Congress is again being asked to amend the Medicare Secondary Payment Act, just six months after enacting reform legislation dealing with the issue, which took five years to pass congressional muster.

CSC, which handles NFIP-Direct for the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been acquired by the company which does most of the back-office work for 50 Write-Your-Own companies.

An effort to delay federal flood insurance rate hikes on grandfathered properties for five years was rejected by the Senate late Tuesday.

An effort to delay federal flood insurance rate hikes on grandfathered properties for five years was rejected by the Senate late Tuesday.

Medicare does not preempt state workers compensation laws that establish rules dealing with the handling of medical claims, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

Crop insurance coverage appears likely to be expanded as House and Senate committees again take up providing 5-year reauthorization of farm programs.

Crop insurance coverage appears likely to be expanded as House and Senate committees again take up providing 5-year reauthorization of farm programs.

Members of the Senate are scrambling in advance of a May 14 vote to craft an amendment dealing with politically-sensitive hikes in federal flood insurance premiums that would retain the rate structure imposed by a previous law to extend the program.