...construed to impose any barrier to the regulation or taxation of such business by the several States. "Sec. 2. (a) The business of insurance, and every person engaged therein, shall be subject to the lawa of the several States which relate to the regulation or taxation of such business, "(b) No Act...

...McCarran-Ferguson Act does not provide otherwise. It merely outlines the following rule of construction: "No Act of Congress shall be construed to invalidate, impair, or supersede any law enacted by Until recently, no state prohibited sex discrimination in rates or premiums for life, health, disability...

...public interest, "ii/ To effectuate this policy Congress enacted Section 222/ of McCarran-Ferguson: (a) The business of insurance, and every person engaged...the several States which relate to the regulation ... of such business. (b) No Act of Congress shall be construed to invalidate. Impair, or supercede...

...public interest "12/ To effectuate this policy Congress enacted Section V& of McCarran-Ferguson: (al The business of insurance, and every person engaged...the several States which relate to the regulation ... of such business. (bl No Act of Congress shall be construed to invalidate, impair, or supercede...

...construed to impose any barrier to the regulation or taxation of such business by the several States. Sec. 2. (a) The business of insurance, and every person...therein, shall be subject to the laws of the several Statts which relate to the regulation or taxation of such business. (b) No act of Congress shall be...

...such business by the several States. ' Section 2(a) states that 'the business of insurance . . . shall be subject to the laws of the several States which...to the regulation or taxation of such business."** Aetna relies heavily for its argument on Section 2(b), which provides as follows: (b) No Act of Congress...

...construed to impose any barrier to the regulation or taxation of such business by the several States. SEC. 2. (a) The business of insurance, and every person engaged therein, shall be subject to the taws of the several States which relate to the regulation or taxation of such business. (6) No Act...

...statute. This characterization overlooks the express language of Section 2(a) of McCarran, which is: The business of insurance, and every person engaged...relate to the regulation or taxation of such business. By adoption of McCarran, Congress concluded that the public would be better served if regulatory authority...

...Impose any barrier to the regulation or taxation of such business by the several States. Sec. 2(a) The business of insurance, and every person engaged...which relate to the regulation or taxation of such hmlnraa (b) No Act of Congress shall be construed to invalidate, impair, or supersede any law enacted...

...any State." 29 USC §§ 1144(c)(l) and (2). "The McCarran-Ferguson Act provides, in relevant part: "The business of insurance, and every person engaged...relate to the regulation or taxation of such business." 15 USC § 1012(a). 41 Opinion of the Court between the insurer and the insured; and third, whether...