All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 1 2013 // The Missouri House has approved legislation seeking to reinstate a cap on some damages in medical malpractice lawsuits that the state Supreme Court struck down last summer.Doctors say the cap helps control malpractice...
Mar 31 2013 // The world’s biggest banks won a major victory on Friday when a U.S. judge dismissed a “substantial portion” of the claims in private lawsuits accusing them of rigging global benchmark interest rates.The...
Mar 29 2013 // The U.S. Internal Revenue Service this week lost a request to prevent the partial shutdown of its tax return preparer regulatory program pending an appeal.In a one-page ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...
Mar 29 2013 // U.S. insurance regulators will continue a program of information sharing and cooperation that helps their counterparts in China learn about insurance regulatory practices in the U.S. The National Association of Insurance...
Mar 28 2013 // The key changes in federal health care reform remain months away but property/casualty actuaries are already trying to determine what impact they will have on their own lines of business, particularly workers’...
Mar 27 2013 // President Barack Obama’s top healthcare adviser acknowledged on Tuesday that costs could rise in the individual health insurance market, particularly for men and younger people, because of the landmark 2010...
Mar 26 2013 // Gov. Steve Beshear has vetoed a bill that was intended to provide stronger protections of religious rights in Kentucky, setting the stage for a potential override before the legislative session draws to a close early next...
Mar 26 2013 // U.S. regulators approved Nasdaq OMX Group’s $62 million compensation plan for firms that lost money in Facebook Inc.’s glitch-ridden market debut, a victory for the exchange operator that also set the stage for...
Mar 26 2013 // With five coal mining fatalities in West Virginia so far this year, Democratic U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall is renewing his push for tougher federal laws.He and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., are co-sponsoring a new version of...
Mar 25 2013 // When it comes to property insurance reform in Florida, everyone is basically focused on proposals that deal with the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and the (over) regulation of...
Mar 25 2013 // At a Cypriot pawnbroker, one of the few growth industries in Europe’s debt-ridden south, someone had vented the anger of an island: “Thieves” was scrawled across the window, in bright red paint.The...
Mar 25 2013 // Leadership at a statewide association of independent agents in Oklahoma has issued statements publicly supporting workers’ compensation system reform legislation.Dan Ramsey, president and CEO of the Independent...
Mar 25 2013 // Lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday with two days remaining to pass legislation intended to shore up Kentucky’s pension plans for state and local government retirees.Restoring solvency to the pension system,...
Mar 25 2013 // Businesses and workers-rights advocates are fighting over a bill that would set uniform state standards for employees who say they haven’t been paid their full wages to seek compensation.The bill would require...
Mar 25 2013 // A top Senate Republican wants to roll back fees now charged to Floridians to renew their driver’s license and car tags. Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart and Senate budget chief, said he will unveil a bill this week that...
Mar 25 2013 // Eight months before President Barack Obama’s health care law goes prime time, a confederation of industry and business groups is ramping up its lobbying apparatus for an 11th-hour assault on the web of new taxes and...
Mar 25 2013 // A Florida district court judge’s ruling that declared unconstitutional a 104-week limitation on injured workers’ temporary benefits left insurers and employers scrambling to come up with a legislative...
Mar 25 2013 // U.S. farm groups are looking for a formula to lower crop subsidy spending dramatically ahead of new congressional demands for cuts in a farm bill now costing $10 billion more than planned. The cuts could be larger than the...
Mar 22 2013 // A handful of bills proposed in Oregon could hit consumers with nearly $200 million in cost increases and yield a rash of lawsuits, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, which is urging Oregon...
Mar 22 2013 // An Oklahoma House committee has approved a proposal that its sponsor said would help protect Oklahomans from what he called subpar roofing “vultures” that swoop into the state after severe weather to take...