All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 7 2010 // International insurers seeking a bigger share of the potentially lucrative Gulf market need to adapt quickly to regulatory changes and tap into growth areas like Islamic finance or risk being muscled out of...
Oct 7 2010 // Nanotechnology is finding wider and broader use in modern technology. It is “transforming product design and innovation among manufacturers of electronics goods, textiles, cosmetics and foodstuffs as well as in other...
Oct 7 2010 // The Oklahoma Department of Insurance issued a bulletin reminding workers’ compensation insurance adjusters they must be licensed to operate in the state. Licensed workers’ comp claims adjusters also must...
Oct 7 2010 // U.S. insurance executives report that despite improving market conditions, they remained concerned about their company’s performance and the industry’s ability to generate underwriting profit amid continuing...
Oct 5 2010 // The City of London is just emerging from the recession brought on by the financial crisis, but it’s “clear there are numerous challenges ahead if it is to retain its global importance as a center for financial...
Oct 4 2010 // Two years after her 18-year-old daughter died from a rare genetic condition during plastic surgery, Joanne Kuleba can talk about her without crying.The devastating sadness has been replaced by new emotions: Anger....
Oct 4 2010 // A new state law designed to notify families of those who die within 24 hours of hospital admittance and invasive surgery is increasing the call volume for some coroner’s investigators.The Ann S. Perdue Independent...
Oct 4 2010 // A judge has refused to dismiss a securities fraud lawsuit accusing American International Group Inc. of misleading investors about its exposure to subprime mortgages, which led to a liquidity crisis and $182.3 billion of...
Oct 4 2010 // Phantom Oversight“We need to uncover the true extent of what the FDA knew and when they knew it and determine whether or not they acted appropriately and timely.” —Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), calling...
Oct 4 2010 // New Jersey lawmakers have advanced a bill that would impose heftier fines for talking or texting while driving. The bill approved last month by the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee would double the fine for first...
Oct 4 2010 // In 2003, lawmakers approved a 182-page rewrite of the state’s laws for workers’ compensation.They are two of Central Florida’s biggest and best-known employers — and both face the prospect of...
Oct 4 2010 // Galveston County Judge Susan Criss on Sept. 27 put on hold a Texas state representative’s request for information from the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association regarding a $189 million settlement in a class action...
Oct 4 2010 // In what’s being called “a major victory for insurance agents and brokers,” the California Department of Insurance has notified the California Office of Administrative Law of its intention to repeal...
Oct 4 2010 // The insurance industry called the passage of the Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act on July 21, 2010, a “big win” thanks to provisions in the massive reform bill that would modernize regulation...
Oct 4 2010 // Reporting, Payment, and Allocation of Premium Taxes: Only the home state of insured may require premium tax payment. States may enter into a compact or other procedures to allocate among the states taxes paid to home...
Oct 4 2010 // After weeks of news bulletins, press conferences and images of oil surging from a blown-out Gulf of Mexico well, we all breathed a sigh of relief when the gusher was capped. But over on the East Coast, dangerous pressure...
Oct 1 2010 // American International Group Inc. need not make payments to some former Bernard Madoff clients who said their homeowner insurance policies entitled them to coverage for alleged losses, a judge ruled.Two California...
Oct 1 2010 // Lloyd’s Chairman, Lord Peter Levene warned a receptive audience at Lloyd’s City dinner that the current focus on regulation should not get in the way of strategies for future growth.His speech was addressed to...
Sep 30 2010 // Peter Niven, Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance – the promotional agency for the Island’s finance industry, recently joined the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Nick Anstee, for a trip to Beijing and...
Sep 30 2010 // Galveston County Judge Susan Criss on Sept. 27 put on hold a Texas state representative’s request for information from the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association regarding a $189 million settlement in a class action...