All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 11 2013 // With thousands of Florida homeowners facing significant increases in their federal flood insurance premiums, state lawmakers are considering ways to open up the market to private insurers.Industry experts, however, say...
Oct 11 2013 // Former American International Group (AIG) Chief Executive Maurice “Hank” Greenberg on Thursday won a short reprieve from New York’s case accusing him of orchestrating sham transactions at AIG.State...
Oct 11 2013 // Connecticut Police are cracking down on motorists who text or use a hand-held cellphone while driving.Authorities call it “high-visibility enforcement” intended to call attention to a state law that took effect...
Oct 10 2013 // A federal judge has blocked the state of Tennessee from enforcing emergency rules for people who advise others about the new health insurance exchange.The Tennessean reported that U.S. District Judge Todd Campbell issued a...
Oct 10 2013 // Zurich has introduced a new Side A D&O policy that addresses the evolving litigation landscape and provides coverage for liability exposures in the global marketplace, including China, Brazil, Mexico, Japan and India....
Oct 9 2013 // As floodwater started to rise Sept. 11, some oil and gas operators began shutting wells and securing facilities. It would be five days before state regulators announced their own plans.“Did the state have a disaster...
Oct 9 2013 // Failure to handle claims within specified time frames and using unapproved forms and rates are the top two criticisms of property/casualty insurers by market conduct regulators, according to a new report.Waltham,...
Oct 9 2013 // The partial shutdown of the U.S. government has sidelined thousands of inspectors who monitor everything from air and water pollution to safety hazards at factories and the condition of nursing homes.Federal law requires...
Oct 8 2013 // A U.S. District Court judge has explained why he vacated the fraud conviction of a former Miss Montana who was charged with misrepresenting her housing conditions to an insurance company while her historic mansion was...
Oct 8 2013 // Rhode Island’s state lawmakers plan to review the effects of climate change and rising sea levels are having on Rhode Island. The House Environmental and Natural Resources Committee plans to hear a presentation on...
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...