All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 9 2012 // After losing a baby because of an incompetent cervix, Patricia Votre thought she was well prepared when she got pregnant again. She made arrangements with her doctors to consult with high-risk pregnancy experts from Yale...
Jan 9 2012 // A judge has dismissed most of the claims in a New Mexico lawsuit by two women who alleged their daughter’s teacher discriminated against the girl because her parents are gay.Shannon Peterson and Jessica Bissell sued...
Jan 9 2012 // The Hawaii Supreme Court has ruled the “known or obvious danger” defense is no longer viable under state law as a complete bar to an injured plaintiff’s premises liability claim.Michele R. Steigman sought...
Jan 9 2012 // For months now, Director Michael McRaith and his staff at the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) have been doing something rare for a federal agency — they’ve been listening.In meetings, requests for comment, and even...
Jan 9 2012 // Florida lawmakers are considering allowing surplus lines carriers to help Citizens Property Insurance Corp. lose some of its 1.5 million policyholders. State Sen. Garrett Richter (R-Naples) and Rep. Jim Boyd (R-Bradenton)...
Jan 9 2012 // In order to be proactive, one needs to understand and exploit current and future trends. So what will 2012 be like for insurance agents and brokers? The following is a list of major industry trends that need to be factored...
Jan 9 2012 // Extended Stay“I’ve talked to the board and said that if I stay healthy — and I’m still hopeful — I would like to stay on for another year.” —AIG CEO Robert Benmosche on his plan to extend his...
Jan 9 2012 // Now that the year 2011 is behind us, let’s take a look at what might be ahead. Insurance Journal spoke with leading industry professionals and asked them what they are expecting this year. If their forecasts are any...
Jan 9 2012 // A federal judge ruled that BP was not negligent in the case of a 2009 oil spill and did not violate the terms of its probation from an earlier accident thus escaping further punishment.The decision is a victory for the oil...
Jan 9 2012 // Workers’ compensation reform legislation that supporters say will help reduce employer costs for assisting injured workers is now law in Michigan. Gov. Rick Snyder signed House Bill 5002 in late December...
Jan 9 2012 // One Utah lawmaker wants to pull the plug on daylight saving time.The Desert News of Salt Lake City reports Republican Rep. Jim Nielson of Bountiful plans legislation that lets Utah opt out of the semiannual changing of the...
Jan 8 2012 // State investigators are considering criminal charges after finding regulatory violations in almost 90 percent of the pain clinics that treat automobile accident victims in Miami-Dade County.A report by the Agency for...
Jan 7 2012 // Allstate announced on Friday that the Superior Court of New Jersey has entered judgment in favor of Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Insurance Company, and dismissed all claims...
Jan 6 2012 // John F. Finston has accepted an appointment to be Deputy Commissioner for Corporate & Regulatory Affairs at the California Department of Insurance. Finston was the head of SNR Denton’s insurance regulation...
Jan 5 2012 // Oklahoma’s top insurance regulator believes the medical insurance market is headed for “disruption” as a result of the medical loss ratio component of federal health insurance reformAfter Oklahoma’s...
Jan 5 2012 // Now that the year 2011 is behind us, let’s take a look at what might be ahead.Insurance Journal spoke with leading industry professionals and asked them what they are expecting this year. If their forecasts are any...
Jan 5 2012 // Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based WIAA Education & Research Foundation, a nonprofit corporation focused on advancing knowledge of insurance industry professionals, hosted a recent roundtable discussion on the industry and...
Jan 5 2012 // President Barack Obama has signed legislation to toughen oil and gas pipeline regulations and another to ease airport security procedures for members of the military on official travel.The president signed the legislation...
Jan 5 2012 // A Mississippi judge has thrown out a $322 million lawsuit verdict that had been hailed as the largest asbestos award for a single plaintiff in U.S. history.The case began to unravel last year after defense lawyers asked...
Jan 4 2012 // After a bit of a rocky start, law enforcement officials and prosecutors around the state say they’re now running into few problems with Wyoming’s new mandatory DUI (driving under the influence) testing...