All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 1 2013 // Reports of dozens of arrests of suspected looters in tornado-ravaged areas of central Oklahoma prompted several legislators to call for increasing the penalty for taking items from victims of natural disasters.Moore police...
Jun 30 2013 // A department secretary’s report on the South Dakota Division of Insurance is recommending increased oversight from supervisors and the secretary, better staff communication and a new informal settlement process,...
Jun 28 2013 // Florida regulators, citing a backlog in property/casualty form filings and the need to train new staff, have extended a fast-track approval process for personal lines forms until the end of the year.Florida Insurance...
Jun 28 2013 // A federal agency investigating a deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant will tell a Senate committee that regulation of the dangerous chemicals used in the industry fall under a “patchwork” of standards...
Jun 28 2013 // Arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby may be entitled to an exemption from a requirement in President Barack Obama’s 2010 healthcare overhaul to include free contraception coverage in its employee health insurance plans,...
Jun 27 2013 // Florida’s state-backed property insurer requested a statewide average 6.6 percent increase in homeowners’ rates along with a cap on sinkhole rate increases in three high-risk counties at between 20 percent and...
Jun 27 2013 // Pennsylvania’s House Republican leaders recently agreed to hold a public hearing on legislation to better regulate the state’s demolition industry. The public hearing is expected to be held in July following...
Jun 26 2013 // This week, Rhode Island lawmakers are negotiating the final details of the state’s $8.2 billion budget. One controversial part of the discussion has been what Rhode Island should do with the state’s failed...
Jun 25 2013 // Employment practices in California is a known and growing concern for insurers, agents and employers, and that concern has some carriers ramping up rates dramatically or quietly pulling back from the area, say those...
Jun 25 2013 // Vermont’s Department of Financial Regulation is getting a new deputy commissioner in the Insurance Division.St. Johnsbury, Vermont-native Crosby Sherman is going to start on July 8. Sherman began his career at...
Jun 25 2013 // Kentuckians will again be able to sign up for a Christians-only medical program under a batch of new laws that take effect Tuesday.Lawmakers passed the law allowing Medi-Share, a Florida-based cost-sharing ministry, to...
Jun 25 2013 // The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives needs to solve its farm bill impasse by enacting the Senate’s bipartisan bill, Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Monday, warning that the Democrat-run Senate...
Jun 24 2013 // Delaware lawmakers last week passed workers’ comp reform legislation (HB 175) that seeks to curb rising workers’ compensation costs. The bill has been sent to Gov. Jack Markell, who is expected to sign it.The...
Jun 24 2013 // Courts cannot award punitive damages to victims of workplace sexual harassment and gender discrimination under the Iowa Civil Rights Act, the state Supreme Court ruled in a victory for employers.The court said lawmakers...
Jun 24 2013 // A federal judge has upheld Mississippi’s cap of $500,000 on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases.The ruling came in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a woman and her unborn baby who died...
Jun 23 2013 // The U.S. Congress is headed for a second stop-gap extension of current farm law if Republican leaders in the House of Representatives cannot get new legislation back on track after a stunning defeat.Farm lobbyists and...
Jun 21 2013 // A 16-state study shows that in half of the study states hospital outpatient payments for shoulder surgeries in workers’ compensation were at least $2,000 higher than those in group health.The study from the...
Jun 21 2013 // Republican budget-cutters joined Democratic defenders of food stamps on Thursday to deal a shocking defeat to the $500 billion farm bill backed by Republican leaders in the House of Representatives, undermining hopes of...
Jun 20 2013 // The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that an arbitration agreement prevents merchants from bringing class action claims against American Express Co .The nine-member court ruled on a 5-3 vote, with liberal Justice Sonia...
Jun 19 2013 // Insurers should not be forced to hold extra capital just because of their size, because the extra cost would simply be passed on to consumers, U.S. regulators said on Tuesday.G20 world leaders have backed imposing extra...