All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 9 2012 // Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has signed into law a measure (HB 2) that prohibits texting while driving.“Signing this bill sends a message that drivers need to focus on driving – not on sending a text,” Bentley...
May 8 2012 // Buyers of commercial liability insurance pay as much as 31 percent more in insurer compliance costs if their insurance company has to comply with regulations from multiple states instead of just a single regulator,...
May 7 2012 // Late last year, federal safety officials made a deadly crash in rural eastern Missouri a focal point in a nationwide call to ban drivers from using their cellphones while behind the wheel.The National Transportation Safety...
May 7 2012 // Florida’s governor has signed workers’ compensation legislation streamlining the workers’ compensation certificate process, eliminating mandatory premium audits, and discontinuing refunds for insurers...
May 7 2012 // A New Jersey judge will likely soon decide whether a woman who sent a text message to a male friend can be held liable for a car crash he caused while reading the message.The Daily Record reports the legal question stems...
May 7 2012 // The state Senate on Saturday, May 5, approved a wide-ranging bill that attempts to address many of the problems that developed last year when Connecticut was hit by the remnants of Hurricane Irene in August and again by an...
May 7 2012 // At a recent joint hearing in Sacramento on workers’ compensation in California with the Assembly and Senate, statistic after statistic flew out of the mouths of speaker after speaker during the nearly four-hour...
May 7 2012 // Approximately one year ago, on Sunday, May 22, 2011, at about 5:30 p.m., Joplin, Mo., was devastated by a massive EF 5 tornado that at times was 1 mile wide and traveled on the ground for more than 20 miles. This storm,...
May 7 2012 // The nation’s premier worker safety agency takes nearly eight years on average to adopt new safety regulations, government auditors said in a report.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration takes far too long...
May 7 2012 // A state judge in Mississippi’s Coahoma County has declared a legislatively imposed cap on non-economic damages unconstitutional.Circuit Judge Charles Webster issued the ruling April 20 in a 14-page opinion. He...
May 7 2012 // Two pieces of P/C insurance related legislation passed in Missouri in 2011: SB 101 and SB 132. Under SB 101, contractors who perform roof or other residential exterior work cannot offer to pay a homeowner’s insurance...
May 7 2012 // Vermont officials said its captive insurance industry is off to a strong start in 2012, with the state having licensed eight new captives during the first quarter.“We had a great first quarter with the licensing of...
May 7 2012 // Steve Young was somewhat upbeat when he was asked what he thought about the outcome of a long-brewing legal battle between three insurance associations and the California Department of Insurance.That upbeat attitude is...
May 7 2012 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott has chastised state lawmakers for failing to fully consider a controversial plan to use state premium tax credits to help shore-up the state’s homeowners’ reinsurance fund before...
May 7 2012 // A New York federal appellate court ruling last month could allow more asbestos liability suits to proceed against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.The appellate court’s decision affirms the previous ruling last year from...
May 4 2012 // Florida’s decade long attempt to reform the state’s automobile no-fault insurance law has finally paid off.Gov. Rick Scott, flanked by rows of law enforcement officials and state officials, signed into law...
May 4 2012 // A measure to limit Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood’s ability to control state legal business is on the way to Republican Gov. Phil Bryant.The Mississippi Senate voted 34-18 Wednesday to pass House Bill 211,...
May 4 2012 // With a nod to country singer Kenny Rogers, a federal judge has refused for now to allow insurers for former officers and directors of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. to pay $90 million to settle a fraud lawsuit brought by...
May 3 2012 // The California Court of Appeal summarily dismissed a legal challenge by the Association of California Insurance Companies and the Personal Insurance Federation of California to homeowner protection regulations adopted by...
May 3 2012 // Hawaii lawmakers have approved a trio of bills aimed at preventing cybercrimes.The bills passed Tuesday offer law enforcement and prosecutors more tools to charge and penalize those who use computers to commit crimes. One...