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National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011
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2012 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Issues related to considering insurance carriers as a systemic risk stemming from Dodd-Frank legislation Monitor issues relate to the extension and reform of the National Flood Ins. Program, particularly HR 1309 and HR 5740 Support of an Optional Federal Charter for insurers Monitor activites of the Federal insurance Office in developing of insurance maodernization proposals Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Agency which was included in the Dodd-Frank Act Issues realted to insurance generally Monitor efforts to possibly initiate changes to the Dodd-Frank Act as they might relate to insurance Issues related to supporting the National Association of Registered agents and Brokers Reform Act. particularly HR 1112 and S. 2342 Monitor and/or provide information regarding cybersecurity issues particularly regarding HR 3674 Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act; S.2105, Cybersecurity Act of 2012 and HR 3523, Cyber Inteligence Protection and Sharing Act Discuss issues related to the need for a possible extension of the Terrorism Rick Insurance Act which expires during the 113th Congress
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Support for excluding broker commissions from the medical loss ratio calculation in health care reform implementation, particularly Hr.R. 1206 and S. 2068, Access to Independent Health Ins. Advisors Act. Monitor issues realted to the extension and reform of the Nat'l Flood Ins. Program particularly HR 1309. Issues related to supporting the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act, particularly H.R. 1112 and S. 2342 Monitor efforts to make changes in the Dodd-Frank Act as they may relate to insurance. Issues related to implementing the law modernizing the regulation of surplus lines insurance Monitor issues related to the implementation health insurance reform, specifically retaining a private section role for insurance brokers in health care reform and employee benefits Issues related to supporting an Optional Federal Charter for Insurers Monitor the activities of the federal Insurnce Office and the development of insurnce modernzation proposals. Monitor HR 5 Protecting Access to Health Care Act, specifically medical liabilty reform and changes to the McCarran-Fergurson exemption.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · fourth_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 363 (Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2011); H.R. 344 (Fiscal Responsibility Effective Enforcement Act of 2011); H.R. 463 (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2011); H.R. 653 (Financial Information Privacy Act of 2011); H.R. 757 (Equitable Treatment of Investors Act); H.R. 836 (Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act); H.R. 1053 (stock quote decimalization); H.R. 1062 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 1070 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1082 (Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act); H.R. 1112 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011); H.R. 1151 (Emergency Mortgage Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Cost Recoupment Act of 2011); H.R. 1341 (A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate); H.R. 1438 (Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act of 2011); H.R. 1532 (A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require the joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013); H.R. 1535 (Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 1539 (Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1550 (National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2011); H.R. 1573 (To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption); H.R. 1610 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1838 (To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act prohibiting any Federal bailout of swap dealers or participants); H.R. 1840 (To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders); H.R. 1965 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes.); H.R. 2167 (Private Company Flexibility Act); H.R. 2308 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); H.R. 2313 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); H.R. 2413 (Secondary Market Facility for Residential Mortgages Act of 2011); H.R. 2483 (Whistleblower Improvement Act); H.R. 2517 (Shareholder Protection Act of 2011); H.R. 2586 (Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act); H.R. 2603 (Maintaining Agency Direction on Financial Fraud Act); H.R. 2612 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to prohibit certain acts or practices); H.R. 2651 (To require that the United States Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public, Social Security benefits, and military pay in the event that the debt limit is reached, and for other purposes); H.R. 2682 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act); H.R. 2779 (To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act); H.R. 2827 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes); H.R. 2855 (Emergency Jobs Now Act); H.R. 2930 (Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act); H.R. 2931 (Full Faith and Credit Act); H.R. 2940 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); H.R. 2964 (Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act); H.R. 3010 (Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 3078 (United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3079 (United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3080 (United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3084 (Mortgage Credit Availability Act of 2011); H.R. 3128 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of exempting smaller institutions from capital deductions); H.R. 3213 (Small Company Job Growth and Regulatory Relief Act of 2011); H.R. 3283 (Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act); H.R. 3313 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); H.R. 3318 (Growing Jobs Through Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3336 (Small Business Credit Availability Act); H.R. 3527 (Protecting Main Street End-Users From Excessive Regulation); H.R. 3530 (Freddie Mac Debt Reduction Act of 2011); H.R. 3606 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); H.R. 3635 (Investing in America's Small Businesses Act of 2011); H.R. 3644 (Private Mortgage Market Investment Act); H.R. 3655 (Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3665 (Wall Street Accountability through Sustainable Funding Act); H.R. 3733 (Affordable Mortgage for Homeowners Act of 2011); H.R. 3871 (Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012); H.R. 4088 (Capital Expansion Act); H.R. 4235 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts.); H.R. 4624 (Investment Advisor Oversight Act of 2012); H.R. 5973 (Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) appropriations bill); H. Amdt. 465 (Amendment prohibits the use of funds by the CFTC to promulgate any final rules under the Commodity Exchange Act as added by the Dodd-Frank Act until 12 months after the promulgation of final swap transaction reporting rules under the Commodity Exchange Act.); S. 23 (Patent Reform Act of 2011); S. 556 (A bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1276 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); S. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); S. 1619 (The Currency Exchange Act); S. 1641 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1642 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Korea Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1643 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1650 (Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011); S. 1787 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); S. 1791 (Democratizing Access to Capital Act of 2011); S. 1824 (Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act); S. 1831 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); S. 1835 (United States Covered Bond Act); S. 1907 (PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2011); S. 1933 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); S. 1941 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1962 (Startup Expansion and Investment Act); S. 1963 (Mortgage Finance Act of 2011); S. 1970 (CROWDFUND Act); S. 1975 (No More IMF Bailouts Act); S. 1997 (FHA Bailout Protection Act of 2011); S. 2033 (Closing the Derivatives Blended Rate Loophole Act); S. 2038 (STOCK Act); S. 2055 (A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information.); S. 2102 (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2012); S. 2105 (Cybersecurity Act of 2012); S. 3414 (A bill to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the United States.); S. 3620 (A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes.); S. Amdt. 1818 to S. 1813 (offshore tax havens); SR-NASDAQ-2012-005 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Establish an Enhanced Display Distributor Fee); SR-NASDAQ-2012-042 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Re-organize NASDAQ's Rules Governing the Fees Applicable to NASDAQ's Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NASDAQ-2012-044 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Modify the Fees Applicable to Non-Display Usage of Certain NASDAQ Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NYSEArca-2011-96 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Establish Fees for the NYSE Arca Integrated Data Feed); FINRA Rule 4560 (short interest reporting); EU data protection rules; Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Recordkeeping under Exchange Act Rule 17a-4(b)(4); Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Funding (Regulatory Capital Requirements, systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority); Resolution Authority for Systemically Significant Financial Companies Act of 2009; China - strategic and economic dialogue; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); Transatlantic Economic Council (Trade Issues); Preservation of independent contractor status for financial services sector; Asian Pacific Economic Council Privacy Issues; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India; Eminent domain; Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations; Transpacific Partnership; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; India Market Access Issues, Response to Royal Bank of India discussion; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Proposal (AIFM); Basel Capital Rules; G-20; Amendments to the 2012 Indian Finance Bill; Regulatory Capital Requirements; Single Platform/Government Sponsored Enterprises; SEC Regulation AB2; Trust Indenture Act; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Financial Stability Board Outreach; Establishment of the Office of Financial Research; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cyber security issues; Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; Tax-exemption for municipal bonds; Cross-border guidance; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Tri-party repo; Computerized trading; Market Data Exchange Act Section 19 (and related rules); Legal entity identifier (LEI); Jumpstart our Business Startups (JOBS) Act implementation; Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) consultation paper on margin requirements for uncleared derivatives.
