

10/05/2004

 

PIA Endorses Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act

09/29/2004

 

NAIC Tells Senate No Need for Federal Regulator

09/21/2004

 

TRIA Moves to Front Burner in Congress, SMART May Slow

09/21/2004

 

NCOIL Executive Committee Chair Says Congress Eyeing States’ Premium Tax

09/10/2004

 

Prospects for Capitol Hill Action in the Remainder of 2004

09/08/2004

 

Brevik Comments on SMART in A.M. Best, National Underwriter

08/24/2004

 

House Subcommittee Releases Discussion Draft of Oxley-Baker “Roadmap”

08/10/2004

 

Ten House FSC Members Sign Letter Asking for Votes to Overturn OCC Preemptions

07/28/2004

 

NCSL Adopts Policy Resolution for Insurance Regulatory Modernization

07/28/2004

 

NCOIL Working to Develop Uniformity in Market Conduct Examinations Across States

06/25/2004

 

NAIC Creates Roadmap to Modernize Regulatory Standards

06/25/2004

 

The Expansive OCC

06/02/2004

 

NAIC Cites Recent A.M. Best Study As Evidence State-Based Regulation is Working

06/02/2004

 

Oklahoma Passes Insurance Rating Bill

05/11/2004

 

Suitability Provisions – Not Just a “Life Thing”

05/11/2004

 

OCC Counsel “Surprised” By Negative Reaction to Preemption Rules

05/11/2004

 

Former NAIC President Defends State Regulation

05/04/2004

 

More Bills Introduced to Overturn OCC Preemption Rules

05/04/2004

 

NCOIL's Market Conduct Model Clears Another Hurdle

04/20/2004

 

Senate Resolutions Introduced to Overturn OCC Preemptions

04/10/2004

 

Objective: Real Results, Not Purely Motions

04/10/2004

 

2004 NAIC Initiatives and Activities

04/07/2004

 

PIA Thanks Baker, Says Plan Mirrors Much of PIA’s Approach to Regulation

04/07/2004

 

NAIC Tells House Panel it Shares the Same Regulatory Modernization Goals

04/07/2004

 

PIA Regulatory Affairs Committee Actions on National Standards

04/07/2004

 

Rep. Sue Kelly Blasts Hawke, Asks GAO to Investigate OCC

04/07/2004

 

State Banking Group Blasts OCC Preemptions

03/30/2004

 

Compact Comes Before State Legislatures

03/23/2004

 

NAIC Interstate Compact Advances in States

03/23/2004

 

Rep. Frank Calls for Talks on Preemption With OCC, Threatens Legislation

03/18/2004

 

PIA Applauds Oxley-Baker Approach to Insurance Regulation

03/16/2004

 

OCC Launches Counterattack Against Critics

03/09/2004

 

File-and-Use Law Signed in South Dakota

03/09/2004

 

Former NAIC President Criticizes State Regulatory System

03/02/2004

 

Some Commissioners Want NAIFA to Reconsider Its New Policy on Optional Federal Charters

03/02/2004

 

House Financial Services Committee Criticizes OCC Preemption

03/02/2004

 

OCC Tells National Banks: Don't Stonewall Complaints From States

02/24/2004

 

Realtors Ask OCC for Regulation Barring Banks, Threaten Congressional Opposition

02/18/2004

 

Members of House Financial Services Committee Ask OCC to Postpone Preemption Rule

02/18/2004

 

Optional Federal Charter Unlikely This Year, Rep. Baker Says

02/03/2004

 

Rep. Kelly Seeks Delay on OCC Preemption Rules, OCC Says No

01/28/2004

 

PIA Article on National Standards Published in the National Underwriter

01/23/2004

 

PIA Lauds Rep. Kelly's Call for OCC to Justify Its Preemption Rules

01/21/2004

 

AIG's Greenberg Supports Optional Federal Charter

01/20/2004

 

PIA’s 2004 Issues of Focus

01/20/2004

 

PIA Blasts OCC Preemption Regulations

01/15/2004

 

OCC Announces Banking Regulations

01/13/2004

 

OCC Releases Final Bank Regs on Preemption

01/06/2004

 

OCC to Congress: If You Don't Like Our Actions, Pass a Law

12/23/2003

 

Insurer Groups Urge Baker to Reexamine Optional Federal Charter

12/16/2003

 

Csiszar: Reform Now or Congress Will Act

12/16/2003

 

NAIC, NCOIL and NCSL Agree on Goals, Differ on Strategies

12/10/2003

 

Conflicts Increasing in State and Federal Regulation

12/09/2003

 

