All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 21 2009 // The nation’s insurance regulators, Congress and the SEC have eyes on credit rating agencies and the standards they must follow in the future.The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) said it will...
Sep 18 2009 // Credit agencies will have to disclose more of their ratings history, and creators of financial products will have to share data with all credit raters, under rules adopted by U.S. regulators Thursday.The U.S. Securities...
Sep 18 2009 // Legislative and regulatory activity affecting the insurance industry has increased considerably in 2009 compared to the previous two years, according to a new report.From January to July 2009, more than 10,000 pieces of...
Sep 18 2009 // A one-time Kentucky political star whose reputation was tarnished by an ex-girlfriend’s domestic violence allegations told police of wanting revenge when he was arrested in a cemetery hours after she was shot to...
Sep 18 2009 // Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. has introduced legislation to eliminate a federal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance companies.As the Senate prepares to...
Sep 18 2009 // Recently enacted legislation that seeks to criminalize present day ambulance chasing is under attack by a small group of health professionals and lawyers who want to continue the practice, says the Texas Committee on...
Sep 18 2009 // The head of Colorado’s state-chartered workers’ compensation insurance company is telling state lawmakers to leave his company alone.Pinnacol Assurance President Ken Ross issued a statement Wednesday saying the...
Sep 17 2009 // Prompted by a deadly February tornado in southern Oklahoma, a state House panel on Tuesday examined ways to increase the number of tornado shelters at mobile home parks.Reps. Pat Ownbey, R-Ardmore, and Samson Buck,...
Sep 17 2009 // Oregon officials have filed proposed rules to better protect Oregon seniors and other investors from misleading sales tactics.The rules prohibit those who sell financial and insurance products from marketing themselves by...
Sep 17 2009 // Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has appointed Neal P. Pitts of Orlando as judge of Compensation Claims, succeeding Ivy Cream Harris in the Jacksonville district.Pitts, 55, has been a sole practitioner since 1987 and from 1983...
Sep 17 2009 // Recently enacted legislation that seeks to criminalize present day ambulance chasing is under attack by a small group of health professionals and lawyers who want to continue the practice, says the Texas Committee on...
Sep 16 2009 // Lexington police have charged former Kentucky lawmaker Steve Nunn with murder the death of his ex-girlfriend.Nunn, 56, was also charged with violation of a protective order. Lexington police said warrants were served on...
Sep 16 2009 // The following announcment was released by the office of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D,Mont.).Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D,Mont.) today introduced the America’s Healthy Future Act,...
Sep 16 2009 // Chairman’s Mark America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 Scheduled for Markup By the Senate Committee on Finance On September 22, 2009 America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 TITLE I—HEALTH CARE...
Sep 14 2009 // Following President Barack Obama’s offer of compromise on an issue that has long divided Washington, congressional health care negotiators are considering proposals to foster alternatives to medical malpractice...
Sep 11 2009 // A Los Angeles court has ruled that surplus lines insurers need not pay California’s 2.3 percent of gross premiums tax that admitted insurers pay, as well as the 3 percent surplus lines-premiums tax the state...
Sep 11 2009 // A Missouri judge has blocked the firing of three administrative law judges who decide workers’ compensation cases, saying the state could not eliminate their jobs as part of budget cuts.Cole County Judge Jon Beetem...
Sep 10 2009 // California’s insurance commissioner, Steven Poizner, has issued final pay-as-you-drive regulations, which will enable insurers to offer consumers rates that are based on actual miles driven as opposed to estimated...
Sep 9 2009 // The House of Representatives passed HR 2571, the Non-Admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2009 on Wednesday.The bill, authored by Reps. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., and Scott Garrett, R-N.J, will simplify the tax remittance and...
Sep 9 2009 // A new state law in Oklahoma provides greater protection for children endangered by drunk drivers.Senate Bill 1139, by state Sen. Mary Easley and state Rep. Jeannie McDaniel, allows drunk drivers to face felony...