2012 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
See Addendum Implementing Regulations for Public Law 108-173, Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Title XII, Section 1201, Health Savings Accounts. Implementing Regulations for Public Law 111-148, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, All Sections, but especially regulations pertaining to the Medical Loss Ratio and Actuarial Value calculations. Implementing Regulations for Public Law 111-517, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, All Sections, but in particular, implementation of the Federal Insurance Office and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; Credit Insurance; Truth in Lending Disclosures, Debt Protection Products Education of Members of Congress on the workings of the Health Savings Account industry including presentations on the establishment of the account, the coordination of the account with the qualifying insurance policy, and a comparison of HSAs to other health care financing strategies. Comments submitted on membership of the Federal Home Loan Bank, 12 CFR 1263 Optional Federal Regulation of Insurance H.R. 605/S. 312, the Patients Freedom to Choose Act of 2011 H.R. 1112/S.2342, the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 1206, the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 H.R. 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 2010/S. 1098, the Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2012 · fourth_quarter · Banking
See Addendum Implementing Regulation for Public Law 108-173, Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Title XII, Section 1201, Health Savings Accounts. Implementing Regulation for Public Law 11-148, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, All Sections, but especially comments on the Medical Loss Ratio and Actuarial Value regulations. Implementing Regulations for Public Law 111-517, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, All Sections. Education of Members of Congress on the workings of the Health Savings Account industry including presentations on the establishment of the account, the coordination of the account with the qualifying insurance policy, and a comparison of HSAs to other health care financing strategies. Optional Federal Regulation of Insurance H.R. 605/S. 312, the Patients Freedom to Choose Act of 2011 H.R. 1112/S.2342, the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 1206, the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 H.R. 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 2010/S. 1098, the Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
| Democratic |
| IN |
| Ben Chandler | Democratic | KY |
| Bill Flores | Republican | TX |
| Bill Huizenga | Republican | MI |
| Bill Posey | Republican | FL |
| Billy Long | Republican | MO |
| Blaine Luetkemeyer | Republican | MO |
| Brad Miller | Democratic | NC |
| Brad Sherman | Democratic | CA |
| Bruce L. Braley | Democratic | IA |
| Carolyn B. Maloney | Democratic | NY |
| Christopher Murphy | Democratic | CT |
| Dan Boren | Democratic | OK |
| David B. McKinley | Republican | WV |
| David Loebsack | Democratic | IA |
| David Schweikert | Republican | AZ |
| David Scott | Democratic | GA |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | FL |
| Donald A. Manzullo | Republican | IL |
| Ed Perlmutter | Democratic | CO |
| Francisco "Quico" Canseco | Republican | TX |
| Gary C. Peters | Democratic | MI |
| Geoff Davis | Republican | KY |
| Gwen Moore | Democratic | WI |
| James B. Renacci | Republican | OH |
| Jeb Hensarling | Republican | TX |
| Jim Gerlach | Republican | PA |
| Jim Matheson | Democratic | UT |
| Jo Ann Emerson | Republican | MO |
| Joe Courtney | Democratic | CT |
| Joe Donnelly | Democratic | IN |
| Joe Walsh | Republican | IL |
| John B. Larson | Democratic | CT |
| John Kline | Republican | MN |
| John R. Carter | Republican | TX |
| Judy Biggert | Republican | IL |
| Kenny Marchant | Republican | TX |
| Kurt Schrader | Democratic | OR |
| Larry Bucshon | Republican | IN |
| Lee Terry | Republican | NE |
| Leonard L. Boswell | Democratic | IA |
| Leonard Lance | Republican | NJ |
| Lynn Jenkins | Republican | KS |
| Michael E. Capuano | Democratic | MA |
| Michele Bachmann | Republican | MN |
| Mike Ross | Democratic | AR |
| Nan A. S. Hayworth | Republican | NY |
| Nick J. Rahall II | Democratic | WV |
| Patrick T. McHenry | Republican | NC |
| Peter J. Roskam | Republican | IL |
| Randy Hultgren | Republican | IL |
| Robert E. Andrews | Democratic | NJ |
| Robert E. Latta | Republican | OH |
| Robert J. Dold | Republican | IL |
| Rubén Hinojosa | Democratic | TX |
| Scott Garrett | Republican | NJ |
| Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | WV |
| Spencer Bachus | Republican | AL |
| Steve Stivers | Republican | OH |
| Sue Wilkins Myrick | Republican | NC |
| Tim Griffin | Republican | AR |
| Tim Holden | Democratic | PA |
| Todd Russell Platts | Republican | PA |
| Virginia Foxx | Republican | NC |
| W. Todd Akin | Republican | MO |
| Walter B. Jones | Republican | NC |
| Wm. Lacy Clay | Democratic | MO |
Client expense: $1,400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
HR 3559, HR 890, HR 6423, HR 2958, HR 5648, HR 6129, HR 1018, HR 1112, HR 2582, S 637, HR 2017, HR 2608, HR 1, HR 1026, HR 1309, HR 1430, HR 1453, HR 2055, HR 2078, HR 3628, HR 3630, HR 4020, HR 4348, HR 435, HR 5740, S 1091. S 1349, S 1548, S 1940, S 1958, S 2025, HR 2126
Client expense: $650,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 1063: STRENGTHENING MEDICARE AND REPAYING TAXPAYERS ACT OF 2011; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL H.R. 1112: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGISTERED AGENTS AND BROKERS REFORM ACT OF 2011; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL H.R. 1845: MEDICARE IVIG ACCESS AND STRENGTHENING MEDICARE AND REPAYING TAXPAYERS ACT OF 2012; PROVISIONS RELATED TO TITLE II P.L. 111-203 (111TH CONGRESS H.R. 4173): DODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT; THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATORY PROVISIONS RELATING TO TITLE I, II & V OF THE ACT H.R.5284: MEDICARE SECONDARY PAYER AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS ACT OF 2012; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL H.R. 6129: TO AMEND THE FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF CONSUMER REPORTS AND CONSUMER INFORMATION IN MAKING ANY DETERMINATION INVOLVING AUTO INSURANCE WITH RESPECT TO A CONSUMER, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL H.R. 6581: HURRICANE SANDY RECOVERY AND REBUILDING SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2013; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL BILL NUMBER NOT YET ASSIGNED: DISCUSSIONS REGARDING TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Implementation of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Recovery and Consumer Protection Act, Titles I,II and V. Proposals to create an Optional Federal Charter for Insurance Companies and H.R. 1112 and S. 2342, bills to modernize state licensing of insurance brokers and agents.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 1112 - National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011; entire bill H.R. 1173 - Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011; provisions relating to the CLASS Act H.R. 3475 - Keeping IDs Safe Act of 2011; entire bill H.R. 3559 Insurance Data Protection Act; entire bill Disparate impact rulemaking and potential implications for homeowners insurance underwriting TRIA extension and application to different lines of insurance coverage and workers compensation
Client expense: $380,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act - H.R. 2, all provisions Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act - H.R. 1063, all provisions National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011 - H.R. 1112, all provisions Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act - H.R. 1150, all provisions The Insurance Consumer Protection and Solvency Act of 2012 H.R. 6423, all provisions Claims Licensing Advancement for Interstate Matters Act H.R. 6415, all provisions
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2012 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Monitoring issues re to the extension & reform of Nat'l Flood Ins. Prog. as well as Multi-peril ins, particularly HR1309/HR5740 Issues related to supporting the National Assoc of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act, particularly HR1112 and S. 2342. Monitor issues re to implementation of health ins reform, specifically retaining a private sector role for ins brokers in health care reform & employee benefits. Support for excluding broker commisions from the medical loss ratio calculation related to health care reform implementation, particularly HR1206 and S2068, Access to Independent Health Ins. Advisors Act.. Monitor efforts to make changes in the Dodd-Frank Act, as they may relate to insurance. Issues related to implementing the law modernizing the regulation of surplus lines insurance. Issues related to supporting an Optional Federal Charter for Insurers. Monitor the activities of the Federal Insurance Office and the development of insurance modernization proposals. Monitor and/or provide information regarding cybersecurity issues, particularly regarding H.R. 3674, Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act; S.2105, Cybersecurity Act of 2012; and H.R. 3523, Cyber Inteligence Protection and Sharing Act. Monitor issues related to Iran Sanctions and insurance coverages. Monitor issues related to possible tax proposals affecting insurance. Discuss issues related to the need for a possible extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, which expires during the 113th Congress.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Legislation and rulemaking affecting annuities, variable life products and retirement savings including Obama Administration and Congressional proposals on tax reform. Public Law 111-203, HR 4173-Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, implementation and regulatory Reform. S. 2832/HR 677, Lifetime Income Disclosure Act, legislation that proposes to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require disclosure of lifetime income equivalents. HR 4050, the Retirement Plan Simplification and Enhancement Act of 2012, legislation to improve the rules governing lifetime income products and other retirement savings vehicles. Proposals at the Department of Treasury for increasing Americans access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions. Proposals at the Department of Labor for increasing Americans access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions. Proposals at the Security and Exchange Commission for a potential rulemaking on the harmonization of the standard of care for investment advisors and broker-dealers. Department of Labor proposed rule to expand the scope of persons and entities that would be considered a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. HR 1112/S.2342, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011, commonly known as NARAB II, which is legislation to reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers to provide for streamlined non-resident insurance agent and broker licensing. Proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a rulemaking to provide for the acceptance of a summary prospectus for variable annuities.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2012 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
1. HR 749 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 2. HR 1151 - Emergency Mortgage Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Cost Recoupment Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 3. HR 1112 - National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 4. HR 63 - Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 5. HR 70 - Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 6. HR 1173 - Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 7. HR 220 - Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 8. HR 653 - Financial Information Privacy Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 9. HR 1528 - Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 10. S 799 - Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 11. HR 300 - Young Adults Financial Literacy Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 12. HR 626 - Financial Literacy for Youth Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 13. S 853 - A bill to provide for financial literacy education: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 14. S Res 121 - A resolution designating April 2011 as "Financial Literacy Month": provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 15. HR 48 - Federal Life Insurance Transparency Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 16. HR 130 - Life Insurance Employee Notification Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 17. S 159 - Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 18. DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 19. Short-term Disability for Federal Workers Bill; provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 20. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 21. Advocacy related to the debt limit increase: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 22. Tax Reform: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 23. Strategy for increasing employment opportunities for people with disabilities: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 24. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Interim Final Rule of Records and Information: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 25. Privacy and Data breach, Cybersecurity, and SSN protection: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 26. S 1619 - Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 27. S 1260 and HR 2535 - College Literacy in Finance and Economics Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 28. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - HHS rule implementing Section 105 impacting LTC insurers: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 29. Loss ratios: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 30. Criteria and process for designating nonbank financial companies: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 31. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 32. Taxation of Employer Provided Benefits: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 33. Debt Limit Increase: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 34. Tax Extender Package: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 35. Safety Net/Employer Provided Benefits Protection: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 36. Hr 5817 - Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 37. Fair Credit Reporting Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 38. American Tax Payer Relief Act of 2012: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
2012 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Issues related to insurance regulatory reform; H.R. 1112 Issues related to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act of 2010.