Alliance Urges NAIC to Move up Timetable on Modernization

12/09/2003

 

Linkletter Praises NAIC, Endorses State Regulation

12/01/2003

 

Pressure to Speed Reform Builds in Congress

11/25/2003

 

NCOIL Postpones Approval of Market Conduct Model Act

11/18/2003

 

House to Consider Bill to Bar Banks From Real Estate Brokerage Activities

11/10/2003

 

Another Congressional Hearing on Insurance Regulation

11/03/2003

 

House Financial Services Committee to Hold Hearing on Insurance Regulation This Week

11/03/2003

 

States Unite to Fight Proposed OCC Banking Preemption

10/27/2003

 

Senate Hearing on Federal Involvement in Insurance Regulation

10/21/2003

 

GAO Issues Report on Bank Tying

10/13/2003

 

NAMIC Steps Up Efforts Against Optional Federal Charter

10/08/2003

 

Supreme Court Declines PIA's Request for Cert - OCC

10/07/2003

 

GAO Report Recommends Greater Uniformity of State Market Conduct

10/01/2003

 

PIA National Says Federal Reserve Should Clarify Proposed Guidance

09/23/2003

 

NAIC Reaffirms Commitment to Modernization, Adopts Action Plan

09/16/2003

 

NAIC, NCSL, NCOIL Reaffirm State Regulation

09/10/2003

 

NCOIL to Hold Market Conduct Hearings September 12 in Chicago

09/03/2003

 

Federal Reserve Issues Draft Interpretation on Tying, PIA National to File Comments

08/26/2003

 

Louisiana Joins ASSURE

08/26/2003

 

NCOIL Schedules Hearing on Market Conduct Model Law

08/26/2003

 

PIA Files Reply With U.S. Supreme Court in OCC Case

08/10/2003

 

Modernization Through Cooperation

07/29/2003

 

NAIC Launches ASSURE Website

07/29/2003

 

NCSL Approves Statement of Principles for the Regulation of Property and Casualty Insurance

07/23/2003

 

Carriers Say Federal Class Action Lawsuits Could Supplant State Regulation of Insurance

07/18/2003

 

PIA Vows Aggressive Opposition to Hollings Bill to Federalize Insurance Regulation

07/15/2003

 

Sen. Hollings Introduces Bill to Create Federal Regulation of Insurance

07/15/2003

 

NCOIL Discusses Regulatory Proposals

07/08/2003

 

NCSL Developing Statement on P&C Regulation

07/01/2003

 

Oxley, Nelson Urge NAIC to Speed Action on Reforms

06/26/2003

 

PIA Lauds NAIC on Decision to File Supporting Brief in Lawsuit Against Comptroller of the Currency

06/26/2003

 

NAIC Summer Meeting Update - Regulatory Modernization

06/17/2003

 

Louisiana Flex Rating Bill to Become Law

06/10/2003

 

Modernizing State Insurance Regulation

06/03/2003

 

New Hampshire Passes Regulatory Modernization

05/19/2003

 

PIA Petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Overturn Lower Court Ruling on Preemption

05/05/2003

 

Subcommittee to Examine Regulation of Insurance Market Conduct

05/05/2003

 

PIA Files a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in OCC Case

04/21/2003

 

South Carolina Kicks Off ASSURE, PIA of SC Participating

04/21/2003

 

Hearing on Insurance and State Regulation

04/11/2003

 

PIA National Board Endorses NAIC ASSURE Initiative

03/25/2003

 

NCSL Task Force Holds Seventh Meeting on Modernization

03/04/2003

 

Senator Says Supporters of Federal Regulation Have Not Made Their Case

02/11/2003

 

Insurance Regulation a Key Issue for the House Financial Services Committee

02/10/2003

 

2003 PIA Position Paper: Optional Federal Charters

01/22/2003

 

Court Asks OCC to Respond to PIA Petition

12/23/2002

 

PIA Files Petition For Rehearing in West Virginia OCC Challenge

12/16/2002

 

NAIC Discusses PIA’s OCC Litigation

12/16/2002

 

NCSL Insurance Modernization Committee Meets in Washington, D.C.

12/09/2002

 

NAIC Approves Interstate Compact

11/25/2002

 

NAIC Market Conduct Subgroup Accepts PIA Suggested Changes

Patricia A. Borowski
Sr. VP, Government/Regulatory Affairs
patbo@pianet.org
(703) 518-1360

Mike Becker
Director of Federal Affairs
mikebe@pianet.org 
(703) 518-1365