All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 3 2015 // A New Mexico lawmaker has introduced a bill to reduce workers’ compensation in cases when an employee’s death or injury results from being drunk or high on the job. Republican Rep. Dennis Roch of Logan said...
Feb 2 2015 // New York and Massachusetts in January became the latest states to enact laws to prohibit improper use of certificates of insurance.On Jan. 28, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill (A.9590/S.6545-A) that would...
Feb 2 2015 // The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has given ride-sharing service Uber a two-year experimental license to operate anywhere in the state except Philadelphia, where it has been operating despite a local ban.The...
Feb 2 2015 // The National Football League’s $765 million settlement over concussions came up short a second time as a judge said she wants more changes before she’ll approve it.U.S. District Judge Anita Brody in...
Feb 2 2015 // By the time Carlos Solis IV laid eyes on the silver Honda Accord in a Texas used-car lot last April, the sedan had changed hands twice, been in at least two crashes and still had a defective air bag that had been recalled...
Feb 2 2015 // A U.S. judge appeared skeptical on Jan. 30 about Uber’s bid for a quick pretrial ruling that its drivers are contractors and not employees, a critical question facing Silicon Valley’s sharing economy.App-based...
Feb 2 2015 // The Cayman Islands passed new insurance regulations on January 16, which affect portfolio insurance companies (PIC).These regulations are designed to provide more risk management alternatives for insurers incorporated as...
Jan 30 2015 // Lyft Inc.’s practice of treating drivers as independent contractors was questioned by a federal judge who said that under California law they may be considered employees who would qualify for minimum wage and other...
Jan 30 2015 // The Arkansas Senate voted to continue the state’s compromise Medicaid expansion another year and create a task force to look at alternatives for the hundreds of thousands of people receiving coverage through the...
Jan 30 2015 // U.S. lawmakers proposed a bill this week that would create a single food safety agency by bringing together the oversight functions of the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture and other...
Jan 30 2015 // The ridesharing service Uber has left Auburn, Ala. in its rearview mirror.The Opelika-Auburn News reported that the popular service that lets users book rides using a mobile app sent emails to drivers and customers last...
Jan 30 2015 // State lawmakers want to make bicycling safer in South Dakota, but they’re having trouble figuring out how exactly to do it.The House Transportation Committee on Jan. 27 for the second time was unable to reach a...
Jan 29 2015 // The potential impact of climate change on the insurance industry was important enough for consulting giant Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. to include the topic as a significant part of its recent 2015 Property and Casualty...
Jan 29 2015 // The debate over regulating mopeds in North Carolina resumed Tuesday as legislators heard new rule suggestions from the Division of Motor Vehicles just months after the General Assembly mandated owners register the...
Jan 29 2015 // A group of U.S. Republican lawmakers introduced a bill on Wednesday to extend the term of the U.S. export credit agency for five years past its current June deadline.The Export-Import Bank, which provides support to U.S....
Jan 27 2015 // A proposal that the state take over enforcement of workplace safety rules from the federal government seems unlikely to pass this year but still has some support in the Kansas House.Republicans on the Senate Commerce...
Jan 26 2015 // The discovery of a radio-controlled copter on the White House lawn injects a new complication into the debate over the growing popularity of drones used by civilians.The unintentional security breach Monday at the U.S....
Jan 26 2015 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has begun a 30-day comment period on a draft white paper (available here) that no doubt will shape the development in states across the country of insurance requirements...
Jan 26 2015 // A Connecticut state lawmaker is introducing legislation that would bar insurance companies from inquiring about or discriminating against a “bully breed” dog when issuing a homeowners’ insurance policy in...
Jan 26 2015 // The Obama administration appears to be making broader changes to protect consumer information on the government’s health insurance website, after objections from lawmakers and privacy advocates.The Associated Press...