Client expense: $215,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2012 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Insurance Regulatory Reform-Implementation of the "Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act" (Regulations) HR 4173 - "Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act" - overhauls regulation of federal markets HR 1573 - A bill to facilitate implementation of Title VII of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption - changes effective dates and studies Title VII of Dodd-Frank Act HR 1309 - "Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011" - reauthorizes and reforms National Flood Insurance Program S. 1940 - "A Bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968" would restore the financial solvency of the flood insurance fund and for other purposes S. 1548 - "National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2011." Reauthorizes and changes National Flood Insurance Program HR 3559 - "The Insurance Data Protection Act "A bill to prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other finanacial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company" HR 2779- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements HR 1112 - "National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011." A bill to reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, insurance licensing reform and for other purposes HR 3889 - "Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade and Sales (PARTS) Act" It would limit design patents for after market car repair parts to 30 months HR 5 - "Protecting Access to Healthcare Act" Would repeal portions of McCarran-Ferguson for health insurers S. 2048 -" A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax treatment of certain life insurance contract transactions, and for other purposes" - amends Internal Revenue Code with respect to the tax treatment of certain life insurance contract transactions HR 4348 -"The Surface Transportation Act of 2012" Title II, the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 -would reform and reauthorize the NFIP for five years HR 4624 - "The Investment Advisor Oversight Act" - regulation of investments advisors & broker dealers HR 2309- "Postal Reform Act" - would reform the United States Postal Service S 353 - "U.S. Postal Service Improvements Act of 2011" - would reform the U.S. Postal Service S 1010 - "Postal Operations Sustainment and Transformation Act of 2011" - would reform the U.S. Postal Service S 1789 - "The 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012" - USPS sale of financial services Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) - would allow the insurance industry time to protect against acts of terrorism (set to expire at the end of 2014) "currently not in bill form" HR 4369 - FACT Act - "Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2012" -amends federal bankruptcy law concerning a trust formed under a plan of reorganization following the discharge in bankruptcy of a debtor corporation in order to assume the debtor's liability with respect to claims seeking recovery for personal injury, wrongful death, or property damage allegedly caused by the presence of, or exposure to, asbestos or asbestos-containing products
Client expense: $1,340,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
2012 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
Optional Federal Charter (Generally) H.R. 1112- National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1309- Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 623- National Worker's Compensation Commission Act of 2011(all provisions) H.R. 2126- Risk Retention Modernization Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 2099- The National Disaster Mitigation Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 2069- Safe Building Codes Incentives Act of 2011 (insurance provisions) H.R. 3559 Insurance Data Protection Act (All provisions) S. 1940- Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act (All provisions) H.R. 3042- Disaster Loan Fairness Act (All provisions) FEMA Regulation Banning Rebating in NFIP (All provisions) H.R. 3630- Middle Class Tax Relief and Jobs Creation Act (flood provisions) H.R. 2101- Policyholders Disaster Protection Act (All provisions) H.R. 4348- Surface Transportation Conference Report (flood insurance provisions) S. 2342 - National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act (all provisions) H.R. 6415- CLAIM Act (All provisions) Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization (All provisions) Flood Insurance Reform Act Implementation (All provisions) H.R. 6186- Voluntary Community-Based Flood Options (Insurance provisions) H.R. 4212- Drywall Safety Act of 2012 (Insurance Provisions) H.R. 1- Hurricane Sandy Disaster Assistance of 2012 (Flood provisions) GAO- Report on Insurance Regulation During the Financial Crisis GAO-Report on NFIP and Optional Business Interruption and Additional Living Expense Coverages H.R. 1063- SMART Act (Insurance provisions) H.R. 1845-Medicare IVIG Access Act (SMART Act Provisions)
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
HR 1112 National Association of Registered Agent and Brokers Reform Act; Issue: reducing costs and administrative difficulties associated with reciprocal licensing of multi-state insurance agents. We support this bill. HR 3559 Insurance Data Protection Act; We support this bill to clarify data collection authority of federal agencies.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
1. HR 749 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 2. HR 1151 - Emergency Mortgage Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Cost Recoupment Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 3. HR 1112 - National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 4. HR 63 - Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 5. HR 70 - Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 6. HR 1173 - Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 7. HR 220 - Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 8. HR 653 - Financial Information Privacy Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 9. HR 1528 - Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 10. S 799 - Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 11. HR 300 - Young Adults Financial Literacy Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 12. HR 626 - Financial Literacy for Youth Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 13. S 853 - A bill to provide for financial literacy education: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 14. S Res 121 - A resolution designating April 2011 as "Financial Literacy Month": provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 15. HR 48 - Federal Life Insurance Transparency Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 16. HR 130 - Life Insurance Employee Notification Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 17. S 159 - Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 18. DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 19. Short-term Disability for Federal Workers Bill; provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 20. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 21. Advocacy related to the debt limit increase: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 22. Tax Reform: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 23. Strategy for increasing employment opportunities for people with disabilities: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 24. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Interim Final Rule of Records and Information: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 25. Privacy and Data breach, Cybersecurity, and SSN protection: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 26. S 1619 - Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 27. S 1260 and HR 2535 - College Literacy in Finance and Economics Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 28. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - HHS rule implementing Section 105 impacting LTC insurers: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 29. Loss ratios: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 30. Criteria and process for designating nonbank financial companies: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 31. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 32. Taxation of Employer Provided Benefits: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 33. Debt Limit Increase: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 34. Tax Extender Package: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 35. Safety Net/Employer Provided Benefits Protection: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
See Addendum Implementing Regulations for Public Law 108-173, Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Title XII, Section 1201, Health Savings Accounts. Implementing Regulations for Public Law 111-148, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, All Sections, but especially regulations pertaining to the Medical Loss Ratio and Actuarial Value calculations. Implementing Regulations for Public Law 111-517, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, All Sections, but in particular, implementation of the Federal Insurance Office and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; Credit Insurance; Truth in Lending Disclosures, Debt Protection Products Education of Members of Congress on the workings of the Health Savings Account industry including presentations on the establishment of the account, the coordination of the account with the qualifying insurance policy, and a comparison of HSAs to other health care financing strategies. Comments submitted on membership of the Federal Home Loan Bank, 12 CFR 1263 Optional Federal Regulation of Insurance H.R. 605/S. 312, the Patients Freedom to Choose Act of 2011 H.R. 1112/S.2342, the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 1206, the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 H.R. 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 2010/S. 1098, the Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · third_quarter · Banking
See Addendum Implementing Regulation for Public Law 108-173, Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Title XII, Section 1201, Health Savings Accounts. Implementing Regulation for Public Law 11-148, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, All Sections, but especially comments on the Medical Loss Ratio and Actuarial Value regulations. Implementing Regulations for Public Law 111-517, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, All Sections. Education of Members of Congress on the workings of the Health Savings Account industry including presentations on the establishment of the account, the coordination of the account with the qualifying insurance policy, and a comparison of HSAs to other health care financing strategies. Optional Federal Regulation of Insurance H.R. 605/S. 312, the Patients Freedom to Choose Act of 2011 H.R. 1112/S.2342, the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 1206, the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 H.R. 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 2010/S. 1098, the Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · first_quarter · Insurance
See Addendum Implementing Regulations for Public Law 108-173, Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Title XII, Section 1201, Health Savings Accounts. Implementing Regulations for Public Law 111-148, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, All Sections, but especially regulations pertaining to the Medical Loss Ratio and Actuarial Value calculations. Implementing Regulations for Public Law 111-517, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, All Sections, but in particular, implementation of the Federal Insurance Office and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; Credit Insurance; Truth in Lending Disclosures, Debt Protection Products Education of Members of Congress on the workings of the Health Savings Account industry including presentations on the establishment of the account, the coordination of the account with the qualifying insurance policy, and a comparison of HSAs to other health care financing strategies. Comments submitted on membership of the Federal Home Loan Bank, 12 CFR 1263 Optional Federal Regulation of Insurance H.R. 605/S. 312, the Patients Freedom to Choose Act of 2011 H.R. 1112/S.2342, the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 1206, the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 H.R. 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 2010/S. 1098, the Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · first_quarter · Banking
