All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 21 2012 // A New Jersey workers’ compensation judge recently ruled that a thrift store volunteer cannot be considered as an employee for the purpose of determining compensability.A 50 percent store discount for volunteers...
Aug 21 2012 // Several big name hedge fund managers opened sizable stakes in health care insurance companies during the second quarter, and David Einhorn’s bet on Coventry Health Care Inc. may already be paying huge dividends for...
Aug 20 2012 // A measure that Maryland lawmakers hoped would address liability concerns relating to a court ruling on dog bites by pit bulls has died in the recent special session on gambling.The House and Senate could not reconcile...
Aug 20 2012 // “I don’t know. I really, really don’t know. I’ve never known. I just find another person and we play rock, paper, scissors and then we announce the rates, so please stop asking me.” •...
Aug 20 2012 // Congress has finally authorized the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for an extended period of six months, or until the next unscheduled primary, whichever occurs first.As part of the compromise worked out between...
Aug 20 2012 // Attorneys have been suffering a lot during this recession. One of the biggest law firms in the country failed a few months ago. Others across the country have been forced to merge just to survive. They cannot afford nearly...
Aug 17 2012 // A new law in New Jersey now prohibits the state’s first responders from taking and sharing pictures or videos of accident victims without their consent. And photographing and disseminating any such images will follow...
Aug 16 2012 // First thieves swiped manhole covers from a new subdivision. Then officials discovered that bronze plaques honoring work done during the Great Depression had been pried from sidewalks at Providence’s largest park....
Aug 16 2012 // West Virginia continues to issue new driver’s licenses that meet national standards adopted after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, amid a refusal by a number of other states to carry out the federal Real ID law, Deputy...
Aug 15 2012 // The Indiana State Fair came to a standstill on the night of Aug. 13 to honor the victims of a deadly stage collapse one year ago that prompted sweeping overhauls of the fair’s emergency plan and new regulations for...
Aug 15 2012 // A state judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the University of Idaho by a student who fell from a fraternity house window in 2009.The Lewiston Tribune reported that 2nd District Judge Michael Griffin tossed the suit...
Aug 15 2012 // Standard Chartered Plc agreed to pay $340 million to New York’s bank regulator over transactions linked to Iran, in a speedily arranged deal that helped push up the emerging market-focused lender’s shares.The...
Aug 14 2012 // Florida regulators are questioning the increases sought by two property insurers that could raise rates on some homeowners by more than 40 percent, even as they reduce their number of policies.Castle Key Insurance Co., is...
Aug 13 2012 // Dr. Therese M. (Terri) Vaughan announced she will step down as chief executive officer of the organization of state insurance regulators, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), during the first quarter...
Aug 13 2012 // Florida Governor Rick Scott has reappointed seven judges on the state’s court that handles workers’ compensation claims.Judge W. James Condry II, 54, of Orlando, has been a judge of Compensation Claims for the...
Aug 10 2012 // This month, Connecticut is observing the four-year anniversary of the state’s adoption of tougher teen driving laws. And officials say the measures continue to put in check teen driver deaths.A series of high-profile...
Aug 10 2012 // Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley has rejected in full arguments in a lawsuit by the insurance industry backers of California’s Proposition 33 and upheld the Attorney General’s Ballot Label as...
Aug 10 2012 // U.S. regulators and futures industry players said on Thursday that there is no perfect solution to safeguard customer money in the wake of two major brokerage scandals, but added that policymakers should move quickly on...
Aug 9 2012 // New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill this month that allows property/casualty insurers, brokers and agents to give gifts worth up to $25 to insureds or prospective clients during the insurance sales process.The...
Aug 9 2012 // A federal judge on Wednesday suspended several new lawsuits that allege banks rigged key interest rates, saying she first needed to sort through the issues in an earlier round of related lawsuits.U.S. District Judge Naomi...