All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 13 2013 // When it comes to mixing insurance and politics Congressman John Garamendi, D-California, can be considered an authority on the topic.While Garamendi never served professionally in the insurance industry, after the...
Sep 13 2013 // Missouri lawmakers have approved a veto override of legislation restricting lawsuits by uninsured motorists.The House approved the override Wednesday on a 109-51 vote, the bare minimum needed for a two-thirds majority. The...
Sep 12 2013 // Although California Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Rocklin, married into the insurance business, it seems to run in her blood, because it’s her blood that boils when she feels small businesses are being attacked by...
Sep 12 2013 // Insurance was a great training ground for now State Sen. Bill Ketron, who has been a member of the Tennessee Senate since 2002 while also serving as president of his own independent agency founded by his late father.Ketron...
Sep 12 2013 // Will the third time be the charm?Insurance groups and lobbyists in Washington are hoping so, after the House of Representatives this week overwhelmingly passed a bill (H.R. 1155 ) to streamline the insurance producer...
Sep 12 2013 // Critics of the U.S. crop insurance program are calling for cuts to it and other agribusiness subsidies as Congress revamps farm policy.A bipartisan group of lawmakers planned to meet yesterday in Washington to re-examine...
Sep 11 2013 // Former American International Group Inc. chief Maurice “Hank” Greenberg has a new business partner: the U.S. taxpayer.Greenberg’s Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. is one of 18 companies approved to get...
Sep 10 2013 // Running a successful insurance agency business is tough enough by itself but some insurance pros are taking it one step further. They manage to juggle multiple careers in insurance and politics.Pennsylvania State Sen. John...
Sep 10 2013 // Those who have worked in the insurance industry and now practice politics in the Midwest say they are able to provide valuable insight into policies and insurance laws that affect their state’s important industries...
Sep 10 2013 // A federal appeals court has ruled that a group of Louisiana abortion providers lack the standing to challenge part of a 1997 law that can make them liable for damage caused by an abortion procedure and denies them access...
Sep 9 2013 // Delaware’s Workers’ Compensation Task Force reconvened last Friday for its first meeting since Gov. Jack Markell signed the group’s recommendations into law on June 27, 2013.The task force will now hold a...
Sep 9 2013 // World leaders renewed their determination on Friday to work more closely and regulate across the financial system to avoid conflicting rules that would crimp economic growth.The Group of 20 nations (G20) ended a summit in...
Sep 9 2013 // A Depression-era program intended to save the nation’s farmers from ruin has grown into a 21st- century crutch enabling affluent growers and financial institutions to thrive at U.S. taxpayer expense.Federal crop...
Sep 9 2013 // The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) — the auto insurance market of last resort in Maryland — last month withdrew its proposal to gain “sole and exclusive property” rights to all MAIF policies.The...
Sep 5 2013 // A Texas judge is pushing Lance Armstrong closer to his first sworn testimony on details of his performance-enhancing drug use, ordering the cyclist to answer questions about who knew what and when about his doping,...
Sep 5 2013 // Europe’s 40 largest insurers spent as much as €4.9 billion ($6.5 billion) last year complying with new regulations, according to estimates by Deloitte LLP.The cost is equivalent to a one percentage point reduction...
Sep 4 2013 // Despite a rash of deadly train crashes, the railroad industry’s allies in Congress are trying to push back the deadline for installing technology to prevent the most catastrophic types of collisions until at least...
Sep 3 2013 // Driving without auto insurance could mean losing out on court damages if Missouri lawmakers push forward with an effort to override one of Gov. Jay Nixon’s vetoes.Under the legislation, drivers lacking insurance...
Sep 3 2013 // Outside New York’s Winter Garden Theatre, where “Mamma Mia” is nearing the end of a 13-year Broadway run, unwitting tourists board a bus bearing the name of a company U.S. regulators tried to close two...
Aug 29 2013 // The United States could improve how it spots and prevents risks in the financial system from turning into destabilizing crises, a global regulatory task force said on Tuesday.The Financial Stability Board (FSB) said the...