See Addendum Implementing Regulation for Public Law 108-173, Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Title XII, Section 1201, Health Savings Accounts. Implementing Regulation for Public Law 11-148, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, All Sections, but especially comments on the Medical Loss Ratio and Actuarial Value regulations. Implementing Regulations for Public Law 111-517, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, All Sections. Education of Members of Congress on the workings of the Health Savings Account industry including presentations on the establishment of the account, the coordination of the account with the qualifying insurance policy, and a comparison of HSAs to other health care financing strategies. Optional Federal Regulation of Insurance H.R. 605/S. 312, the Patients Freedom to Choose Act of 2011 H.R. 1112/S.2342, the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 1206, the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 H.R. 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 2010/S. 1098, the Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
Issues related to insurance regulatory reform; H.R. 1112 Issues related to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act of 2010.
Client expense: $615,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
HR 6423, HR 2107, HR 2608, HR 1018, HR 1026, HR 1112, HR 1309, HR 1430, HR 1453, HR 2055, HR 2078, HR 2126, HR 2582, HR 2958, HR 3559, HR 3628, HR 3630, HR 4020, HR 4348, HR 435, HR 5468, HR 5740, HR 6129, HR 890, S 1091, S 1349,. S 1548, S 1940, S 2025, S 637
Client expense: $720,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 1063: STRENGTHENING MEDICARE AND REPAYING TAXPAYERS ACT OF 2011; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL H.R. 1112: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGISTERED AGENTS AND BROKERS REFORM ACT OF 2011; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL H.R. 1206: ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ADVISORS ACT OF 2011; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL H.R. 2069: SAFE BUILDING CODE INCENTIVE ACT OF 2011; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL H.R. 3889: PROMOTING AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, TRADE, AND SALES (PARTS) ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL P.L. 111-203 (111TH CONGRESS H.R. 4173): DODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT; THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATORY PROVISIONS RELATING TO TITLE I, II, & V OF THE ACT H.R.5284: MEDICARE SECONDARY PAYER AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS ACT OF 2012; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL H.R. 5839: DISASTER SAVINGS AND RESILIENT CONSTRUCTION ACT OF 2012; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL H.R. 6129: TO AMEND THE FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF CONSUMER REPORTS AND CONSUMER INFORMATION IN MAKING ANY DETERMINATION INVOLVING AUTO INSURANCE WITH RESPECT TO A CONSUMER, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL BILL NUMBER NOT YET ASSIGNED: DISCUSSIONS REGARDING TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE ACT
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 363 (Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2011); H.R. 344 (Fiscal Responsibility Effective Enforcement Act of 2011); H.R. 463 (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2011); H.R. 653 (Financial Information Privacy Act of 2011); H.R. 757 (Equitable Treatment of Investors Act); H.R. 836 (Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act); H.R. 1053 (stock quote decimalization); H.R. 1062 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 1070 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1082 (Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act); H.R. 1112 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011); H.R. 1151 (Emergency Mortgage Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Cost Recoupment Act of 2011); H.R. 1341 (A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate); H.R. 1438 (Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act of 2011); H.R. 1532 (A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require the joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013); H.R. 1535 (Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 1539 (Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1550 (National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2011); H.R. 1573 (To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption); H.R. 1610 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1838 (To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act prohibiting any Federal bailout of swap dealers or participants); H.R. 1840 (To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders); H.R. 1965 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes.); H.R. 2167 (Private Company Flexibility Act); H.R. 2308 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); H.R. 2313 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); H.R. 2413 (Secondary Market Facility for Residential Mortgages Act of 2011); H.R. 2483 (Whistleblower Improvement Act); H.R. 2517 (Shareholder Protection Act of 2011); H.R. 2586 (Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act); H.R. 2603 (Maintaining Agency Direction on Financial Fraud Act); H.R. 2612 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to prohibit certain acts or practices); H.R. 2651 (To require that the United States Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public, Social Security benefits, and military pay in the event that the debt limit is reached, and for other purposes); H.R. 2682 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act); H.R. 2779 (To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act); H.R. 2827 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes); H.R. 2855 (Emergency Jobs Now Act); H.R. 2930 (Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act); H.R. 2931 (Full Faith and Credit Act); H.R. 2940 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); H.R. 2964 (Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act); H.R. 3010 (Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 3078 (United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3079 (United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3080 (United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3084 (Mortgage Credit Availability Act of 2011); H.R. 3128 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of exempting smaller institutions from capital deductions); H.R. 3213 (Small Company Job Growth and Regulatory Relief Act of 2011); H.R. 3283 (Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act); H.R. 3313 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); H.R. 3318 (Growing Jobs Through Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3336 (Small Business Credit Availability Act); H.R. 3527 (Protecting Main Street End-Users From Excessive Regulation); H.R. 3530 (Freddie Mac Debt Reduction Act of 2011); H.R. 3606 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); H.R. 3635 (Investing in America's Small Businesses Act of 2011); H.R. 3644 (Private Mortgage Market Investment Act); H.R. 3655 (Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3665 (Wall Street Accountability through Sustainable Funding Act); H.R. 3733 (Affordable Mortgage for Homeowners Act of 2011); H.R. 3871 (Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012); H.R. 4088 (Capital Expansion Act); H.R. 4235 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts.); H.R. 4624 (Investment Advisor Oversight Act of 2012); H.R. 6397 (Defending American Taxpayers from Abusive Government Takings Act of 2012); H. Amdt. 465 (Amendment prohibits the use of funds by the CFTC to promulgate any final rules under the Commodity Exchange Act as added by the Dodd-Frank Act until 12 months after the promulgation of final swap transaction reporting rules under the Commodity Exchange Act.); S. 23 (Patent Reform Act of 2011); S. 556 (A bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1276 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); S. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); S. 1619 (The Currency Exchange Act); S. 1641 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1642 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Korea Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1643 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1650 (Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011); S. 1787 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); S. 1791 (Democratizing Access to Capital Act of 2011); S. 1824 (Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act); S. 1831 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); S. 1835 (United States Covered Bond Act); S. 1907 (PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2011); S. 1933 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); S. 1941 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1962 (Startup Expansion and Investment Act); S. 1963 (Mortgage Finance Act of 2011); S. 1970 (CROWDFUND Act); S. 1975 (No More IMF Bailouts Act); S. 1997 (FHA Bailout Protection Act of 2011); S. 2033 (Closing the Derivatives Blended Rate Loophole Act); S. 2038 (STOCK Act); S. 2055 (A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information.); S. 2102 (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2012); S. 2105 (Cybersecurity Act of 2012); S. 3414 (A bill to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the United States.); S. 3620 (A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes.); S. Amdt. 1818 to S. 1813 (offshore tax havens); SR-NASDAQ-2012-005 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Establish an Enhanced Display Distributor Fee); SR-NASDAQ-2012-042 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Re-organize NASDAQ's Rules Governing the Fees Applicable to NASDAQ's Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NASDAQ-2012-044 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Modify the Fees Applicable to Non-Display Usage of Certain NASDAQ Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NYSEArca-2011-96 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Establish Fees for the NYSE Arca Integrated Data Feed); FINRA Rule 4560 (short interest reporting); EU data protection rules; Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Recordkeeping under Exchange Act Rule 17a-4(b)(4); Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Funding (Regulatory Capital Requirements, systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority); Resolution Authority for Systemically Significant Financial Companies Act of 2009; China - strategic and economic dialogue; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); Transatlantic Economic Council (Trade Issues); Preservation of independent contractor status for financial services sector; Asian Pacific Economic Council Privacy Issues; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India; Eminent domain; Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations; Transpacific Partnership; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; India Market Access Issues, Response to Royal Bank of India discussion; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Proposal (AIFM); Basel Capital Rules; G-20; Amendments to the 2012 Indian Finance Bill; Regulatory Capital Requirements; Single Platform/Government Sponsored Enterprises; SEC Regulation AB2; Trust Indenture Act; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Financial Stability Board Outreach; Establishment of the Office of Financial Research; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cyber security issues; Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; Tax-exemption for municipal bonds; Cross-border guidance; CFTC exemptive order on extraterritorial scope of Title VII; Tri-party repo; Computerized trading; Market Data Exchange Act Section 19 (and related rules).
