All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 6 2009 // After agreeing to a rare rehearing, the Texas Supreme Court on April 3 upheld its decision that – despite what some lawmakers say – a “premises owner” cannot be sued by injured employees of a...
Apr 6 2009 // A regulatory exclusion in a directors and officers liability insurance policy applies to an insurance regulator acting as liquidator, according to the Nebraska Supreme Court.The ruling is believed to be the first by any...
Apr 6 2009 // Data security represents both a new market opportunity to sell insurance coverage and a new risk – especially for independent insurance agencies that may not be compliant with data security laws or have plans to...
Apr 6 2009 // A Wake County judge has ordered North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin to reconsider deductible and surcharge increases for coastal homeowners in the state insurance pool called the Beach Plan.Wake County...
Apr 6 2009 // One of Florida’s new startup property insurance companies that was expected to help pick up the slack when State Farm Florida exits the market has been barred from selling any new policies.The company was found to be...
Apr 6 2009 // Federal Aid“We need a more disciplined, structured plan for providing federal assistance following any major natural disaster.” —U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D.-Fla, in asking the U.S. Treasury to provide...
Apr 6 2009 // Frankly Mad“It’s very, very disappointing. I’ve just pretty much run out of patience.” —Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland. Holland said she is “grossly disappointed and frankly...
Apr 6 2009 // Insurance agents, brokers and regulators should be aware that when it comes to insurance, consumers are concerned with such issues as the use of credit scores in determining rates; purchasing policies over the Internet;...
Apr 6 2009 // Corporations and their directors and officers are living in fear. Fear of the next financial scandal, the next stock market plunge, the next lawsuit. Fear of bankruptcy. Fear of angry policymakers inside Washington and...
Apr 3 2009 // Where President George W. Bush was known for his “cowboy diplomacy,” his successor, President Barack Obama wants to be known as a listener and a builder of bridges.Taking his first major foreign trip since...
Apr 3 2009 // A retired Pennsylvania Superior Court judge will not be freed on bond while he appeals his insurance fraud conviction. Senior U.S. District Judge Maurice Cohill Jr. says Michael Joyce must report to federal prison once...
Apr 3 2009 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says he will “instantly” release e-mails at the center of a public records dispute involving the state’s insurer of last resort if a judge decides that he...
Apr 3 2009 // North Dakota’s spring flooding problems have focused new attention on a proposed $44 million state disaster fund that a Fargo lawmaker wants to establish.“Setting the money aside is more critical than...
Apr 3 2009 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court has upheld the claim of a 19-year veteran of the Edmond Fire Department who has cancer that he is entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits.The firefighter, 45-year-old Tim Vernon,...
Apr 2 2009 // The chairman of a U.S. House oversight panel said Wednesday he will soon call the chief executive of American International Group Inc. to testify, amid the committee’s ongoing probe of the fall of the insurance...
Apr 2 2009 // A bill that would trump a Florida Supreme Court ruling and restore a cap on attorneys’ fees in workers’ compensation cases passed the Florida House after some mild debate.Following a second round of discourse...
Apr 2 2009 // New York Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo signed a cooperation agreement earlier this week with his counterpart in Macau, a move signaling the increasingly international approach to regulation for the country’s...
Apr 2 2009 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, former CEO of American International Group Inc. and creator of the AIG unit whose investments triggered the insurance giants’s near collapse, portrayed himself as a victim in...
Apr 2 2009 // Two congressional leaders introduced legislation today that would create a federal regulator for insurance as an alternative to the current state-based regulatory structure currently in plan.Rep. Melissa Bean, D-Ill., and...
Apr 1 2009 // Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius vowed Tuesday to make the Food and Drug Administration a “world class” regulatory agency and to work with industry to improve food safety if she is confirmed as health and...