All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 12 2015 // The head of the Senate Banking Committee unveiled his long-awaited bill to toughen oversight of the Federal Reserve and ease the regulatory burden on dozens of banks, setting off what could be intense negotiations with...
May 12 2015 // A federal judge who ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to take action to regulate farm runoff and other pollution blamed for the Gulf of Mexico’s annual oxygen-depleted “dead zone” must take a...
May 12 2015 // A.M. Best’s analysis of the growth in the use of drone aircraft concludes that the “commercial use of drones presents exciting possibilities to a number of industries, but as with any new technology, unique and...
May 11 2015 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed a measure capping some damage awards in medical malpractices cases, three years after the state’s Supreme Court struck down similar limits as unconstitutional.“This bipartisan...
May 11 2015 // Expectations of rising dividends and share buybacks from Europe’s insurance companies are fading as ultra low interest rates make it harder for them to meet new capital regulations.Rock-bottom interest rates reduce...
May 11 2015 // The state-sanctioned property insurance program in North Carolina coastal counties could borrow to pay for extreme catastrophic losses from hurricanes in legislation making its way through the General Assembly. The House...
May 8 2015 // Ridesharing service Lyft says it’s suspending operations in New Mexico after state regulators passed new requirements that the company called “onerous.”The San Francisco-based firm set a May 14 deadline...
May 8 2015 // “Heavy Fog In Channel. Continent Cut Off.” That often quoted newspaper headline, which dates from at least the 1930’s, captures the ambivalent feelings the British have about their European neighbors....
May 8 2015 // Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law two bills regulating the high-tech ridesharing industry in Georgia. Surrounded by young Uber drivers in black T-shirts and Lyft drivers wearing pink on Wednesday, Deal signed into law...
May 8 2015 // Companies in Alabama would be protected from lawsuits related to products they didn’t make under newly passed legislation.Gov. Robert Bentley on Friday signed into law a bill that says manufacturers are not liable...
May 7 2015 // New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced Thursday that it has granted a charter under the New York Banking Law to itBit Trust Company, LLC – a commercial Bitcoin exchange.ItBit, which is based in...
May 7 2015 // New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed into law on Thursday A-3905/S-2680, which authorizes motor vehicle operators to display proof of auto insurance in either the physical format (a paper insurance card provided by their...
May 7 2015 // Gov. Mary Fallin added her signature to legislation that makes it illegal to text message while driving in Oklahoma and then issued a challenge to the state’s motorists.“Don’t text and drive in the state...
May 7 2015 // Speed limits on rural interstate highways in Montana will increase to 80 mph this fall, but the cost of a speeding ticket will go up, too.Gov. Steve Bullock signed Senate Bill 375 on Monday. The new law will increase speed...
May 7 2015 // The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee is pushing ahead with a bill to ease rules across sections of the financial industry after the first round of efforts to work with his Democratic counterpart failed.Alabama...
May 6 2015 // Ride-hailing service Uber said it ceased operations in Kansas after the state legislature decided to override Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of a bill that will impose stricter regulations on ride-hailing services.Uber...
May 6 2015 // Legislation to make Colorado public schools legally liable for student safety awaits the governor’s signature.The state House and Senate agreed Monday on final language in the bill to allow public schools to be sued...
May 6 2015 // Stephen Simchak, director of international affairs for the American Insurance Association (AIA) In his testimony before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on trade and investment policies in India. Has welcomed...
May 6 2015 // Vermont officials announced that Gov. Peter Shumlin will sign new legislation passed in April that would bring several changes to the state’s captive insurance rules — including changes to the investment...
May 6 2015 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty championed flexible state insurance regulation and warned against “one-size-fits-all” bank-like regulation for insurers in recent testimony before the U.S. Senate...