MetLife may be on the hook for as much as $700 million in unpaid life and annuity policies; other insurers are expected to follow.

Fiduciary duty should extend to all broker-dealers if they offer investemtn advice about securities to retail customers, an industry group told the SEC.

The final rule of U.S. Health and Human Services on affordable insurance exchanges is expected out this month, with reports that it can be as soon as this week or by the end of the month.

The budget seeks to strengthen the defined benefit pension system by giving the board of the PBGC authority to adjust premiums and evaluate risks to it, and keep it viable for the times when plans fail.

U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., have introduced S. 2068, the Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act, a companion bill and a shot in the arm for a medical loss ratio bill in the...

Obama administration officials never improperly interfered with the deliberations regarding standards it recommended for implementing the healthcare reform law, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) said in response to a congressional inquiry.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners request for an exemption from the medical loss ratio provisions of the healthcare reform law for insurance agents has been rejected.

A GAO report released this week purports to demonstrate that early indicators show that the new medical loss ratio (MLR) standards mandated in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would have worked for most insurers in 2010.