All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 6 2017 // While the full implications of the New York State Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) cybersecurity regulation, which went into effect March 1, are still being realized by the insurance industry, many are...
Apr 6 2017 // A judge will consider a high-stakes, multimillion-dollar battle over whether a wealthy New Jersey shore enclave can opt out of a protective sand dune plan in an area devastated by Superstorm Sandy.Both sides in the lawsuit...
Apr 6 2017 // House lawmakers have unanimously approved legislation aimed at ensuring that people struggling with drug addiction get the help they need.Supporters of the bill say denial of insurance coverage for substance abuse...
Apr 6 2017 // A coalition of 17 U.S. states filed a legal challenge on Wednesday against efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to roll back climate change regulations, deepening a political rift over his emerging...
Apr 6 2017 // A federal judge in West Virginia has tossed out a lawsuit filed by relatives of 78 miners killed in a 1968 mine explosion in the state. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley in Clarksburg...
Apr 6 2017 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has launched a new webpage as part of its efforts to educate Florida consumers about the state’s ongoing challenges with assignment of benefits abuse.The AOB resource...
Apr 5 2017 // Note this article originally appeared in the Texas Tribune.After pushing the issue for nearly a decade, key lawmakers in the Texas Legislature are optimistic that a statewide texting-while-driving ban is within reach....
Apr 5 2017 // Civil rights groups, media advocates and some lawmakers are opposing an Iowa bill that would end public access to many 911 calls, a broadly-worded measure that also could shield some police videos.The bill declares that...
Apr 5 2017 // Britain will get 60 million euros (51.3 million pounds) from the European Union to repair damage caused by the floods last year, a lawmaker said on Tuesday.Britain had asked for EU support to rebuild infrastructure damaged...
Apr 5 2017 // A bill backed by the insurance industry to curb the abuse of Florida’s one-way attorney fee statute in assignment of benefit claims has stalled as lawmakers opted to instead advance what the insurance industry and...
Apr 4 2017 // Legislation capping recoveries in medical malpractice awards and a bill that would limit public access to 911 call information are still alive the Iowa Legislature.The legislation would limit financial recoveries for pain...
Apr 3 2017 // Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee could help decide the fate of his moves to undo climate-related U.S. regulations, but legal experts said Neil Gorsuch’s judicial record makes it hard to predict whether as a...
Apr 3 2017 // A federal judge says two Major League Baseball players can go ahead with their lawsuit on claims that an Al Jazeera documentary defamed them by linking them to performance-enhancing drugs.Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson ruled...
Apr 3 2017 // Republican lawmakers are seeking a way to guarantee that health insurers get $7 billion promised to them to help low-income people afford the out-of-pocket costs of Obamacare plans, in an effort to keep more companies from...
Apr 3 2017 // “Consumer protection laws need to keep pace with changes in the marketplace. Data mining and information sharing by insurance companies has put consumers at a costly disadvantage that needs to be remedied. State...
Apr 3 2017 // Ratings company Demotech is holding off on issuing large-scale ratings downgrades of Florida property insurers for now, after a number of insurers heeded its warning about the effects of assignment of benefits abuse and...
Apr 3 2017 // The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued cybersecurity requirements for financial services companies (cyber rules) that went into effect March 1.The cyber rules require insurance and insurance-related...
Mar 31 2017 // A Texarkana judge has dismissed 11 civil lawsuits connected to the historic 2010 flood at Albert Pike campgrounds in Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas that took the lives of 20 men, women and children.The 11 lawsuits,...
Mar 30 2017 // A national trade association representing property/casualty insurers has come out against a proposed bill in Illinois that will create what group says are “burdensome and duplicative workers’ compensation...
Mar 30 2017 // This article originally appeared in the Texas Tribune.Weeks after major business interests blasted legislation that would make it harder for property owners to sue insurance companies over weather-related damages, other...