All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 22 2015 // Some drone industry representatives are reacting cautiously to plans by the Obama administration to combat a growing safety threat by requiring buyers to register their drones with the government.The U.S. Transportation...
Oct 22 2015 // In a speech delivered before the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI), Bradley Kading, president and executive director of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR), praised the Brazilian...
Oct 22 2015 // A former South Carolina lawmaker who was once a rising star in the Republican party and was getting noticed by the governor at conservative gatherings is heading to prison for more than three years for money...
Oct 21 2015 // It’s common knowledge that driving with blood alcohol content higher than .08 violates the law. But with marijuana, things are a lot more hazy.As Vermont and other states consider following the lead of Colorado and...
Oct 20 2015 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and the Division of Insurance announced that the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) has been approved to offer additional “gap protection” coverage to its...
Oct 19 2015 // Norway is unnerving investors by failing to give clear signals on the implementation of the next step in insurance industry regulations, according to Storebrand ASA, Norway’s largest listed life insurer...
Oct 19 2015 // A Colorado judge has upheld an arbitrator’s award of more than $7 million to 20 homeowners at a golf course subdivision near Glenwood Springs whose properties were constructed on a soil linked to sinkholes and...
Oct 19 2015 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has followed through on his promise to State Senator Jeff Brandes to investigate the National Flood Insurance Program’s rating practices of Floridians.In an Oct. 2 letter...
Oct 19 2015 // The claims filing and damage recovery process is underway in South Carolina after the mega-storm that hit the state Oct. 1 through Oct. 5 brought extensive damage statewide with some areas receiving more than two feet of...
Oct 16 2015 // Google Inc. can go ahead and create a digital library of millions of books without paying authors, a U.S. appeals court said, ruling the company’s plan is a “fair use” under copyright law.The company has...
Oct 16 2015 // The attorney representing Joel Sanders, the former chief financial officer of bankrupt law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, renewed his call for a mistrial on Thursday, saying he was worried the jury was feeling pressure to...
Oct 16 2015 // The American Insurance Association (AIA), Insurance Europe, and the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) have jointly issued a bulletin that reiterates their support “for the full inclusion of insurance in the...
Oct 14 2015 // This article was published by ProPublica and NPR and is reprinted with permission.Standing before a giant map in his Dallas office, Bill Minick doesn’t seem like anyone’s idea of a bomb thrower. But backed by...
Oct 14 2015 // Kentucky’s nursing home industry is seeking relief from what it calls heavy-handed state oversight even though a recent review found multiple instances where its residents have been mistreated.The review by The...
Oct 14 2015 // Ex-Massey Energy Chief Executive Officer Donald Blankenship downplayed the threat that miners develop black-lung disease in shafts choked with coal dust, jurors in the executive’s criminal trial heard in a recorded...
Oct 13 2015 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance (SCDOI) has issued two bulletins to insurers in an effort to aid with storm recovery efforts in the state.South Carolina Insurance Director Raymond Farmer issued an emergency...
Oct 13 2015 // A Colorado judge has upheld an arbitrator’s award of more than $7 million to 20 homeowners at a golf course subdivision near Glenwood Springs whose properties were constructed on a soil linked to sinkholes and...
Oct 13 2015 // A Delaware judge on Oct. 9 said Boston Scientific should only have to pay $10 million to a woman originally awarded $100 million by a jury who found she was injured by transvaginal mesh, a device that is the subject of...
Oct 13 2015 // The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has “deep cultural problems,” a senior U.K. lawmaker Andrew Tyrie said after the regulator responded to parliamentary criticism of how it handled a newspaper article that...
Oct 12 2015 // Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio vowed to cap the number of regulations government can impose on businesses, particularly “on-demand” startups like Uber and Airbnb that he considers models for a...