All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 13 2011 // The House of Representatives has approved a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the federal flood insurance program for five years and change some of its practices to improve its financial operations.The measure to renew and...
Jul 12 2011 // Ethics questions are being raised over a Missouri state senator’s handling of a medical malpractice insurance bill.The Kansas City Star reported that Sen. Rob Schaaf, the vice chairman of the committee where the bill...
Jul 12 2011 // A federal judge in California has pared back a lawsuit accusing Toyota Motor Corp. of inflating its stock price by concealing problems with unintended acceleration in its vehicles.U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer in Los...
Jul 11 2011 // Legislation that makes it a crime for lawyers or health professionals to solicit crash victims within the first 30 days of an accident has finally become law in Texas. House Bill 148 by Rep. Todd Smith of Euless was...
Jul 11 2011 // States deciding whether to set up health insurance exchanges will get more information today when the Obama administration reveals more on how these complex marketplaces will work.The federal government has so far given...
Jul 11 2011 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has hired a former Capitol Hill advisor as manager of International Relations. Eric Thompson will be responsible for coordinating state insurance regulators’...
Jul 11 2011 // A controversy in the California workers’ compensation market over a revised provider contract threatens to erupt into an all-out legal brawl as doctors for injured workers and applicants’ attorneys take aim at...
Jul 8 2011 // International insurance think tank, The Geneva Association, announced the appointment of former Secretary General of the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) and Deputy Director of the Federal Deposit...
Jul 8 2011 // A variety of changes to Florida’s workers’ compensation law went into effect July 1.Gov. Rick Scott signed into law CS/HB 1087, a catch-all insurance bill that includes changes relating to workers’...
Jul 8 2011 // Golf-cart accidents rarely cause serious injury or death in Beaufort County — only about a half-dozen have been documented in the past decade.Yet a recent accident that killed a woman in Sun City Hilton Head has law...
Jul 7 2011 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry in mid-June signed a measure backed by agents groups that requires regulatory approval of property and casualty certificate of insurance forms provided to insureds as proof of insurance coverage.The...
Jul 7 2011 // An uptick in consumer protection lawsuits against California insurance companies is widely expected in the wake of a state appellate decision allowing a policyholder to sue The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies over...
Jul 7 2011 // A California bill that would allow state officials to reject rate increases proposed by health insurers has passed a key committee vote.The Senate Health Committee approved the measure in a 5-3 vote. The bill, AB52, now...
Jul 5 2011 // A leading Republican in the California State Legislature said he will push for an overhaul of a state labor law that makes the Golden State a magnet for workers’ compensation claims by injured former professional...
Jul 5 2011 // Arkansas’ top insurance official says he’ll “go down fighting” in favor of the state setting up insurance exchanges under the federal health care overhaul. It’s a fight he’s entering as...
Jul 5 2011 // With Cuba preparing to explore for oil 60 miles from Florida, the complicated politics of U.S.-Cuba relations are impeding U.S. efforts to get ready in case of a BP-style accident, analysts and oil experts said.The Obama...
Jul 4 2011 // Texas Gov. Rick Perryhas signed into law a measure backed by agents that requires regulatory approval of property and casualty certificate of insurance forms provided to insureds as proof of insurance coverage.Certificates...
Jul 4 2011 // California is expected to pass surplus lines regulations before July 21, 2011. On that date, the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (NRRA) becomes effective, and only the “insured’s home...
Jul 4 2011 // New York insurers and insurance agents are applauding lawmakers for giving final approval to a bill that eases regulations on commercial insurance products and rates.The bill exempts insurance policies written for large...
Jul 4 2011 // A series of new California homeowners regulations aimed at enhancing the standards and training for estimating the replacement value on homeowners’ insurance took effect on June 27. Meanwhile, two insurance trade...