WASHINGTON--Financial services firms, including insurers, are seeing Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson off on his trip to China with a White Paper, which asks him to ensure increased market access to Ch

WASHINGTON--Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., was reported in critical condition today after undergoing emergency surgery, placing Democratic control of the U.S. Senate in 2007--and resolution of some serious i

Despite the "skepticism" of a key congressional leader, three financial services groups have "recommitted" their members to work for adoption of "comprehensive" legislation creating an optional

Rep. Frank suggests federal reinsurance backstop might even cover natural

The U.S. reinsurance industry's vital signs are showing vast improvement over 2005's disastrous, catastrophe-marred results, according to statistics released last week by the Reinsurance Association

WASHINGTON--Five leading financial services trade groups said today they have re-committed their industries to lobby the next Congress for passage of comprehensive legislation creating an optional fede

Assistant Maryland Attorney General Steven Sullivan told a three judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., that the state law conforms to a federal statute mandating equal

In outlining an agenda for the panel, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., also said he will support an optional federal charter for life insurers, but is "skeptical" whether it would be appropriate for proper