All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 11 2009 // U.S. Senator John Kerry said Tuesday he will try to “outline” a compromise climate control bill before December’s international global warming conference and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon gave an...
Nov 11 2009 // Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) of the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday introduced a draft of the long-awaited financial services regulatory reform bill. While insurance industry representatives were quick to...
Nov 10 2009 // Oklahoma gives away billions of dollars in tax revenue through hundreds of exemptions, credits and deductions that some lawmakers say the state may no longer be able to afford as it slips deeper into a revenue...
Nov 9 2009 // Software, biotech firms and others who develop new ways to do business will be watching closely Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court hears a case that could determine if such innovations can win patent protection.The case...
Nov 5 2009 // The Bermuda Monetary Authority has been appointed as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) after a vote taken at the IAIS’s recent annual General Meeting...
Nov 5 2009 // The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit has upheld Arkansas district court decisions in a products liability case against pharmaceutical companies that are the makers of hormone therapy drugs that, combined, have...
Nov 3 2009 // California’s Department of Insurance is reducing fees by 9.8 percent.The fee reduction is possible because the Department has increased efficiency, according to a press release. The fees fund the Department’s...
Nov 2 2009 // A powerful Florida state senator wants insurance companies and HMOs to stop denying coverage of routine medical treatment, such as doctor’s visits and X-rays, for Florida cancer patients participating in clinical...
Nov 2 2009 // Health care legislation headed for a vote in the House would give the Federal Trade Commission authority to look into the health insurance industry at its own initiative, Democratic officials said.The FTC, which...
Nov 2 2009 // A proposal to ban Rhode Islanders from texting while driving is one step closer to becoming law.The state House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation that would bar drivers from sending, writing or reading a...
Nov 2 2009 // As of Jan. 1, you can get slapped with a $90 fine if you use a hand-held cell phone while driving in Oregon. Will that be enough to encourage motorists to keep their full attention on the road? And how well can the law be...
Nov 2 2009 // Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Monica J. Lindeen has been appointed to the North American Securities Administrators Association’s (NASAA) Federal Legislation Committee, a key committee as Congress...
Nov 1 2009 // An East Tennessee teenager’s October death in an all terrain vehicle accident brought the state’s 2009 death toll in ATV wrecks to eight, and a national consumer safety spokeswoman said the national death toll...
Nov 1 2009 // A California assemblyman said he’ll try a third time to get strict measures on when health insurance companies can cancel policies approved into law.Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill backed by Assemblyman...
Nov 1 2009 // Californians will soon be able to purchase pay-as-you-drive automobile insurance, as the final regulations have been approved.The regulations regarding pay-as-you-drive, which was originally proposed by state Insurance...
Nov 1 2009 // If there is one thing that Colorado’s quasi-public workers compensation provider, Pinnacol Assurance, has not been accused of being, it is being timid.When the state government tried early this year to tap the...
Nov 1 2009 // New legislation has often brought new exposures to employers. This is also true of litigation. As 2009 proceeds, there is a “double whammy” for employers from both new legislation as well as rising employee...
Oct 30 2009 // The Bermuda Monetary Authority has reacted favorably to recommendations listed in the recently published “Foot Report,” which examines the role of offshore British financial centers, and their relation to the...
Oct 30 2009 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court adopted rules Wednesday allowing judges to hear cases involving their biggest campaign contributors, siding with business interests and rejecting calls for reform.Voting 4-3, the court approved...
Oct 30 2009 // The New York Insurance Department has signed a cooperation agreement with its counterpart in El Salvador, the latest in a string of similar agreements with insurance regulators in foreign countries. The agreement calls for...