All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 22 2016 // Although Atlantic hurricane season ends in November, cleanup from any damage seen on the East Coast could last beyond the end of the season. Some coastal areas, such as Virginia Beach, were impacted this season,...
Nov 21 2016 // A federal judge in Texas is giving Exxon Mobil Corp. an unprecedented chance to question a state law-enforcement officer who is investigating whether the energy company hid damaging data about climate change from...
Nov 21 2016 // The Connecticut Insurance Department has issued a online pay portal to process financial transactions for licensees that conduct business daily within the department, Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade announced.The...
Nov 21 2016 // Advent Claims, a division of Advent Insurance Management with claims operations in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, has launched a proprietary web-based claims management system for managing general agents (MGAs) and...
Nov 21 2016 // As residents of coastal Louisiana, New York and New Jersey have discovered, a house with a sea view can carry a serious and soggy downside. In terms of storms and their severity, a building’s location has never...
Nov 21 2016 // The California Supreme Court heard oral arguments this month, during which the Attorney General’s office in a suit filed by the insurance industry defended a regulatory move by Insurance Dave Jones.The regulation was...
Nov 18 2016 // New York’s top law enforcement official said he does not want U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s administration to “eviscerate” the state’s anti-fraud law that has dropped a hammer on Wall...
Nov 18 2016 // China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. rallied behind Beijing’s recently imposed cyber security law on Thursday, following criticism of it from overseas technology rivals.The...
Nov 18 2016 // Among the many crops grown on Glenn Rodes’ family farm in Rockingham County, this summer was one that has not been cultivated in Virginia for decades but that may have a chance at a comeback now, thanks to a slow...
Nov 17 2016 // Rutgers Law School’s Camden, N.J., location, in collaboration with United Policyholders, is seeking to improve homeowners’ insurance nationally through its recently launched project.The Rutgers Center for Risk...
Nov 17 2016 // State securities regulators said they may have to rely more heavily on local laws to police banks and finance companies if President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican-controlled Congress roll back federal reforms...
Nov 17 2016 // Rather than replacing Solvency II entirely when the UK leaves the European Union, regulators need to refine EU’s insurance regulation to make it more appropriate for the UK market and customers, according to the...
Nov 16 2016 // Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari unveiled a plan on Wednesday to prevent future government bailouts by forcing the largest U.S. banks to hold so much capital that they would probably decide to break...
Nov 15 2016 // The former chief financial officer of a chain of medical clinics in Washington and Idaho has been awarded $1.9 million after claiming he was fired for refusing to file fabricated financial reports.Gregg Becker was the CFO...
Nov 15 2016 // When Jeb Hensarling, the Republican chair of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, released legislation this summer to weaken the major financial law known as Dodd-Frank, many said it was a prêt-a-porter plan that...
Nov 15 2016 // The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has recognized former Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin M. McCarty for his service to international insurance regulation. McCarty is a past president of the...
Nov 14 2016 // Joshua DeLeon earned $200 a week driving for Uber, a side job he used to buy an engagement ring for his girlfriend. Then he got a $300 ticket from Atlantic City for operating without a proper license, and he quit.“I...
Nov 14 2016 // Florida voters approved a state constitutional amendment last week to legalize medical marijuana, broadening access to pot beyond the limited therapeutic uses approved by the legislature two years ago.Amendment 2 passed...
Nov 10 2016 // Arkansas voters handed marijuana advocates a significant victory by passing a measure that would legalize the drug for medical use, but groups on both sides of the issue are now gearing up for fights over how to set up the...
Nov 10 2016 // A federal judge said Bill Cosby’s homeowner’s insurance company must defend him against three civil defamation lawsuits in Massachusetts brought by several women who accused the once-beloved entertainer of...