All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 8 2013 // Florida’s workers’ compensation system has reached a rare state of rate stability, according to insurers and officials.The agency, the National Council on Compensation Insurance, filed for a one percent...
Oct 7 2013 // Hedge fund manager Philip Falcone, banned from the securities industry for five years by U.S. regulators, is also being banned for seven years from decision-making roles at Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance, a unit...
Oct 7 2013 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a public reprimand and fine for a judge who was accused of failing to disclose a potential conflict in a Smith County asbestos case that resulted in a $322 million verdict.In May...
Oct 7 2013 // Florida automobile insurers are hoping a court will lift an injunction that has blocked portions of the state’s 2012 no-fault law from taking effect.Florida’s First District Court of Appeals recently heard oral...
Oct 7 2013 // Missouri businesses could face significantly higher costs for workers’ compensation insurance next year, due partly to a new law that seeks to shore up a financially troubled state fund for disabled...
Oct 6 2013 // Even before the cancellation of the latest round of EU-U.S. talks, negotiations to create the world’s largest free-trade deal were getting into difficulty territory.France won a concession to leave European movies...
Oct 4 2013 // State lawmakers and representatives from health insurance marketplace navigator organizations are questioning both the timing of an effort by Texas regulators to craft rules regarding navigators and the need for rules that...
Oct 3 2013 // If and when the federal government resumes operations, a multistate producer licensing reform bill long pushed by the country’s insurance agent lobby could be among the few bipartisan pieces of business Congress...
Oct 2 2013 // A federal judge has struck down a key Florida medical malpractice law that required a patient to allow a defending physician’s attorney to informally discuss the case with the patient’s other health care...
Oct 2 2013 // Colorado homeowners living in high-risk wildfire areas should be charged fees, and officials need to adopt statewide building requirements to address destructive fires, according to recommendations Monday from a group...
Oct 2 2013 // New York is looking into creating its first statewide early warning system for tornadoes.A bill signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo directs a review into the feasibility of installing a system. The system could involve...
Oct 2 2013 // A judge refused to block emergency rules covering people who dispense advice on the new health insurance exchange in Tennessee that launched Tuesday.Chancellor Russell T. Perkins ruled Monday evening that the state’s...
Oct 2 2013 // A federal judge has dismissed a trademark infringement lawsuit the University of Alabama filed against an artist for painting scenes from school football games and transferring his work to other mediums.AL.com reported...
Oct 1 2013 // Former AIG Inc. Chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg lost a second bid to have a judge remove himself from an eight-year-old lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general’s office.Greenberg in July asked...
Sep 30 2013 // The bi-annual Risk Management Forum of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) kicked off with a reception on Sunday night for the 1400 plus delegates at the MECC Conference Center in the Dutch city...
Sep 30 2013 // West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Robin Davis criticized her colleagues in a dissenting opinion Friday for refusing to let institutional shareholders revive a lawsuit filed against the former Massey Energy two weeks...
Sep 29 2013 // Jeff Kingsley, a partner in the law firm of Goldberg Segalla, specializes in the emerging and highly complex field of cyber liability and security, which requires explaining the difficult process of applying the long held...
Sep 29 2013 // James J. Wrynn, Esq. served as New York’s Superintendent of Insurance from 2009 to 2012, when he joined the law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLP, which specializes in insurance law. His knowledge and experience are both...
Sep 27 2013 // Florida’s state-backed property insurer found itself on the defensive in Tallahassee this week as state lawmakers inquired into a deal whereby a private insurer stands to receive millions in exchange for removing...
Sep 27 2013 // Massachusetts’ congressional delegation is urging fellow lawmakers in Washington to delay implementation of the Biggert-Waters National Flood Insurance Reform Act provisions. The Massachusetts lawmakers said this...