Client expense: $1,530,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Ginnie Mae, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
1. HR 749 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 2. HR 1151 - Emergency Mortgage Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Cost Recoupment Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 3. HR 1112 - National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 4. HR 63 - Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 5. HR 70 - Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 6. HR 1173 - Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 7. HR 220 - Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 8. HR 653 - Financial Information Privacy Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 9. HR 1528 - Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 10. S 799 - Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 11. HR 300 - Young Adults Financial Literacy Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 12. HR 626 - Financial Literacy for Youth Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 13. S 853 - A bill to provide for financial literacy education: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 14. S Res 121 - A resolution designating April 2011 as "Financial Literacy Month": provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 15. HR 48 - Federal Life Insurance Transparency Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 16. HR 130 - Life Insurance Employee Notification Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 17. S 159 - Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 18. DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 19. Short-term Disability for Federal Workers Bill; provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 20. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 21. Advocacy related to the debt limit increase: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 22. Tax Reform: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 23. Strategy for increasing employment opportunities for people with disabilities: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 24. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Interim Final Rule of Records and Information: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 25. Privacy and Data breach, Cybersecurity, and SSN protection: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 26. S 1619 - Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 27. S 1260 and HR 2535 - College Literacy in Finance and Economics Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 28. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - HHS rule implementing Section 105 impacting LTC insurers: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 29. Loss ratios: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 30. Criteria and process for designating nonbank financial companies: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 31. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 32. Taxation of Employer Provided Benefits: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 33. Debt Limit Increase: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 34. Tax Extender Package: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 35. Safety Net/Employer Provided Benefits Protection: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry
Client expense: $190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 363 (Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2011); H.R. 344 (Fiscal Responsibility Effective Enforcement Act of 2011); H.R. 463 (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2011); H.R. 653 (Financial Information Privacy Act of 2011); H.R. 757 (Equitable Treatment of Investors Act); H.R. 836 (Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act); H.R. 1062 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 1070 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1082 (Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act); H.R. 1112 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011); H.R. 1151 (Emergency Mortgage Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Cost Recoupment Act of 2011); H.R. 1341 (A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate); H.R. 1438 (Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act of 2011); H.R. 1532 (A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require the joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013); H.R. 1535 (Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 1539 (Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1550 (National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2011); H.R. 1573 (To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption); H.R. 1610 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1838 (To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act prohibiting any Federal bailout of swap dealers or participants); H.R. 1840 (To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders); H.R. 1965 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes.); H.R. 2167 (Private Company Flexibility Act); H.R. 2308 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); H.R. 2313 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); H.R. 2413 (Secondary Market Facility for Residential Mortgages Act of 2011); H.R. 2483 (Whistleblower Improvement Act); H.R. 2517 (Shareholder Protection Act of 2011); H.R. 2586 (Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act); H.R. 2603 (Maintaining Agency Direction on Financial Fraud Act); H.R. 2612 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to prohibit certain acts or practices); H.R. 2651 (To require that the United States Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public, Social Security benefits, and military pay in the event that the debt limit is reached, and for other purposes); H.R. 2682 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act); H.R. 2779 (To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act); H.R. 2827 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes); H.R. 2855 (Emergency Jobs Now Act); H.R. 2930 (Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act); H.R. 2931 (Full Faith and Credit Act); H.R. 2940 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); H.R. 2964 (Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act); H.R. 3010 (Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 3078 (United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3079 (United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3080 (United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3084 (Mortgage Credit Availability Act of 2011); H.R. 3128 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of exempting smaller institutions from capital deductions); H.R. 3213 (Small Company Job Growth and Regulatory Relief Act of 2011); H.R. 3283 (Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act); H.R. 3313 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); H.R. 3318 (Growing Jobs Through Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3336 (Small Business Credit Availability Act); H.R. 3527 (Protecting Main Street End-Users From Excessive Regulation); H.R. 3530 (Freddie Mac Debt Reduction Act of 2011); H.R. 3606 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); H.R. 3635 (Investing in America's Small Businesses Act of 2011); H.R. 3644 (Private Mortgage Market Investment Act); H.R. 3655 (Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3665 (Wall Street Accountability through Sustainable Funding Act); H.R. 3733 (Affordable Mortgage for Homeowners Act of 2011); H.R. 3871 (Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012); H.R. 4088 (Capital Expansion Act); H.R. 4235 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts.); H.R. 4624 (Investment Advisor Oversight Act of 2012); H. Amdt. 465 (Amendment prohibits the use of funds by the CFTC to promulgate any final rules under the Commodity Exchange Act as added by the Dodd-Frank Act until 12 months after the promulgation of final swap transaction reporting rules under the Commodity Exchange Act.); S. 23 (Patent Reform Act of 2011); S. 556 (A bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1276 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); S. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); S. 1619 (The Currency Exchange Act); S. 1641 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1642 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Korea Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1643 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1650 (Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011); S. 1787 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); S. 1791 (Democratizing Access to Capital Act of 2011); S. 1824 (Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act); S. 1831 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); S. 1835 (United States Covered Bond Act); S. 1907 (PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2011); S. 1933 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); S. 1941 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1962 (Startup Expansion and Investment Act); S. 1963 (Mortgage Finance Act of 2011); S. 1970 (CROWDFUND Act); S. 1975 (No More IMF Bailouts Act); S. 1997 (FHA Bailout Protection Act of 2011); S. 2033 (Closing the Derivatives Blended Rate Loophole Act); S. 2038 (STOCK Act); S. 2055 (A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information.); S. Amdt. 1818 to S. 1813 (offshore tax havens); SR-NASDAQ-2012-005 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Establish an Enhanced Display Distributor Fee); SR-NASDAQ-2012-042 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Re-organize NASDAQ's Rules Governing the Fees Applicable to NASDAQ's Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NASDAQ-2012-044 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Modify the Fees Applicable to Non-Display Usage of Certain NASDAQ Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NYSEArca-2011-96 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Establish Fees for the NYSE Arca Integrated Data Feed); FINRA Rule 4560 (short interest reporting); EU data protection rules; Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Recordkeeping under Exchange Act Rule 17a-4(b)(4); Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Funding (Regulatory Capital Requirements, systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority); Resolution Authority for Systemically Significant Financial Companies Act of 2009; China - strategic and economic dialogue; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); Transatlantic Economic Council (Trade Issues); Preservation of independent contractor status for financial services sector; Asian Pacific Economic Council Privacy Issues; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India; Eminent domain; Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations; Transpacific Partnership; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; India Market Access Issues, Response to Royal Bank of India discussion; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Proposal (AIFM); Basel Capital Rules; G-20; Amendments to the 2012 Indian Finance Bill; Regulatory Capital Requirements; Single Platform/Government Sponsored Enterprises; SEC Regulation AB2; Trust Indenture Act; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Financial Stability Board Outreach; Establishment of the Office of Financial Research; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cyber security issues; Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; Tax-exemption for municipal bonds.
