All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 14 2014 // Legislation creating rules for unregulated rideshare companies such as Uber, Lyft and Sidecar is moving through the Illinois Legislature.House lawmakers voted to put regulations on commercial ridesharing with an 80-26...
Apr 14 2014 // Auto insurers use many factors, including a motorist’s education and occupation, to accurately gauge their risk, industry representatives told state lawmakers on April 10, a week after a consumer advocacy group...
Apr 14 2014 // A Massachusetts judge has ordered AIG Inc. to pay at least $7 million to a Wellesley, Mass., man injured after he was struck by a bus in a scathing decision that accuses the insurer of hiding evidence and manipulating...
Apr 14 2014 // Republican lawmakers said hearings on Sylvia Mathews Burwell’s nomination as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary provide a fresh opening to raise questions about President Barack Obama’s health-care...
Apr 13 2014 // News flash: a conservative and a liberal in Washington agree — on quite a few matters, in fact.Before an audience of independent insurance agents last Friday, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson and liberal...
Apr 11 2014 // The calls may come in the middle of the night and from hospitals more than an hour away. Someone is having a stroke and is en route an emergency room in the Florida Keys, but there aren’t any neurologists on...
Apr 11 2014 // New York is directing health officials and hospitals to identify best practices for safely handling patients in an effort to reduce rough lifting and better protect staff from back injuries.State legislation proposed by...
Apr 11 2014 // Colorado lawmakers advanced legislation to regulate transportation companies that use cellphone apps to connect riders to drivers on their personal cars. The legislation would put companies like UberX and Lyft under the...
Apr 11 2014 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has unveiled its 2014 Political Risk Map, which identifies an increased risk rating for all five emerging market BRICS countries. Aon noted that “as...
Apr 10 2014 // A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has agreed on legislation to extend the government’s financial backstop of terrorism insurance for seven years.The legislation would raise private insurers’ co-payments to 20...
Apr 10 2014 // A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction prohibiting a St. Louis County town from ticketing drivers for flashing their headlights to warn other drivers that police are nearby. U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey...
Apr 10 2014 // U.S. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) has been named the Gerald Solomon-IIABA Legislator of the Year for 2013 by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”).The award was presented Tuesday...
Apr 9 2014 // European insurers such as Allianz SE and Axa SA are shifting investments into the loan market, taking business from banks that are being forced to increase capital and meet tougher regulations, Moody’s Investors...
Apr 9 2014 // A man who complained about alleged slow service at a Denny’s in South Texas must serve eight years in prison for starting the restaurant’s Christmas tree on fire.The San Antonio Express-News reports a judge...
Apr 8 2014 // A former utility worker who lost his hands when he was shocked by power lines can receive workers’ compensation, even though officials argued he tried to hurt himself to avoid a homicide investigation, the...
Apr 8 2014 // A judge has ruled in favor of an Ogden, Utah woman in a lawsuit over a severe dog bite.Second District Judge Mike DiReda found that Sara Loving was owed $250,000 in damages from defendants James and Cindy Davis for...
Apr 8 2014 // There is one simple way for a Florida medical clinic to avoid being licensed and undergoing an annual inspection: Don’t accept insurance.A bill moving through the Legislature would close that loophole for so-called...
Apr 8 2014 // China’s decision to partially relax mergers and acquisition rules in the insurance industry could see global insurance firms expand their footprint in the $288 billion market.Beijing would allow insurers, including...
Apr 7 2014 // On a June morning in 2012, New York bank examiners paid surprise visits to the offices of Ocwen Financial Corp., the biggest non-bank mortgage servicer.That break with tradition — examiners typically set up...
Apr 7 2014 // Parasailing in Florida moved closer to becoming a regulated industry lat week, with the Senate approving a bill that would place safety guidelines on companies.The legislation details insurance, equipment and license...