All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 10 2011 // Pennsylvania House lawmakers have approved new legislation that would allow insurers to write workers’ comp coverage to owners and principals of businesses.Agents in the state had sought the change to correct a...
May 9 2011 // Homeowners’ insurers in Florida are breathing a sigh of relief after succeeding in a months-long battle to obtain property insurance reforms designed to reduce costs and stabilize the market.After watching state...
May 9 2011 // Washington state lawmakers grappling over how to fill a projected budget shortfall of $5 billion in a special legislative session may first have to end a stalemate on a more contentious issue: workers’...
May 9 2011 // Tech companies such as Apple and Google are hoping the tracks of millions of mobile device users will lead to billions of dollars in revenue.But where they see dollar signs, lawmakers see red flags. The revelation last...
May 9 2011 // A Massachusetts judge has approved a $7 million settlement for a Shrewsbury family who claimed medical negligence in the birth of their daughter.The lawsuit filed in 2008 lawsuit against two doctors, a nurse practitioner...
May 9 2011 // A Florida judge has ruled that a couple’s damage from tainted Chinese drywall is covered by their homeowner insurance policy. Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Robert Foster this week said he found no exclusion in...
May 6 2011 // A southwest Washington school district has been ordered to pay more than $129,000 in damages to the family of a teenage boy who suffered a skull fracture when he was hit by a falling tree at a school in 2009. The Columbian...
May 6 2011 // Major U.S. insurers jostled on Capitol Hill this week over control of 800,000 former State Farm flood insurance policies as lawmakers tried to advance reform of the nation’s flood insurance system.The conflict began...
May 6 2011 // Financial firms that the U.S. government deems as “systemic” will not be “too big to fail,” bank regulator Sheila Bair said Thursday.Bair, pushing back against critics who say the systemic...
May 5 2011 // Major U.S. insurers jostled on Capitol Hill this week over control of 800,000 former State Farm flood insurance policies as lawmakers tried to advance reform of the nation’s flood insurance system.The conflict began...
May 5 2011 // Whistleblower protections in a federal accounting law do not cover leaks to the media, a U.S. appeals court has ruled, dealing a blow to two former Boeing auditors who had sued the company.Nicholas Tides and Matthew...
May 5 2011 // On the last day of the Montana legislative session, lawmakers added a 2.75 percent premium tax on insurance sold by the Montana State Fund to pay for continuing claims for workers injured before July 1990.The new fee takes...
May 4 2011 // The Kansas Legislature has passed legislation that prevents local governments from charging fees for routine accident response services, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI).House Bill...
May 4 2011 // Tax-related regulations and concerns over health care burden many small business owners today.Nearly two out of three business owners believe that tax-related regulations are too burdensome, while 51 percent find health...
May 4 2011 // Members of the armed services and their sponsors will find it easier to keep or obtain an agent’s license under a new law approved by Kentucky lawmakers.Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has signed into law HB 301 that...
May 3 2011 // Commercial insurers in Florida will have more leeway in setting rates on a number of lines of insurance under a bill approved today by state lawmakers.The Florida legislature approved CS/HB 99 that expands the list of...
May 3 2011 // The Kansas Legislature has now passed legislation, Senate Bill 136, designed to encourage more drivers to purchase auto insurance as required by law and reduce the number of uninsured motorists on the road, according to...
May 2 2011 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation that would have changed the legal standard workers must meet when they file discrimination lawsuits against former employers.Nixon said the measure would have undermined the...
May 2 2011 // Oregon’s Constitution requires that the state Legislature meet in Salem. So what would happen if disaster struck Oregon and lawmakers needed to urgently approve relief funds in a capital city they couldn’t...
May 2 2011 // Tennessee insurance agents who come under investigation by the state will enjoy some new due process protections and face lower financial penalties if found in violation of any laws under a measure just signed into law.For...