All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 10 2015 // Months after suspending operations in Portland, Uber is on the verge of the returning to the city and operating under regulations.The city’s Private For-Hire Innovation Task Force released details this week of a...
Apr 10 2015 // Ridesharing giants Lyft and Uber left San Antonio in their rearview mirror after the nation’s seventh largest city restricted their operations, instead shifting their focus — and money — on convincing Texas...
Apr 9 2015 // Tim Grafton, chief executive of the Insurance Council of New Zealand, lives in a country surrounded by risk on all sides, and he’s unabashed in his efforts to use flooding events, frequent storms or other...
Apr 9 2015 // No two states are the same. What passes for polite in New England may be considered downright abrasive in the Pacific Northwest. What a Californian finds politically correct, a midwesterner might find utterly confusing.It...
Apr 8 2015 // Two more insurers have received approval to test the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, for their business.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved requests from USAA and American...
Apr 8 2015 // Florida may soon be the 28th state to adopt legislation that enables insurers to conduct all policyholder transactions over the internet. The State Legislature has passed House Bill 273, which allows policyholders to...
Apr 8 2015 // As state lawmakers ponder firing the South Carolina State University trustees, South Carolina’s only black congressman and a federal lawsuit contend the state can be blamed in part for the school’s financial...
Apr 7 2015 // Texas Insurance Commissioner David Mattax was elected chairman of the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission (IIPRC) in Phoenix, Ariz.Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jacqueline K. Cunningham was elected as vice...
Apr 7 2015 // Ride-hailing company Uber says it will be forced to pull out of Kansas if the governor signs a bill increasing regulations on its drivers.The dispute over the bill, which passed both chambers on April 2, has grown...
Apr 7 2015 // A group responsible for managing Oklahoma’s floodplains says bills moving through the Legislature that prohibit cities from regulating oil and natural gas drilling operations could prevent the state from...
Apr 7 2015 // Oregonians could begin flying along certain highways at 75 mph after lawmakers heard testimony Friday on a bill upping speed limits from 65 mph on interstate highways.Under the proposal, passenger cars would be able to go...
Apr 7 2015 // It’s been a long process, but, according to Paul Fisher, deputy head of the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), who supervises insurance and regulatory risk, the introduction of the...
Apr 6 2015 // A bill requiring motorcycle riders in Delaware to wear helmets remains in legislative limbo after members of the House Public Safety Committee could not agree last week to send it to the House floor or to table it.Current...
Apr 6 2015 // ACE Group has launched ACE Multinational Partner, an enhanced package of comprehensive property and casualty insurance cover spanning traditionally separate lines of business, for U.K. and Ireland based companies with one...
Apr 6 2015 // Calling it “an historic moment” medical marijuana advocates praised the filing of what has been deemed comprehensive medical marijuana legislation in the Texas House.Introducing the legislation at a press...
Apr 6 2015 // A new law could increase the number of doctors licensed to practice in Wyoming. Wyoming became the first state to join the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which seeks to create a fast-track process for physicians...
Apr 6 2015 // An exotic dancer who was shot at a Columbia, S.C., nightclub is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for her injury, according to a ruling by the state’s highest court.The State newspaper reported that...
Apr 6 2015 // It looks unlikely that Uber is coming to West Virginia this year.With debate closed, the Republican-led House of Delegates voted on March 13 against reviving an Uber bill that was idled. The bill would have allowed Uber...
Apr 3 2015 // On the heels of last week’s cross-industry compromise on insurance requirements for ride-sharing drivers, and with some legislative sessions drawing to a close, it’s a good time to take a look at where...
Apr 2 2015 // A Nashville judge has found to be unconstitutional a state law that limits the amount of workers’ compensation benefits laborers living in the country illegally can receive.The ruling stems from the case of a...