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- Congress set to consider insurer antitrust repeal; McCarran-Ferguson has little direct impact on risk managers.(News)
- Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN WASHINGTON-Possible repeal of the McCarran-Ferguson Act's limited exemption from federal antitrust laws for insurers is unlikely to have any dramatic immediate impact on risk managers, say observers. But some observers ho Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN ...
- Research articles 2007-02-26
- No need to amend Md. antitrust law: AIA exec. (American Insurance Association, Craig Berrington)
- No Need To Amend Md. Antitrust Law: AIA Exec There is no need to amend Maryland antitrust law because state law already embraces a comprehensive regulatory system that fosters competition and prohibits anticompetitive conduct, according to an officiNo Need To Amend Md. Antitrust Law:...
- Research articles 1990-12-03
- State Farm supports McCarran change. (McCarran-Ferguson Act)
- State Farm Supports McCarran Change PALM BEACH, Fla.--In a speech here to the insurance section of the American Bar Association, Jean Hiestand, the recently retired vice president and general counsel of State Farm, called on insurance companies to sState Farm Supports McCarran Change ...
- Research articles 1989-02-06
- U.S. Supreme Court agrees to review antitrust decision. (9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling to allow antitrust trial of foreign and domestic insurance industries)
- WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court could dramatically redefine the scope of the McCarran-Ferguson Act within the next year. The high court agreed to review a decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals which allowed the antitrust lawsuits which h WASHINGTON - The...
- Research articles 1992-10-12
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- News Flash: 1945 Law Allows Concentration of Power in US Health Insurance
- Last week, some media reports noted that US Congressional Democrats countered an insurance industry study suggesting health care reform would cost much more than estimated by threatening a repeal of the McCarran-Ferguson Act's anti-trust exemption for health insurance. For example, in the New York Times Prescriptions Blog : ...
- News items 2009-10-20
- The House Health Reform Bill: An Abortion Funding Ban And Other Late Changes
- Editor's Note: This is Tim Jost's fourth post examining HR 3962, the House's health reform legislation. Previous posts focused on measure's health care financing reforms, the legislation's provisions for an insurance exchange and a "public option," and HR 3962's delivery system reforms and other provisions. How did HR 3962 change on Saturday night? As everyone...
- News items 2009-11-09
- Bank Mergers and the 'Curse of Bigness'
- "Size, we are told, is not a crime. But size may, at least, become noxious by reason of the means through which it was attained or the uses to which it is put." -- Louis Brandeis One of the challenges of dealing with financial institutions that are "too big...
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- Monopoly, Monopsony, and Market Definition: An Antitrust Perspective on Market Concentration Among Health Insurers
- This paper uses the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index HHI to compute the concentration of commercial health insurance markets in most of the states during the past four years. Market concentration provides an important benchmark for antitrust analysis, but it does not, standing alone, indicate the presence of problematic anticompetitive behavior or a...
- White papers 2004-12-01
- Oklahoma, Conseco wrangle over acquisition.(Oklahoma Dept. of Insurance on Conseco's planned purchase of Universal Fidelity Life Insurance Co.)
- The Oklahoma Dept of Insurance is opposing Conseco's planned purchase of Universal Fidelity Life Insurance Co because it does not comply with the antitrust law requirements. The state insurance department states that Conseco has not received approval to pursue its acquisition plans under the Holding Company Act. The Oklahoma Dept...
- Research articles 1998-01-26
- McCarran reform fight was not in vain. (insurance industry's political battle with removal of antitrust law exemption; McCarran-Ferguson Act) (Column)
- There's bound to be cries of "I told you so!" from foes of McCarran-Ferguson reform now that voters have swept Democrats out of power in Congress. The dramatic Republican sweep completely shifts the balance of power in Washington and rem There's bound to...
- Research articles 1994-11-21
- Who Speaks For Physicians?
- AMA and Sermo have parted ways only two years after the AMA lent its name and credibility to the startup company in return for gaining access to its social networking site. The well-publicized breakup has a couple of interesting subtexts. Let's start with the double standard of...
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- Calif. insurers hit with conspiracy suit.
- Calif. Insurers Hit With Conspiracy Suit Commissioner Seeks Court Support To Implement Prop. 103 California Insurance Commissioner Roxani Gillespie has filed a suit accusing the insurance industry of antitrust law violations and a conspiracy "seeking to block, hinder or...
- Research articles 1989-12-18
- Connecticut Attorney General Blumenthal urges tougher antitrust laws.
- By Diane Levick, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 21--Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, issuing 10 more subpoenas in his insurance probe Wednesday, said he will seek new laws to make anti-competitive behavior a crime and curb questionable commissions....
- Research articles 2004-10-21
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