All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 15 2014 // It appears that the insurance industry is having an easier time emerging from the financial crisis than entering the new regulatory environment, particularly as it relates to nonorganic growth. With increasingly healthy...
Dec 15 2014 // Federal emergency officials are taking new steps to address concerns from homeowners still struggling to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy more than two years ago, New Jersey and New York lawmakers announced on Dec. 5.U.S....
Dec 15 2014 // A Utah lawmaker is working on a bill proposing statewide regulations for ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft.Some say the smartphone app-based companies should follow the same rules as taxi drivers, including...
Dec 12 2014 // Companies that allow drivers to use personal vehicles to transport riders in New Jersey would have to get a state permit and meet safety requirements under state legislation that’s been advanced by a New Jersey...
Dec 12 2014 // The city of Stamford, Connecticut, is trying to shift legal liability in slip-and-fall lawsuits to private property owners.The Stamford Advocate reports that Mayor David Martin has submitted legislation to put legal...
Dec 12 2014 // The House passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill after a day of disarray and just hours before U.S. government funding was set to run out.The vote last night was 219-206. With current government funding ending at midnight,...
Dec 12 2014 // Democratic U.S. Senator Charles Schumer on Thursday called for the U.S. House of Representatives to extend a federal terrorism insurance program by passing a “clean” bill with no controversial extra...
Dec 12 2014 // Commercial drone flights are taking off in other countries while the U.S. lags behind in developing safety regulations that would permit unmanned aircraft operations by a wide array of industries, witnesses told a House...
Dec 12 2014 // Understanding and managing risk is increasingly a critical success factor for financial institutions, according to a report on financial institutions issued by Aon Risk Solutions, the risk management business of Aon...
Dec 11 2014 // Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, the EnPro Industries Inc. unit that filed Chapter 11 in June 2010 to address asbestos claims, won a long-fought battle with personal-injury claimants when their request to reopen the...
Dec 11 2014 // Chicago has opened a new front in the war on ridesharing services like Uber, approving a plan to sponsor an app for riders to hail local cabs.The measure was part of a package including financial supports for taxis, such...
Dec 11 2014 // A measure that would ease capital and liquidity standards for insurers under the Dodd-Frank Act was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives.The House unanimously passed the bill Wednesday to give the Federal Reserve...
Dec 10 2014 // The U.S. House voted Dec. 10 to extend by six years a federal backstop for insurers offering coverage against terrorism, advancing efforts to retain a program created in response to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.House...
Dec 10 2014 // Uber Technologies Inc. has hit an increasing pileup of regulatory and legal hurdles this week, with its mobile application challenged from India to California.The car-booking app yesterday was sued by the district...
Dec 10 2014 // Congress is poised to roll back safety rules aimed at ensuring truck drivers get enough rest, ignoring the pleas of consumer activists and U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.The provision, added to budget...
Dec 9 2014 // Workers don’t have a federal right to be paid for time spent in post-shift security searches, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a decision that will help Amazon.com Inc. fend off lawsuits seeking more than $100...
Dec 9 2014 // Congressional negotiators plan today to release a bipartisan U.S. government spending proposal, just days before current funding ends, after resolving disputes over Republican policy proposals.The House and Senate intend...
Dec 9 2014 // A federal judge in Arkansas says he won’t certify a complaint against Whirlpool Corp. as a class-action lawsuit because he is not sure whether residents of a polluted Arkansas neighborhood or the company is the...
Dec 8 2014 // Congress is considering adding to a year-end budget deal a provision to roll back safety rules aimed at ensuring truck drivers get enough rest, a measure U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said should be...
Dec 8 2014 // A growing middle class in sub-Saharan Africa is enticing European and South African insurers to buy local firms focusing mainly on life insurance and pensions, in the face of mature markets and strong competition at home....