All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 14 2011 // A pair of bills aimed at cracking down on the runaway fraud that has vexed automobile insurers in recent years moved through a key Senate panel this week.The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee narrowly approved the...
Apr 14 2011 // Illinois business leaders welcomed Gov. Pat Quinn’s call for workers’ compensation reform, but a key lawmaker cautioned there’s a long road ahead before reaching any compromise.Quinn told participants in...
Apr 14 2011 // A Maury County judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Florida woman claiming she was injured while riding a mechanical bull. According to The Daily Herald, an order was filed April 1 by Judge Stella Hargrove throwing out...
Apr 14 2011 // A Superior Court judge has ruled that a sexual harassment case against Delaware State Police may proceed. State officials wanted to quash the lawsuit by state police secretary Diana L. Miller but Judge Jerome O. Herlihy...
Apr 14 2011 // Auto insurers are looking to change the way rates are set in North Carolina but that’s not going to happen if Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has his way.There are several bills pending in the state Legislature...
Apr 13 2011 // Injured workers’ groups, trial lawyers and others are sending a clear message to North Carolina lawmakers — leave the state’s workers’ compensation law alone.Hundreds of people descended on the...
Apr 13 2011 // The Judicial Conduct Board has begun disciplinary proceedings against a former Pennsylvania Superior Court judge serving a 46-month federal prison sentence for insurance fraud. It was not immediately clear if ex-Superior...
Apr 12 2011 // The federal health reform enacted last year will bring short- and long-term challenges to employers and the property/casualty insurance industry.According to Harry Shuford, chief economist for the insurance...
Apr 12 2011 // The Oregon State Bar has cleared a Republican state lawmaker from central Oregon in a contract dispute between two of his clients.The Bulletin newspaper in Bend reports the bar found no basis for a claim of dishonesty...
Apr 12 2011 // Pennsylvania House lawmakers have passed a major tort reform bill, an agent-supported move that sets up a vote in the Senate that could happen as early as this month.The tort reform bill, also called the Fair Share Act, is...
Apr 8 2011 // State Insurance Superintendent John Franchini has approved a double-digit rate increase for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico.The rate increase will average 21 percent and affects about 40,000 people. The state...
Apr 8 2011 // The doors of West Virginia volunteer fire departments will stay open thanks to a new law that will help offset their workers’ compensation costs.West Virginia Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has sign into law the...
Apr 8 2011 // U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr., who presided over hundreds of Hurricane Katrina insurance cases, is retiring Friday.The Sun Herald reported that Senter and his staff have spent the week packing up his offices on the...
Apr 7 2011 // A House subcommittee yesterday approved a bipartisan bill to reauthorize and reform the nation’s flood insurance program.The 10 Republicans and eight Democrats on the Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity...
Apr 7 2011 // A proposal to extend some of the rights of marriage to same-sex couples and others who can’t legally marry, such as siblings, is winning little support amid Rhode Island’s debate over legalizing gay...
Apr 6 2011 // Insurers are praising the passage in Wisconsin of a bill that would reduce the mandatory minimum auto insurance liability limits in that state.The American Insurance Association (AIA) commended the Wisconsin State Senate...
Apr 6 2011 // The UK’s Conservative government announced, even before it was elected, that it planned to reform the country’s financial regulatory system – for banks, investment providers and the insurance industry.On...
Apr 5 2011 // With his Connecticut home-building business down more than 90 percent, the last thing Robert C. Fusari Sr. says he needs is a new rule telling him to spend thousands of dollars to install home sprinkler systems that...
Apr 5 2011 // A U.S. judge said he would dismiss claims against Toyota Motor Corp. by non-U.S. car buyers who say their vehicles lost value because of manufacturing defects.Toyota has recalled 19 million vehicles globally since 2009...
Apr 4 2011 // A key House subcommittee plans to mark up its final version of legislation to reauthorize and reform the federal flood insurance program this Wednesday.Rep. Judy Biggert, R-Ill., who chairs the Financial Services...