All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 7 2017 // A federal judge on Friday ordered the nation’s largest public utility to dig up its coal ash at a Tennessee power plant and move it to a lined waste site where it doesn’t risk further polluting the Cumberland...
Aug 7 2017 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) has added Joe Stewart to its staff as vice president of Governmental Affairs, effective October 1, 2017.In this role, Stewart will help oversee the legislative and...
Aug 7 2017 // Small employers in Texas may now get some flexibility in selecting and retaining the health benefit plan of their choosing for their employees following the passage of a bill in the regular session of the Texas...
Aug 7 2017 // A judge has ruled that an insurance company doesn’t have to pay an Ohio man accused of burning down his house.The ruling came on July 14 in southwest Ohio’s Butler County in a civil lawsuit filed by the...
Aug 7 2017 // It is always interesting to be on the other side of a desk. I’m always consulting and writing on “all things” insurance but I’m not always buying insurance. This year I purchased a couple of new...
Aug 7 2017 // A federal appeals court has ruled that NBC News did not defame an Oregon sporting goods company by characterizing its exploding rifle targets as “bombs” in a report on the “Today” show.The 2nd U.S....
Aug 7 2017 // A judge has refused to block a Los Angeles, Calif. natural gas storage facility from reopening a year-and-a-half after a major blowout spewed methane that drove thousands of families from their homes.Los Angeles Superior...
Aug 7 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones fired off a letter to the 12 oil state attorneys general and one governor from states like Texas and Oklahoma over threats to sue him if he did not stop his Climate Risk Carbon...
Aug 4 2017 // A bipartisan Senate effort to continue federal payments to insurers and avert a costly rattling of health insurance markets faces a dicey future. The uncertainty shows that last week’s wreck of the Republican drive...
Aug 3 2017 // Two new driving laws kicked in for Louisiana this month. Also children can bring sunscreen to school without a doctor’s note, minors face tougher restrictions for getting an abortion and colleges can’t ask...
Aug 3 2017 // Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has appointed Michael Yaworsky as the new chief of staff for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR), replacing former Chief of Staff Belinda Miller, who retired at...
Aug 2 2017 // Volkswagen AG, trying to put a massive emissions-cheating scandal behind it, has asked a U.S. judge to reject a lawsuit by Wyoming potentially seeking more than $1 billion in additional penalties for environment...
Aug 2 2017 // XL Catlin announced it has launched its Cyber and Data Protection insurance policy in Asia Pacific.With cyber risk ranking in the top 10 in today’s emerging risks, the new policy is designed to protect businesses...
Aug 2 2017 // On Tuesday, August 1, 2017, Delaware Governor John Carney signed into law House Substitute 1 for House Bill 80 (HS 1 for HB 80), a consumer fairness bill that targets unfair discriminatory practices by automobile and...
Aug 2 2017 // Transitional arrangements after leaving the European Union in 2019 will be crucial for protecting the economy and the City of London’s global role in finance, a senior British lawmaker said on Tuesday.Nicky Morgan,...
Aug 1 2017 // Roughly one-in-three prescription drugs currently dispensed to injured workers in California will be no longer require authorization prior to dispensing under the state’s proposed workers’ compensation...
Aug 1 2017 // With Republican efforts to dismantle Obamacare in disarray, hundreds of U.S. counties are at risk of losing access to private health coverage in 2018 as insurers consider pulling out of those markets in the coming...
Jul 31 2017 // A judge has refused to block a Los Angeles natural gas storage facility from reopening a year and a half after a major blowout spewed methane that drove thousands of families from their homes.Los Angeles Superior Court...
Jul 31 2017 // Labor unions are urging a slowdown as lawmakers fast track legislation to allow self-driving vehicles on the road, a potential boon to some union jobs and an existential threat to others.The House Energy & Commerce...
Jul 30 2017 // Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Sunday that “no decision’s been made” on whether to continue key Affordable Care Act subsidies to health-insurance companies, but that the...