Category: U.S. Congress

  Insurance Holding Company Supervision to be Examined U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises Chairman, Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski (D-PA), announced that he has scheduled a March 18, 2010 hearing to examine the interaction …

The U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, along with the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises debated H.R. 2555, also known as “The Homeowners Defense Act,” during a March 10 hearing entitled “Approaches to Mitigating …

A 5-4 United States Supreme Court ruling issued today, January 21, 2010, has lifted longstanding corporate restrictions on political campaign financing.   As reported in the Business Week article reprinted below, the ruling may affect labor unions.  To view the …

In a notice issued today, December 22, 2009, the United States Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Trade Commission announced that creditors generally will be required to notify consumers when less-than-optimal credit terms are offered through the use of risk-based …

H.R. 2609, also known as the “Federal Insurance Office Act,” unanimously passed the United States House Financial Services Committee today, December 2, 2009. If ultimately passed into law, the bill’s creation of a Federal Insurance Office would be expected to provide national …

The United States House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the Federal Housing Administration’s Fiscal Year 2009 Actuarial Report on Wednesday, December 2.  To view an archived webcast of this hearing, click here. A list of witnesses and corresponding …

The United States House Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled “Improving Responsible Lending to Small Businesses” on Monday, November 30. A list of witnesses and corresponding hyperlinks to their testimony is reprinted below.   …

Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Sullivan will represent the National Association of Insurance Commissioners at a United States House Financial Services Committee hearing on “Systemic Regulation, Prudential Matters, Resolution Authority and Securitization” this morning, October 29, at 9:30 a.m.  In his written …

United States Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) has filed a strike-all amendment to House Resolution 2609, which is also known as the “Federal Insurance Office Act of 2009.”  The amendment will be considered by the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on …

On Wednesday, October 14, 2009, Florida Deputy Insurance Commissioner Mary Beth Senkewicz testified at a joint hearing of the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging and the Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and …