All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 28 2019 // The push for assignment of benefits (AOB) reform in the 2019 Florida legislative session is in full swing, and the insurance industry and consumer advocates have pulled out all the stops to emphasize their contention that...
Feb 27 2019 // A Colorado appeals court has ruled that victims of the 2015 shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs can sue the nonprofit organization over what they argue was lax security. The Gazette reports that the...
Feb 27 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court said judges “are appointed for life, not for eternity,” in setting aside a pay-discrimination ruling written by a jurist who died a week and a half before the decision was issued.The...
Feb 27 2019 // I’m a fan of insurance news and bloggers. Here are some sites and blogs that I read daily (or weekly, depending on frequency).Insurance Journal – Of course. I was an IJ fan way before I became so closely related to...
Feb 27 2019 // The nation’s major credit reporting agencies faced renewed scrutiny from Congress on Tuesday, as lawmakers consider legislation overhauling the industry.Top executives from the three major credit reporting agencies...
Feb 27 2019 // North Carolina’s environmental agency says a finalized settlement agreement allows it to make sure a Fortune 500 chemical company follows through on promises to clean up industrial chemicals in the water or face...
Feb 26 2019 // Passenger airlines in the U.S. have recorded a remarkable period of safety over the past 10 years.Not so the nation’s cargo planes. Five domestically registered aircraft have crashed since 2009 — killing 16...
Feb 25 2019 // Nevada lawmakers have expressed concern over legislation that would give governments the ability to install red light and speed cameras to capture traffic violations. Senate Majority Leader Kelvin Atkinson raised concerns...
Feb 25 2019 // Michigan’s Court of Appeals has ruled against a woman whose offer of conditional employment by a public entity was rescinded after she tested positive for marijuana even though she had a state-issued card allowing...
Feb 25 2019 // The strongest data privacy law in the country may be about to get sharper teeth, and lobbyists representing the tech industry think it’s a disastrous idea.Companies that amass user data could be the target of mass...
Feb 25 2019 // A judge on Feb. 22 dismissed criminal charges against a Kansas water park owner and the designer of a 17-story slide on which a 10-year-old boy was decapitated in 2016.Wyandotte County Judge Robert Burns cited improper...
Feb 25 2019 // The legal loopholes that have allowed Catholic bishops to escape sanction when they cover up clergy sex abuse cases may be closing.Two U.S. cardinals have confirmed that the Vatican is working on a...
Feb 25 2019 // A midyear budget that would add $20 million for loans to farmers and $2 million for hospitals affected by Hurricane Michael has received final approval from the Georgia legislature.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports...
Feb 24 2019 // Rural state lawmakers are pushing a plan to allow the Kansas Farm Bureau to offer health insurance coverage to members without having to comply with federal Affordable Care Act mandates in hopes that the influential...
Feb 22 2019 // The European Union expects U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May to be forced to request a three-month delay to Brexit, two EU officials said.Discussions between the two sides suggest May will ask for an extension to the...
Feb 22 2019 // Kentucky’s bourbon industry teamed with leaders of Mothers Against Drunk Driving on Wednesday to promote legislation aimed at reducing drunken driving by increasing the use of a device that block vehicles from...
Feb 21 2019 // The North Dakota Insurance Department has appealed a ruling from a U.S. District Court invalidating a law protecting individuals with health insurance from receiving large and unexpected balance bills to the 8th Circuit...
Feb 21 2019 // Many insurance companies are steering clear of exchange-traded funds even after a high profile rule change designed to make them easier to own.Almost 40 percent of insurers aren’t using ETFs more than a year after...
Feb 20 2019 // The North Dakota House approved legislation that would expand the list of medical conditions for which residents can use medical marijuana, add health care professionals who can certify patients for the drug and increase...
Feb 20 2019 // Coalition, the San Francisco-based managing general agency that specializes in cyber insurance for small and mid-sized businesses, announced it is broadening coverage to include exposures to violations of the European...