The Federal Reserve Board recognizes there are critical differences between banks and insurance companies, Federal Reserve Board chairman-designate Janet Yellen told a Senate committee at her confirmation hearing.

Software contractors who built the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act federal exchange system defended their work at a raucous, standing-room-only House hearing Oct. 24 to allow Republicans an opportunity to cast Obamacare in the most negative light possible.

Software contractors who built the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act federal exchange system defended their work at a raucous, standing-room-only House hearing Oct. 24 to allow Republicans an opportunity to cast Obamacare in the most negative light possible.

The U.S. insurance regulatory system is in a state of major disrepair, an international body that monitors and makes recommendations about the global financial system said in a new report.

For the first time in 150 years, an insurer will be federally regulated. AIG has chosen not to challenge its designation by the Fed as a systemically important financial institution.

For the first time in 150 years, an insurer will be federally regulated. AIG has chosen not to challenge its designation by the Fed as a systemically important financial institution.

Ben Nelson, CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has outlined several concerns with the work of the Federal Insurance Office.

Ben Nelson, CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has outlined several concerns with the work of the Federal Insurance Office.