All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 13 2013 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance said it will hold a public hearing on June 28 regarding the proposed new regulation 211 CMR 135.00, “Requirements Regarding Referrals to Motor Vehicle Glass Repair...
Jun 13 2013 // A Sacramento judge has upheld a $23 million jury award over the bed sore death of a woman at a Northern California assisted living facility.The Sacramento Bee reported the judge on Monday also awarded $4.3 million in legal...
Jun 13 2013 // Chemical shippers failed to show any business harm from a regulation requiring railroads to deploy new train-safety technology, a U.S. appeals court said, throwing out a lawsuit challenging the 2012 rule.The Arlington,...
Jun 12 2013 // Mary Williams Walsh of The New York Times‘ DealBook blog has an interesting post today on New York regulators’ expansive investigation of captive reinsurance transactions by life insurers, and the extent to...
Jun 12 2013 // New York State’s financial regulators issued a report today that found a widespread use of captive, reinsurance entities by New York-based life insurance companies.Calling these arrangements “shadow...
Jun 12 2013 // The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) today released its annual report on the insurance industry to the President and Congress.Under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...
Jun 11 2013 // Five government, insurance and health care officials are in the running to manage New Mexico’s newly independent insurance regulatory agency.Among the candidates are state Insurance Superintendent John Franchini and...
Jun 11 2013 // An influential eastern Kentucky legislator owns the permits on Pike County coal mines that have repeatedly been cited by the state for safety and environmental violations. Rep. Keith Hall’s Beech Creek Coal Co. and...
Jun 10 2013 // The Democratic-run U.S. Senate passed a $500 billion, five-year farm bill on Monday that expands a taxpayer-subsidized crop insurance program and rejects sweeping cuts in food stamps for the poor being pursued in the House...
Jun 10 2013 // Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon is urging Illinois communities to consider banning assault-style weapons before new legislation is signed that could prohibit local governments from doing so in the future.The General Assembly...
Jun 10 2013 // Oklahoma lawmakers will again consider legislation setting limits on lawsuits and making it easier to dismiss those that don’t have merit after the state Supreme Court struck down a 2009 law on the matter.Legislative...
Jun 7 2013 // A civil justice reform measure hailed in 2009 as the most comprehensive bill to ever affect Oklahoma’s legal system has been declared unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.In a 7-2 decision, the...
Jun 6 2013 // Industry groups are warning that the New York State Assembly’s recent approval of the post-Sandy insurance reform package has the potential to backfire and are urging the state Senate not to take up this...
Jun 5 2013 // The New York State Assembly approved on Tuesday a comprehensive post-Sandy insurance reform package comprised of 14 pieces of legislation. All approved measures now move to the state Senate for further consideration.The...
Jun 4 2013 // Oregon Insurance Commissioner Lou Savage is leaving the Insurance Division to work on legal reform in emerging democracies overseas after nearly two years at the post.Laura Cali, the division’s chief actuary and...
Jun 4 2013 // A Montana judge has invalidated Helena’s 2008 fire ordinance restricting exposed wood building materials and requiring fire-resistant roofs on new or extensively renovated buildings.The Independent Record reported...
Jun 4 2013 // President Barack Obama took steps on Tuesday intended to limit frivolous patent lawsuits, a practice referred to as “patent trolling.”Lawsuits brought by companies that do not make or sell anything but merely...
Jun 4 2013 // Bermuda is not to blame for companies such as Google using Bermudan subsidiaries to shelter billions of dollars from U.S. and European tax authorities, the territory’s finance minister said on Monday.Google has come...
Jun 4 2013 // A fired state trooper, as well as some current and former troopers, testified last week that the Florida Highway Patrol had an informal policy of giving breaks to legislators caught speeding.The highway patrol maintains no...
Jun 4 2013 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed a bill that removes the ability of state regulators to challenge health insurance rates for a two-year period.U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson had called for the bill to be vetoed, saying the...