All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 20 2008 // After a fender-bender in 2001, a Pennsylvania appellate judge claimed he was left in constant pain, unable to golf or swim or even at times hold a cup of coffee steady.Yet the following year, prosecutors say, he was...
Oct 20 2008 // No-one expects a fallen Master of the Universe to say sorry. But academics say an apology — for all the litigation risk it entails — can be the basis of revitalised confidence and trust.With global markets...
Oct 20 2008 // The Supreme Court of Texas recently held a rare rehearing of a unanimous decision listening to arguments about whether it erred last year in ruling that a contract employee who suffered on-the-job injuries couldn’t...
Oct 20 2008 // The Kansas Insurance Department is following up on consumer inquiries and closely monitoring the legal issues surrounding Brooke Corp. and its insurance related affiliates, said Sandy Praeger, Commissioner of Insurance and...
Oct 20 2008 // Although the nation’s attention is focused on the financial crisis it is worth thinking about how this mess will affect attitudes toward government intervention.The July issue of The Atlantic magazine, published...
Oct 20 2008 // Not only is regulation back in vogue, but regulatory competition also appears to be on its way out of fashion.Although the nation’s attention is focused on the financial crisis it is worth thinking about how this...
Oct 20 2008 // Insurance regulators in New York and Bermuda have agreed to closer cooperation in overseeing insurance matters. New York State Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo and Matthew Elderfield, chief executive officer of the...
Oct 20 2008 // Not only is regulation back in vogue, but regulatory competition also appears to be on its way out of fashion.Although the nation’s attention is focused on the financial crisis it is worth thinking about how this...
Oct 20 2008 // New federal “Red Flag” regulations will soon require businesses of all sizes to have identity theft and data breach protections in place. By Nov. 1, 2008, the date at which the regulations should be...
Oct 20 2008 // From tornadoes, hail and flooding to the impact of the AIG bailout and the federal versus state regulation debate, Sean Dilweg has a lot on his plate as Wisconsin’s insurance commissioner. Appointed by Wisconsin...
Oct 20 2008 // Although the nation’s attention is focused on the financial crisis it is worth thinking about how this mess will affect attitudes toward government intervention.The July issue of The Atlantic magazine, published...
Oct 20 2008 // Florida remains focused on recovery of its property insurance market. But new rules for reinsurers, a national catastrophe plan and the use of occupational rating in insurance are also on the radar of Florida Insurance...
Oct 20 2008 // Like farmers and ranchers across the United States, agriculture producers in Texas and Louisiana have been impacted by rising fuel and fertilizer costs, and they fear the credit squeeze gripping the nation will make it...
Oct 20 2008 // New federal “Red Flag” regulations will soon require businesses of all sizes to have identity theft and data breach protections in place. By Nov. 1, 2008, the date at which the regulations should be...
Oct 20 2008 // Have the free-wheeling, capitalism-at-all-cost titans of business who maintain the market will fix all ills had their day — at least for now? For the last 30 years deregulation has been all the rage — from the airline...
Oct 20 2008 // Not only is regulation back in vogue, but regulatory competition also appears to be on its way out of fashion.Although the nation’s attention is focused on the financial crisis it is worth thinking about how this...
Oct 20 2008 // Most people dread record keeping, whether it is logging expenses, travel mileage, billable hours, laps on the treadmill or the birthday presents given to family friends. Although it is tedious, record keeping is necessary...
Oct 20 2008 // Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed Assembly Bill 1874 and Senate Bill 1145 into law to help increase transparency and strengthen corporate governance at the Golden State’s workers’ compensation...
Oct 20 2008 // Not only is regulation back in vogue, but regulatory competition also appears to be on its way out of fashion.Although the nation’s attention is focused on the financial crisis, it is worth thinking about how this...
Oct 20 2008 // Being the sixth-largest state in the nation, and one of the fastest-growing, makes Arizona an attractive place to live and do business. And that means the state is desirable from an insurance perspective, too, according to...