All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 12 2009 // Legislation intended to clarify the regulation of the surplus lines insurance industry in Florida has beeen signed into law by Gov. Charlie Crist.The legislation (HB 853) removes an ambiguity caused by two Florida Supreme...
Jun 11 2009 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) in conjunction with its Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA, has requested that the Occupational Safety and Health Standards...
Jun 11 2009 // The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises will hold a hearing to explore oversight of the insurance industry on June 16.“It is now clear that we...
Jun 10 2009 // Leading Senate Democrats unveiled Tuesday a plan to reshape U.S. healthcare that calls for sweeping insurance market reforms and prohibits insurers from denying coverage or charging more due to medical history.The measure...
Jun 10 2009 // The head of Colorado’s state-created workers’ compensation insurance company says the organization could do a better job if it were privatized. CEO Ken Ross told state lawmakers that Pinnacol Assurance has paid...
Jun 10 2009 // The Obama administration on Wednesday will name a pay czar with the power to reject compensation plans for top employees at companies receiving “exceptional” government aid, an administration official said...
Jun 9 2009 // The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a West Virginia judge should have disqualified himself from an appeal of a $50 million jury verdict against Massey Energy Co. because the coal mining company’s CEO had been a major...
Jun 9 2009 // Guy Carpenter & Company has published the latest installment in its series of updates on key legislative and legal developments impacting insurers and reinsurers in Continental Europe. The briefing addresses the...
Jun 9 2009 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has appointed Judge Kent Eldridge as presiding judge of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court. Eldrige succeeds Judge Mary Black. Judge Eldridge selected Judge Michael J. Harkey as vice...
Jun 8 2009 // Consumer advocates say medical malpractice payouts in New York have dropped the past two years, and they are urging state officials to investigate physician complaints about rising insurance rates and automatically review...
Jun 8 2009 // As other states begin passing cell phone laws, South Dakota lawmakers say they won’t be surprised if legislation to ban or limit the use of cellular phones while driving arises again in the next state legislative...
Jun 5 2009 // If Florida Gov. Charlie Crist vetoes a bill designed to deregulate pricing for large national property insurers as appears likely, he will be siding with an appointed official over an influential lawmaker.Crist, who is...
Jun 5 2009 // Republican leaders in the Texas Legislature have promised that insurance regulation, roadbuilding and other government functions will continue in Texas despite lawmakers’ failure to pass a measure preserving the...
Jun 4 2009 // The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) on June 1 resumed its status as an independent department of state government, a position it held for more than a century prior to its consolidation with several other state...
Jun 4 2009 // The Association of British Insurers has issued a statement warning that regulators and governments “must not harm other industries, such as insurance, as they deal with the banking crisis.”In a new report,...
Jun 4 2009 // You don’t need to get too deep into conversation these days to find out people are afraid. Given changes in business, the economy and government, many individuals feel they don’t know what or who to trust....
Jun 4 2009 // Michigan’s insurance regulator is reinstating a requirement that insurance companies submit all home and auto insurance documents and forms to the state insurance department for review prior to using them with the...
Jun 4 2009 // A jury should hear the claims in litigation between American International Group Inc. and Starr International Co. Inc. controlled by the troubled insurance giant’s former chief executive, Maurice “Hank”...
Jun 4 2009 // The Obama administration stepped up its push for tougher bank and financial firm rules Thursday, scheduling a briefing for lobbyists, with a focus on insurance oversight, and sending a top regulator to a Senate hearing to...
Jun 3 2009 // Florida’s insurance regulator has approved a rollback of workers’ compensation insurance rates from April 1 rates to the lower rates that were in effect on Jan. 1.The order by Florida Insurance Commissioner...