All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 19 2008 // It is estimated that somewhere between 1 percent and 10 percent of drivers of commercial or “big rig” trucks are operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol on any given day. The American Trucking...
May 19 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) currently makes its home in Kansas City. For most situations, this works well, particularly with telecommuting, videoconferencing and e-mail. It even worked well...
May 19 2008 // It is estimated that somewhere between 1 percent and 10 percent of drivers of commercial or “big rig” trucks are operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol on any given day. The American Trucking...
May 19 2008 // Judge in Awe“I have never experienced anything like these 124 cases in my 15 years on the bench. These cases have generated a tremendous amount of publicity, both in West Virginia and nationally. These are not...
May 19 2008 // Florida lawmakers rolled the dice again on May 1, signing off on a new insurance bill that does little to alleviate Florida’s risky stakes in the marketplace, according to industry executives and many lawmakers. A...
May 19 2008 // The Arizona Legislature has passed a bill designed to allow captive insurers to cover employment practices liability risk and remove the requirement that at least one incorporator be a resident of the state.Captive...
May 19 2008 // Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry in mid-May vetoed lawsuit reform legislation he said conflicts with an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision on a similar bill that the court found unconstitutional two years ago. Henry vetoed the...
May 19 2008 // Longtime Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman has decided to retire effective Sept. 7, 2008, after a long regulatory career.Molasky-Arman was named commissioner in 1995 and has served under three governors....
May 19 2008 // Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has signed a bill that will allow the state Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), and its Division of Insurance the legal authority to demand that insurance companies or agents compensate...
May 19 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) currently makes its home in Kansas City. For most situations, this works well, particularly with telecommuting, videoconferencing and e-mail. It even worked well...
May 19 2008 // Design, Not Default“If you talk to a lot of people in insurance companies, they’ll tell you that their career in insurance started by default, not by design. It helps to be able to find people earlier and...
May 19 2008 // It is estimated that somewhere between 1 percent and 10 percent of drivers of commercial or “big rig” trucks are operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol on any given day. The American Trucking...
May 16 2008 // State lawmakers say New York Gov. David Paterson’s proposal to increase doctor oversight and prevent misconduct has a good chance of passing this session — but with changes.Assembly Health Committee Chairman...
May 16 2008 // A new law has been passed requiring all of Suffolk County’s (New York) 17,000 licensed contractors to prove their workers are in the United States legally. Critics claim the legislation — passed by the county...
May 16 2008 // About 55 percent of the lawmakers in the 2008 Louisiana Legislature are new to the job but they are doing their homework on insurance issues, one surplus lines insurance industry representative says.David Tatman of Baton...
May 15 2008 // The state supreme court has set aside a jury’s verdict that the Maine Department of Transportation was partly to blame in a hit-and-run crash because it took too long to paint stripes on Route 302.A jury awarded $2.9...
May 15 2008 // Faced with an unfriendly Congress, the Bush administration has found another, quieter way to make it more difficult for consumers to sue businesses over faulty products. It’s rewriting the bureaucratic...
May 15 2008 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue signed a bill that will give automobile insurers the ability to establish rates without the consent of the state’s Insurance Commissioner.Perdue said he signed Senate Bill 276 because he...
May 13 2008 // Pennsylvania prosecutors say former Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce’s insurance fraud trial should remain in Erie’s federal court.The 59-year-old Joyce wants the trial moved to U.S. District Court in...
May 12 2008 // As promised, Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry has vetoed lawsuit reform legislation he said conflicts with an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision on a similar bill that the court found unconstitutional two years ago.Henry issued the...