All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 5 2012 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s power to regulate compounded drugs similar to those linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak is legally nonbinding and lacks the authority of stringent standards imposed on drug...
Nov 5 2012 // The way health care is delivered and financed is undergoing major change, and this is reshaping the risks that hospitals and physicians face on a daily basis.Among other challenges, hospital risk managers are grappling...
Nov 5 2012 // The U.S. government has increasingly used laws and regulations that impose economic sanctions on others as an instrument to advance foreign policy and national security goals, with some recent efforts aimed at putting...
Nov 2 2012 // Superstorm Sandy is threatening to drag the U.S. government’s debt-ridden flood insurance program back into the political crosshairs just months after Congress attempted to put the controversial program on a sound...
Nov 2 2012 // A Christians-only health insurance plan will be allowed to continue coverage for Kentucky members until Jan. 1.Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate made that decision on Wednesday. It means some 800 Kentuckians who...
Nov 2 2012 // New rules to stop speculators making Europe’s debt crisis worse by betting on government bond defaults are prompting investors to find alternative ways to insure against or profit from bad news in the region.Credit...
Nov 1 2012 // With Oklahoma preparing for a much-debated new law that allows people to carry their previously concealed firearms out in the open, state officials say they’ve seen a big increase in the number of residents seeking a...
Oct 29 2012 // Texas’ insurer of last resort for coastal property has paid out more than $1.2 billion in individual litigation costs related to Hurricane Ike, which struck in 2008, one state lawmaker says.Information released by...
Oct 29 2012 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s power to regulate compounded drugs similar to those linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak is legally nonbinding and lacks the authority of stringent standards imposed on drug...
Oct 26 2012 // A family can’t bring damage claims in New Mexico against an out-of-state funeral home that placed a relative’s brain in a casket with an embalmed body shipped to New Mexico, the state Court of Appeals ruled...
Oct 26 2012 // A business lobby group has called on the U.S. Congress to regulate companies that provide financing for commercial lawsuits, describing the practice as “coercive enterprise.”The U.S. Chamber of Commerce...
Oct 25 2012 // Unfinished financial reforms are hampering recovery in key parts of the global economy and weighing on economic growth, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned on Thursday.In a speech in Toronto, IMF Managing...
Oct 25 2012 // If you’re startled by this headline, you’re not alone. Until recently, the words “reform” and “captive” were rarely used in the same sentence. That’s because captive insurance...
Oct 24 2012 // A meeting slated for Thursday called for by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones to deal with “force-placed” insurance has cast the dye for debate on whether such insurance should be filed in the...
Oct 24 2012 // In the summer of 2011, Yahoo Inc.’s board decided enough was enough. Directors had seen the Internet giant’s stock languish, and the answers they got from Carol Bartz, chief executive at the time, fell short of...
Oct 24 2012 // Two Wisconsin lawmakers are pushing legislation to tighten the enforcement of gun rules in domestic violence cases, prompted by a fatal shooting rampage at a suburban Milwaukee spa.Radcliffe Haughton, 45, bought a handgun...
Oct 22 2012 // Insurer American International Group Inc. has agreed to an $11 million settlement with a group of states over its claims settlement practices for life insurance policies on Monday.AIG is the latest insurer to settle state...
Oct 22 2012 // The debate over double taxation usually takes place in connection with capital gains or dividend taxes. But Republicans have introduced a bill that seeks to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection...
Oct 22 2012 // Social media are changing the way insurance professionals do business. How can these forms of media, such as Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, help make your business more successful? And how can you protect...
Oct 22 2012 // Allstate Insurance Co. is reopening brick-and-mortar offices in Massachusetts after a quarter century of absence.Back in 1987, the Northbrook, Ill.-headquartered Allstate closed its offices in Massachusetts and pulled out...