Category: U.S. Congress

  FULL COMMITTEE HEARING: Impacts of Rising Sea Levels on Domestic Infrastructures The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources met on April 19, 2012 to hear testimony on the impacts of sea level rise on domestic energy and …

  Chaired by U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX), the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee (“Subcommittee”) on Social Security held a hearing in Washington D.C. today, February 2, 2012, on the accuracy, use and impacts of …

  In 2005, to better protect Risk Retention Group (“RRG”) insureds, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recommended the implementation of more uniform, baseline state regulatory standards, including corporate governance standards. Since then, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) …

  Predicting that the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (“NAIC”) Nonadmitted Insurance Multi-State Agreement will face continued constitutional challenges about its “improper and unconstitutional delegation of authority to a regulator . . . ” Alabama State Representative and National Conference …

  Intended to encourage residential property mitigation and stronger building codes, respectively, two bills were filed in the U.S. House of Representatives during June 2011.  Below is a summary of each:   H.R. 2099 – The Natural Disaster Mitigation Act …

Below are hyperlinks to transcripts of witness testimony given at the U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing entitled “Financial Regulatory Reform: The International Context.” Click on a hyperlink below to access each transcript:   WITNESS LIST Panel I The Honorable …

  Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) Administrator Craig Fugate testified today, June 9, 2011, on the reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (“NFIP”) during a hearing before the United States Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee (“Committee”) in …

  Missouri Department of Insurance Director John Huff testified before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (“Subcommittee”) today, April 14, 2011, about the lack of adequate insurance expertise on the newly created …

  At a press conference held tonight, October 28, 2010, U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Kendrick Meek clarified that he is not dropping out of the race following reports that former President Bill Clinton urged him to do so while they campaigned together in …

By Richard J. Fidei, PartnerColodny Fass   Pending before the U.S. House of Representatives, House Resolution 4802 would dramatically expand the coverage authority of risk retention groups.  Also known as the “Risk Retention Modernization Act of 2010 (‘Act’),” the legislation …