Aetna, Humana Call Off $34 Billion Deal

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Trump causes uncertainty in directors and officers market

The uncertainty created by the Trump administration has filtered into the directors and officers liability market, according to comments made during the Professional Liability Underwriting Society's D&O symposium in New York last week. Fred Cooper, Florham Park, New Jersey-based executive vice president at Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. was asked during a session on financial institution D&O what the next systemic event that has the potential to create a hard market would be.

Obama Tries to Sell Insurers on Obamacare After 2016 Defections

President Barack Obama met with top executives from more than a dozen health insurers, including Humana Inc. and Cigna Corp., to re-affirm his support for the Affordable Care Act after several companies retreated from the law's government-run insurance markets. Obama dropped in on a meeting on Monday in Washington between top White House health officials and the executives before the 2017 enrollment period, according to a White House official.

Obamacare has gone from the President’s greatest achievement to a ‘slow motion death spiral’

A slew of news, from insurers dropping out to possible fraud among healthcare providers, has all accumulated in a deluge of negative headlines for one of President Obama's signature law. While there are issues, and this past week highlighted many of them, it does appear that there is a long road ahead before we have a definitive understanding of Obamacare's survival and a good chance that it makes it.

Anthem Says Deal To Buy Cigna Still On Track

As questions grow about Anthem's proposed acquisition of Cigna, the Indianapolis-based company says the completion of the deal remains "the highest priority." "Anthem and Cigna are not in discussions regarding a termination of the merger agreement or the payment of a break-up fee," said Anthem spokeswoman Jill Belcher.

California regulator urges Anthem-Cigna merger be rejected

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is urging the U.S. Department of Justice to reject Anthem Inc.'s proposed acquisition of rival insurer Cigna Corp. He says the $54 billion transaction would likely lead to lower quality health care and more expensive coverage. He says Anthem would control more than half the health insurance market in 28 counties.

GOP call to end SIFIs raises question of who will mind the store 3:34 …

The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee's call to strip the Financial Stability Oversight Council of the ability to designate insurers and others as systemically important financial institutions leaves unanswered the question of how insurance groups should be regulated. In remarks prepared for an address to the Economic Club of New York last week, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, outlined details of the Financial CHOICE Act, a Republican plan to replace the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.