All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 3 2012 // About six weeks after he vetoed legislation that would have changed the state’s workers’ compensation system, Missouri’s Democratic governor is signaling that he would be open to compromise with...
May 3 2012 // A number of insurance attorneys from N.Y.-headquartered elite law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf have left the company this year, as the firm, well-known for its insurance work, grapples with high debt and partner compensation...
May 3 2012 // Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of Willis Group Holdings, has released a report discussing the challenges and opportunities offered to mutual insurers through diversification, subtitled “Navigating the Pitfalls in...
May 3 2012 // Under legislation recently signed into law in Oklahoma, a drunk driver who caused an accident resulting in great bodily harm could face a maximum of 10 years in prison.House Bill 2568, by state Rep. Harold Wright,...
May 2 2012 // A growing number of small businesses in New Jersey are self-funding or self-insuring their employees’ healthcare costs, and they are opting out of paying fixed premiums for traditional health insurance plans like...
May 2 2012 // New York State regulators are expanding their effort to stop no-fault auto insurance fraud.The New York Department of Financial Services announced on Tuesday a new draft regulation, Regulation 68, that would make it easier...
May 2 2012 // Mississippi legislators offered sharply different views of a bill they passed Monday to change the way compensation is awarded to workers injured on the job, or to survivors of those killed at work.If Republican Gov. Phil...
May 2 2012 // A New York judge rejected former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s claim of diplomatic immunity on Tuesday, ruling a lawsuit filed by the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault can move...
May 2 2012 // The Swiss-based insurance think tank Geneva Association has followed up on its recent report as to whether or not some insurers should be considered as G-SIFI’s (globally systemic important financial...
May 2 2012 // Legislation signed into law by Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin will improve on a current training incentive for firefighters, according to the bill’s author.House Bill 1835 “changes the firefighter training incentive...
May 1 2012 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) said this week that it is placing on file small-group health insurance base rates for the 2012 third quarter, with an average increase of just 1.2 percent.Fueled by base rate...
May 1 2012 // Legislation approved by the Oklahoma House of Representatives would eliminate liability for any entity or person providing access to a safe place during instances of severe weather, as long as they were acting in good...
May 1 2012 // As Alabama prepares to observe the first anniversary of deadly tornadoes last April 27, the Legislature approved the creation of a tax-free weekend for buying disaster preparedness supplies. The bill by Republican Rep....
May 1 2012 // The insurance industry is among the business and legal interests applauding legislation to resolve delays and inconsistencies in Medicare’s approval process for set-aside funds for injured workers’...
Apr 30 2012 // A state judge has ruled the city of Bozeman in Montana must repay its insurance company the $3 million it paid after the city lost a lawsuit filed by a developer.Developer Mike Delaney sued the city in 2003 alleging the...
Apr 30 2012 // A heightened focus on insurance regulation as well as exposures related to reputational risk are top concerns for insurance executives today, reports a new survey.Nearly a third of executives responding to a survey...
Apr 30 2012 // The Missouri House passed two pieces of business legislation aimed at overcoming vetoes by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon earlier this year.Both measures now go to the Senate, which approved similar measures earlier in the...
Apr 30 2012 // State lawmakers have voted unanimously to make Alabama the 38th state to ban texting while driving.A compromise version of the bill by Republican Rep. Jim McClendon of Springville cleared the House 95-0 and the Senate...
Apr 30 2012 // When a Georgia middle school student reported to police and school officials that she had been bullied on Facebook, they told her there was not much they could do because the harassment occurred off campus.So the...
Apr 27 2012 // The Montana Supreme Court did not immediately rule after hearing competing arguments from a Hutterite colony and the state on whether Montana’s requirement that employers carry workers’ compensation insurance...