Client expense: $1,380,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 1026 Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act of 2011; entire bill H.R. 1112 - National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011; entire bill H.R. 1173 - Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011; provisions relating to the CLASS Act H.R. 1309 - Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011; entire bill H.R. 3475 - Keeping IDs Safe Act of 2011; entire bill H.R. 3559 Insurance Data Protection Act; entire bill H.R. 4348 - Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act; provisions relating to extension of the National Flood Insurance Program, student loans, and pension provisions (P.L. 112-141 7/6/2012) S. 1091 COASTAL Act of 2011; entire bill S. 1940 - An original bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, to restore the financial solvency of the flood insurance fund, and for other purposes; entire bill Disparate impact rulemaking and potential implications for homeowners insurance underwriting
Client expense: $360,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
Regulation of Insurance - General Flood Insurance - General HR 435, Natioanl Flood Insurance Program Termination Act of 2011 HR 1026, Flood Insurance Priorities Act of 2011 HR 1112, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokerss Reform Act of 2011 HR 1309, Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 HR 1430, Flood Insurance Choice Act of 2011 HR 2055, Consolidated Appropriations Act HR 2069, Safe Building Codes Incentives Act of 2011 HR 2099, The National Disaster Mitigation Act of 2011 HR 2126, Risk Retention Modernization Act of 2011 HR 3559, Insurance Data Protection Act HR 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Jobs Creation Act HR 5740, National Flood Insurance Insurance Program Extension Act S 1091, COASTAL Act S 1548, National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act S 1940, Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act S 2342, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act
Client expense: $172,614 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Risk Management Agency, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
Insurance Regulatory Reform-Implementation of the "Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act" (Regulations) HR 4173 - "Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act" - overhauls regulation of federal markets HR 1573 - A bill to facilitate implementation of Title VII of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption - changes effective dates and studies Title VII of Dodd-Frank Act HR 1309 - "Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011" - reauthorizes and reforms National Flood Insurance Program S. 1940 - "A Bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968" would restore the financial solvency of the flood insurance fund and for other purposes S. 1548 - "National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2011." Reauthorizes and changes National Flood Insurance Program HR 3559 - "The Insurance Data Protection Act "A bill to prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other finanacial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company" HR 2779- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements HR 1112 - "National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011." A bill to reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, insurance licensing reform and for other purposes HR 3889 - "Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade and Sales (PARTS) Act" It would limit design patents for after market car repair parts to 30 months HR 5 - "Protecting Access to Healthcare Act" Would repeal portions of McCarran-Ferguson for health insurers S. 2048 -" A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the tax treatment of certain life insurance contract transactions, and for other purposes" - amends Internal Revenue Code with respect to the tax treatment of certain life insurance contract transactions HR 4348 -"The Surface Transportation Act of 2012" Title II, the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 -would reform and reauthorize the NFIP for five years HR 4624 - "The Investment Advisor Oversight Act" - regulation of investments advisors & broker dealers HR 2309- "Postal Reform Act" - would reform the United States Postal Service S 353 - "U.S. Postal Service Improvements Act of 2011" - would reform the U.S. Postal Service S 1010 - "Postal Operations Sustainment and Transformation Act of 2011" - would reform the U.S. Postal Service S 1789 - "The 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2012" - USPS sale of financial services Terrorism Risk Insurance Reauthorization - "currently not in draft bill form"
Client expense: $780,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
Implementation of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Recovery and Consumer Protection Act, Titles I,II and V. Proposals to extend the National Flood Insurance Program, Optional Federal Charter for Insurance Companies and H.R. 1112 and S. 2342, bills to modernize state licensing of insurance brokers and agents.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
Optional Federal Charter (Generally) H.R. 1112- National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 435- National Flood Insurance Program Termination Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1026- Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1309- Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 1430- Flood Insurance Choice Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 48- Federal Life Insurance Transparency Act of 2011 (all provisions) S. 267- Life Insurance Disclosure Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 623- National Worker's Compensation Commission Act of 2011(all provisions) H.R. 677- Lifetime Income Disclosure Act (all provisions) H.R. 2126- Risk Retention Modernization Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 2099- The National Disaster Mitigation Act of 2011 (all provisions) H.R. 2069- Safe Building Codes Incentives Act of 2011 (insurance provisions) S. 1091- Coastal Act (all provisions) H.R. 2055- Consolidated Appropriations Act (flood provisions) H.R. 3630- Temporary Payroll Tax Extension (flood provisions) S. 1548 - National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act (all provisions) S. 1864- Extension of National Flood Insurance Program (all provisions) H.R. 3559 Insurance Data Protection Act S. 1940- Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act H.R. 3042- Disaster Loan Fairness Act FEMA Regulation Banning Rebating in NFIP H.R. 3630- Middle Class Tax Relief and Jobs Creation Act (flood provisions) H.R. 2101- Policyholders Disaster Protection Act H.R. 5740- Temporary NFIP Extension H.R. 4348- Surface Transportation Conference Report (flood insurance provisions) S. 2342 - National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act (all provisions) H.R. 6415- CLAIM Act Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Flood Insurance Reform Act Implementation H.R. 6186- Voluntary Community-Based Flood Options
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
HR 1112 National Association of Registered Agent and Brokers Reform Act; Issue: reducing costs and administrative difficulties associated with reciprocal licensing of multi-state insurance agents. We support this bill. HR 3559 Insurance Data Protection Act; We support this bill to clarify data collection authority of federal agencies.
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
Legislation and rulemaking affecting annuities, variable life products and retirement savings including Obama Administration and Congressional proposals on tax reform. Public Law 111-203, HR 4173-Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, implementation and regulatory Reform. S. 2832/HR 677, Lifetime Income Disclosure Act, legislation that proposes to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require disclosure of lifetime income equivalents. HR 4050, the Retirement Plan Simplification and Enhancement Act of 2012, legislation to improve the rules governing lifetime income products and other retirement savings vehicles. Proposals at the Department of Treasury for increasing Americans access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions. Proposals at the Department of Labor for increasing Americans access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions. Proposals at the Security and Exchange Commission for a potential rulemaking on the harmonization of the standard of care for investment advisors and broker-dealers. Department of Labor proposed rule to expand the scope of persons and entities that would be considered a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. HR 1112/S.2342, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011, commonly known as NARAB II, which is legislation to reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers to provide for streamlined non-resident insurance agent and broker licensing. Proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a rulemaking to provide for the acceptance of a summary prospectus for variable annuities.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
Monitoring issues re to the extension & reform of Nat'l Flood Ins. Prog. as well as Multi-peril ins, particularly HR1309/HR5740 Issues related to supporting the National Assoc of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act, particularly HR1112 and S. 2342. Monitor issues re to implementation of health ins reform, specifically retaining a private sector role for ins brokers in health care reform & employee benefits. Support for excluding broker commisions from the medical loss ratio calculation related to health care reform implementation, particularly HR1206 and S2068, Access to Independent Health Ins. Advisors Act.. Monitor efforts to make changes in the Dodd-Frank Act, as they may relate to insurance. Issues related to implementing the law modernizing the regulation of surplus lines insurance. Issues related to supporting an Optional Federal Charter for Insurers. Monitor the activities of the Federal Insurance Office and the development of insurance modernization proposals. Monitor and/or provide information regarding cybersecurity issues, particularly regarding H.R. 3674, Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act; S.2105, Cybersecurity Act of 2012; and H.R. 3523, Cyber Inteligence Protection and Sharing Act. Monitor issues related to Iran Sanctions and insurance coverages. Monitor issues related to possible tax proposals affecting insurance. Discuss issues related to the need for a possible extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, which expires during the 113th Congress.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act - H.R. 2, all provisions Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act - H.R. 1063, all provisions National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011 - H.R. 1112, all provisions Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act - H.R. 1150, all provisions The Insurance Consumer Protection and Solvency Act of 2012 H.R. 6423, all provisions Claims Licensing Advancement for Interstate Matters Act H.R. 6415, all provisions
Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
Issues related to considering insurance carriers as a systemic risk stemming from the Dodd-Frank legislation. Monitor issues related to the extension and reform of the National Flood Ins. Program, particularly H.R. 1309, H.R. 5740 and its inclusion in the Transportation bill. Support of an Optional Federal Charter for insurers. Monitor activities of the Federal insurance Office in developing of insurance modernization proposals. Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which was included in the Dodd-Frank Act. Issues related to insurance generally. Monitor efforts to possibly initiate changes to the Dodd-Frank Act as they might relate to insurance. Issues related to supporting the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act, particularly H.R. 1112 and S. 2342. Monitor and/or provide information regarding cybersecurity issues, particularly regarding H.R. 3674, Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act; S.2105, Cybersecurity Act of 2012; and H.R. 3523, Cyber Inteligence Protection and Sharing Act. Discuss issues related to the need for a possible extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, which expires during the 113th Congress.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · third_quarter · Insurance
