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McCarran-Ferguson Act Exemptions

Snell & Wilmer

McCarron-Ferguson Act Repeal Upends 75 Years of Exemptions for Health Insurers and Sets New Antitrust Enforcement Expectations

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Since 1945, the McCarran-Ferguson Act (Act) provided insurance companies a limited exemption from federal antitrust laws, exempting certain state-regulated activities that qualified as the “business of insurance." The Act...more

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New Law Eliminates 75-Year-Old Antitrust Exemption for "Business of Health Insurance"

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The Development: Congress unanimously passed and before leaving office, President Trump signed into law, the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act ("CHIRA"). CHIRA limits application of the McCarran-Ferguson Act, an...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Congress Passes Amendment to McCarran-Ferguson Act to Repeal Important Antitrust Exemption for Health Insurance Companies

While the bill discussed in this alert was passed by Congress on December 22, 2020, it was not enacted by the end of its Congressional session. It is possible this bill has been signed, but Congress has not yet been notified....more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Captive Insurance Update | Fall Edition | 2019 - A summary of the most recent state and federal developments in the captive...

There were no significant changes in Vermont’s leadership team during the last election cycle.  Governor Phil Scott, a Republican, was re-elected in November 2018 for another two-year term. Michael Pieciak, the Commissioner...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Repeal of Antitrust Immunity for Insurers: What Does It Mean?

Insurers are among a handful of industries, including Major League Baseball, that have a special exemption from the federal antitrust laws, the so-called "McCarran-Ferguson" antitrust exemption. The exemption has survived...more

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Insurer Antitrust Exemption in Europe in Jeopardy

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In the United States, the McCarran Ferguson Act provides insurers with an exemption from the federal antitrust laws. Enacted in 1945, the Act provides that conduct that constitutes the "business of insurance" is outside the...more

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Congress Begins With Renewed Efforts to Repeal Insurer’s Antitrust Exemption

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Early into the 114th Congress, multiple bills have already been introduced that would repeal the insurance industry’s limited antitrust exemption granted by the McCarran-Ferguson Act (15 USC 1011 et seq.)....more

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Bill Seeking to Repeal the McCarran Ferguson Act’s Antitrust Exemption Introduced in Congress

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On September 18, Congressman Phil Roe (R-Tennessee) introduced legislation (H.R. 3121) that would, among other things, amend Section 3 of the McCarran-Ferguson Act (15 U.S.C. 1013) to repeal the Act’s antitrust exemption for...more

Dickinson Wright

Insurance Antitrust Legal News - November 2013 • Volume 2, Number 6

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In This Issue: - BILL SEEKING TO REPEAL THE MCCARRAN FERGUSON ACT’S ANTITRUST EXEMPTION INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS: On September 18, Congressman Phil Roe (R-Tennessee) introduced legislation (H.R.3121) that would,...more

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