Support for excluding broker commissions from the medical loss ratio calculation in health care reform implementation, particularly H.R. 1206 and S. 2068, Access to Independent Health Ins. Advisors Act. Monitor issues related to the extension and reform of the Nat'l Flood Ins. Program, particularly H.R. 1309. Issues related to supporting the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act, particularly H.R. 1112 and S. 2342 . Monitor efforts to make changes in the Dodd-Frank Act, as they may relate to insurance. Issues related to implementing the law modernizing the regulation of surplus lines insurance. Monitor issues related to the implementation of health insurance reform, specifically retaining a private sector role for insurance brokers in health care reform and employee benefits. Issues related to supporting an Optional Federal Charter for Insurers. Monitor the activities of the federal Insurance Office and the development of insurance modernization proposals. Monitor H.R. 5, Protecting Access to Health Care Act, specifically medical liability reform and changes to the McCarran-Ferguson exemption.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · second_quarter · Insurance
Monitoring issues re to the extension & reform of Nat'l Flood Ins. Prog. as well as Multi-peril ins, particularly HR1309/HR5740 Issues related to supporting the National Assoc of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act, particularly HR1112 and S. 2342. Monitor issues re to implementation of health ins reform, specifically retaining a private sector role for ins brokers in health care reform & employee benefits. Support for excluding broker commisions from the medical loss ratio calculation related to health care reform implementation, particularly HR1206 and S2068, Access to Independent Health Ins. Advisors Act.. Monitor efforts to make changes in the Dodd-Frank Act, as they may relate to insurance. Issues related to implementing the law modernizing the regulation of surplus lines insurance. Issues related to supporting an Optional Federal Charter for Insurers. Monitor the activities of the Federal Insurance Office and the development of insurance modernization proposals. Monitor and/or provide information regarding cybersecurity issues, particularly regarding H.R. 3674, Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act; S.2105, Cybersecurity Act of 2012; and H.R. 3523, Cyber Inteligence Protection and Sharing Act. Discuss issues related to the need for a possible extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, which expires during the 113th Congress.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · second_quarter · Insurance
H.R. 1026 Flood Insurance Reform Priorities Act of 2011; entire bill H.R. 1112 - National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011; entire bill H.R. 1173 - Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011; provisions relating to the CLASS Act H.R. 1309 - Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011; entire bill H.R. 3475 - Keeping IDs Safe Act of 2011; entire bill H.R. 3559 Insurance Data Protection Act; entire bill H.R. 4348 - Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act; provisions relating to extension of the National Flood Insurance Program, student loans, and pension provisions S. 1091 COASTAL Act of 2011; entire bill S. 1940 - An original bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, to restore the financial solvency of the flood insurance fund, and for other purposes; entire bill Disparate impact rulemaking and potential implications for homeowners' insurance underwriting
Client expense: $310,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2012 · second_quarter · Insurance
HR 2107, HR 2608, HR 1026, HR 1112, HR 1309, HR 1430, HR 1453, HR 2055, HR 2078, HR 2126, HR 2582, HR 2958, HR 3559, HR 3628, HR 3628, HR 3630, HR 4020, HR 4348, HR 435, HR 5648, HR 5740, HR 890, S 1091, S 1349, S 1548, S 1940, S 1958, S 2025, S 637
Client expense: $730,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
H.R. 363 (Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2011); H.R. 344 (Fiscal Responsibility Effective Enforcement Act of 2011); H.R. 463 (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act of 2011); H.R. 653 (Financial Information Privacy Act of 2011); H.R. 757 (Equitable Treatment of Investors Act); H.R. 836 (Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act); H.R. 1062 (Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act); H.R. 1070 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1082 (Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act); H.R. 1112 (National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011); H.R. 1151 (Emergency Mortgage Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Cost Recoupment Act of 2011); H.R. 1341 (A bill to provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above $14.294 trillion unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 calendar days before consideration on the floor of the Senate); H.R. 1438 (Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act of 2011); H.R. 1532 (A bill to amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require the joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013); H.R. 1535 (Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 1539 (Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); H.R. 1550 (National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2011); H.R. 1573 (To facilitate implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption); H.R. 1610 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011); H.R. 1838 (To repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act prohibiting any Federal bailout of swap dealers or participants); H.R. 1840 (To improve consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders); H.R. 1965 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes.); H.R. 2167 (Private Company Flexibility Act); H.R. 2308 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); H.R. 2313 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); H.R. 2413 (Secondary Market Facility for Residential Mortgages Act of 2011); H.R. 2483 (Whistleblower Improvement Act); H.R. 2517 (Shareholder Protection Act of 2011); H.R. 2586 (Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act); H.R. 2603 (Maintaining Agency Direction on Financial Fraud Act); H.R. 2612 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to prohibit certain acts or practices); H.R. 2651 (To require that the United States Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public, Social Security benefits, and military pay in the event that the debt limit is reached, and for other purposes); H.R. 2682 (Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act); H.R. 2779 (To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act); H.R. 2827 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes); H.R. 2855 (Emergency Jobs Now Act); H.R. 2930 (Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act); H.R. 2931 (Full Faith and Credit Act); H.R. 2940 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); H.R. 2964 (Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act); H.R. 3010 (Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011); H.R. 3078 (United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3079 (United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3080 (United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act); H.R. 3084 (Mortgage Credit Availability Act of 2011); H.R. 3128 (To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to adjust the date on which consolidated assets are determined for purposes of exempting certain instruments of exempting smaller institutions from capital deductions); H.R. 3213 (Small Company Job Growth and Regulatory Relief Act of 2011); H.R. 3283 (Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act); H.R. 3313 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); H.R. 3318 (Growing Jobs Through Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3336 (Small Business Credit Availability Act); H.R. 3527 (Protecting Main Street End-Users From Excessive Regulation); H.R. 3530 (Freddie Mac Debt Reduction Act of 2011); H.R. 3606 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); H.R. 3635 (Investing in America's Small Businesses Act of 2011); H.R. 3644 (Private Mortgage Market Investment Act); H.R. 3655 (Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2011); H.R. 3665 (Wall Street Accountability through Sustainable Funding Act); H.R. 3733 (Affordable Mortgage for Homeowners Act of 2011); H.R. 3871 (Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012); H.R. 4088 (Capital Expansion Act); H.R. 4235 (To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts.); H.R. 4624 (Investment Advisor Oversight Act of 2012); H. Amdt. 465 (Amendment prohibits the use of funds by the CFTC to promulgate any final rules under the Commodity Exchange Act as added by the Dodd-Frank Act until 12 months after the promulgation of final swap transaction reporting rules under the Commodity Exchange Act.); S. 23 (Patent Reform Act of 2011); S. 556 (A bill to amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1276 (To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota to the Fund, and certain other related authorities, to rescind related appropriated amounts, and for other purposes); S. 1544 (Small Company Capital Formation Act of 2011); S. 1619 (The Currency Exchange Act); S. 1641 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1642 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Korea Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1643 (A Bill to Implement the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement); S. 1650 (Dodd-Frank Improvement Act of 2011); S. 1787 (Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act); S. 1791 (Democratizing Access to Capital Act of 2011); S. 1824 (Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act); S. 1831 (Access to Capital for Job Creators Act); S. 1835 (United States Covered Bond Act); S. 1907 (PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2011); S. 1933 (Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011); S. 1941 (To amend the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for other purposes); S. 1962 (Startup Expansion and Investment Act); S. 1963 (Mortgage Finance Act of 2011); S. 1970 (CROWDFUND Act); S. 1975 (No More IMF Bailouts Act); S. 1997 (FHA Bailout Protection Act of 2011); S. 2033 (Closing the Derivatives Blended Rate Loophole Act); S. 2038 (STOCK Act); S. 2055 (A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the protection of certain information.); S. Amdt. 1818 to S. 1813 (offshore tax havens); SR-NASDAQ-2012-005 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Establish an Enhanced Display Distributor Fee); SR-NASDAQ-2012-042 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Re-organize NASDAQ's Rules Governing the Fees Applicable to NASDAQ's Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NASDAQ-2012-044 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to Modify the Fees Applicable to Non-Display Usage of Certain NASDAQ Depth-of-Book Market Data); SR-NYSEArca-2011-96 (Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change To Establish Fees for the NYSE Arca Integrated Data Feed); FINRA Rule 4560 (short interest reporting); EU data protection rules; Swap dealer and major swap participant recordkeeping and reporting, duties, and conflicts of interest policies and procedures; Futures Commission Merchant and Introducing Broker Conflicts of Interest Policies and Procedures; Swap dealer, major swap participant, and futures commission merchant chief compliance officer; Recordkeeping under Exchange Act Rule 17a-4(b)(4); Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Implementation (Section 913; Section 914; Systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority; Section 342 (Office of Minority and Women Inclusion); Section 621; Section 941); Systemic Risk Regulation and liquidation authority; Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Funding (Regulatory Capital Requirements, systemic risk regulation and liquidation authority); Resolution Authority for Systemically Significant Financial Companies Act of 2009; China - strategic and economic dialogue; Market Structure Issues (dark pools, flash quotes, high frequency trading); Transatlantic Economic Council (Trade Issues); Preservation of independent contractor status for financial services sector; Asian Pacific Economic Council Privacy Issues; Bilateral Investment Treaties, India; Eminent domain; Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations; Transpacific Partnership; U.S./EU cross-border regulatory issues; India Market Access Issues, Response to Royal Bank of India discussion; European Union proposal regarding Credit Default Swaps and Credit Rating Agencies and their impact on US Markets; EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers Proposal (AIFM); Basel Capital Rules; G-20; Amendments to the 2012 Indian Finance Bill; Regulatory Capital Requirements; Single Platform/Government Sponsored Enterprises; SEC Regulation AB2; Trust Indenture Act; Accounting standards for municipalities; Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) reform and funding fees; Financial Stability Board Outreach; Establishment of the Office of Financial Research; Bankruptcy reform for municipalities; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC); Support of financial literacy; Privacy and cyber security issues; Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO) rulemaking; Municipal advisor regulation; Tax-exemption for municipal bonds.
Client expense: $1,330,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2012 · second_quarter · Insurance
See Addendum Implementing Regulations for Public Law 108-173, Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Title XII, Section 1201, Health Savings Accounts. Implementing Regulations for Public Law 111-148, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, All Sections. Implementing Regulations for Public Law 111-517, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, All Sections, but in particular, implementation of the Federal Insurance Office and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; Credit Insurance; Truth in Lending Disclosures, Debt Protection Products Education of Members of Congress on the workings of the Health Savings Account industry including presentations on the establishment of the account, the coordination of the account with the qualifying insurance policy, and a comparison of HSAs to other health care financing strategies. Comments submitted on membership of the Federal Home Loan Bank, 12 CFR 1263 Optional Federal Regulation of Insurance H.R. 605/S. 312, the Patients Freedom to Choose Act of 2011 H.R. 1112, the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 1206, the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 H.R. 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 2010/S. 1098, the Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · second_quarter · Banking
See Addendum Implementing Regulation for Public Law 108-173, Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Title XII, Section 1201, Health Savings Accounts. Implementing Regulation for Public Law 11-148, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, All Sections. Implementing Regulations for Public Law 111-517, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, All Sections. Education of Members of Congress on the workings of the Health Savings Account industry including presentations on the establishment of the account, the coordination of the account with the qualifying insurance policy, and a comparison of HSAs to other health care financing strategies. Optional Federal Regulation of Insurance H.R. 605/S. 312, the Patients Freedom to Choose Act of 2011 H.R. 1112, the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 1206, the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 H.R. 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 2010/S. 1098, the Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · first_quarter · Banking
See Addendum Implementing Regulation for Public Law 108-173, Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Title XII, Section 1201, Health Savings Accounts. Implementing Regulation for Public Law 11-148, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, All Sections. Implementing Regulations for Public Law 111-517, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, All Sections. Education of Members of Congress on the workings of the Health Savings Account industry including presentations on the establishment of the account, the coordination of the account with the qualifying insurance policy, and a comparison of HSAs to other health care financing strategies. Optional Federal Regulation of Insurance H.R. 605/S. 312, the Patients Freedom to Choose Act of 2011 H.R. 1112, the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 1206, the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 H.R. 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 2010/S. 1098, the Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · first_quarter · Insurance
See Addendum Implementing Regulations for Public Law 108-173, Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, Title XII, Section 1201, Health Savings Accounts. Implementing Regulations for Public Law 111-148, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, All Sections. Implementing Regulations for Public Law 111-517, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, All Sections, but in particular, implementation of the Federal Insurance Office and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; Credit Insurance; Truth in Lending Disclosures, Debt Protection Products Education of Members of Congress on the workings of the Health Savings Account industry including presentations on the establishment of the account, the coordination of the account with the qualifying insurance policy, and a comparison of HSAs to other health care financing strategies. Comments submitted on membership of the Federal Home Loan Bank, 12 CFR 1263 Optional Federal Regulation of Insurance H.R. 605/S. 312, the Patients Freedom to Choose Act of 2011 H.R. 1112, the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 1206, the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011 H.R. 1309, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 2010/S. 1098, the Family and Retirement Health Investment Act of 2011
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · second_quarter · Insurance
1. HR 749 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 2. HR 1151 - Emergency Mortgage Relief and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs Cost Recoupment Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 3. HR 1112 - National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 4. HR 63 - Long-Term Care Insurance Reform Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 5. HR 70 - Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 6. HR 1173 - Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 7. S 720 - Repeal the CLASS Entitlement Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 8. HR 220 - Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 9. HR 653 - Financial Information Privacy Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 10. HR 1528 - Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 11. S 799 - Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 12. HR 300 - Young Adults Financial Literacy Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 13. HR 626 - Financial Literacy for Youth Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 14. S 853 - A bill to provide for financial literacy education: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 15. S Res 121 - A resolution designating April 2011 as "Financial Literacy Month": provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 16. HR 48 - Federal Life Insurance Transparency Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 17. HR 130 - Life Insurance Employee Notification Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 18. S 159 - Confidence in Long-Term Care Insurance Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 19. DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 20. Short-term Disability for Federal Workers Bill; provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 21. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 22. Advocacy related to the debt limit increase: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 23. Tax reform: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 24. Strategy for increasing employment opportunities for people with disabilities: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 25. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Interim Final Rule of Records and Information: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 26. Privacy and Data breach, Cybersecurity, and SSN protection: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 27. S 1619 - Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 28. S 1260 and HR 2535 - College Literacy in Finance and Economics Act of 2011: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 29. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - HHS rule implementing Section 105 impacting LTC insurers: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 30. Loss ratios: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 31. Criteria and process for designating nonbank financial companies: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry; 32. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) Act: provisions relating to employer-provided benefits and supplemental and voluntary benefits insurance industry
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · second_quarter · Insurance
Regulation of Insurance - General Flood Insurance - General HR 435, National Flood Insurance Program Termination Act of 2011 HR 1026, Flood Insurance Priorities Act of 2011 HR 1112, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2011 HR 1309, Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011 HR 1430, Flood Insurance Choice Act of 2011 HR 2055, Consolidated Appropriations Act HR 2069, Saf Building Codes Incentives Act of 2011 HR 2099, The National Disaster Mitigation Act of 2011 HR 2126, Risk Retention Modernization Act of 2011 HR 3559, Insurance Data Protection Act HR 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Jobs Creation Act HR 5740, National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act S 1091, COASTAL Act S 1548, National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act S 1940, Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act S 2342, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act
Client expense: $193,517 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Risk Management Agency, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2012 · second_quarter · Insurance
Implementation of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Recovery and Consumer Protection Act, Titles I,II and V. Proposals to extend the National Flood Insurance Program, Optional Federal Charter for Insurance Companies and H.R. 1112 and S. 2342, bills to modernize state licensing of insurance brokers and agents.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE