All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 30 2008 // An unusual alliance of insurance and environmental groups is urging lawmakers to focus on policies that encourage property mitigation and environmental protection in catastrophe-prone areas, rather than expanding the...
Apr 30 2008 // A bill pending before the governor would require all private and public companies that run underground lines to join Mississippi’s “One Call” network.Gov. Haley Barbour has until May 12 to act on the...
Apr 30 2008 // Relatives of those killed in a 2005 BP plant explosion and other industrial accident victims are urging the Legislature to undo a Texas Supreme Court ruling in a high-profile workplace injury case.“If no one is held...
Apr 30 2008 // Jill R. Muratori has joined Albany-based Barrett Associates as its new vice president and counsel, and will serve as a lobbyist for the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York. It will be familiar ground for...
Apr 30 2008 // A bill being considered by the Michigan legislature would let motorists save up to 16 percent on their auto insurance by choosing less medical coverage.Michigan is the only state to require unlimited personal injury...
Apr 29 2008 // With the prospect of rising insurance premiums, some of West Virginia’s 424 volunteer fire departments say they’re worried about staying in the black.That’s why Delegate Margaret Staggers, D-Fayette,...
Apr 29 2008 // The 2008 Iowa legislative session ended with mixed results for the insurance industry, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA).“Iowa’s Legislature was highly active on insurance issues this year...
Apr 29 2008 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation held a public hearing to ask for input on a draft rule that would implement 2007 legislation giving the insurance commissioner discretion to allow unaccredited reinsurance...
Apr 28 2008 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman is stepping down after a long regulatory career that included approval in 2007 of a $2.6 billion deal involving Nevada’s largest health insurer — a deal that...
Apr 25 2008 // A Florida law that bans lobbyist gifts to state legislators and requires that lobbyists disclose who pays them and how much, is not unconstitutionally vague or overbroad, a federal appeals court said. A three-judge panel...
Apr 24 2008 // A consumer advocacy group is condeming California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner’s action in issuing emergency regulations governing the state’s prior approval insurance rate system.According to The...
Apr 23 2008 // The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says he wants Vermont to study special ignition locks for repeat drunken drivers that would require a clean breath test before allowing a car to be started.“My intention...
Apr 23 2008 // A federal judge on Monday dismissed claims of fraud in a key Hurricane Katrina lawsuit that accused State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. of using different engineering reports to deny a Mississippi couple’s insurance...
Apr 22 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has issued emergency regulations to clarify and streamline the prior approval rate system. The regulations are designed to make the rate filing process more efficient,...
Apr 21 2008 // Corporations, industries, labor unions, governments and other interests spent a record $2.79 billion in 2007 to lobby in Washington, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics calculated.The total represents an...
Apr 21 2008 // Tennessee has a new law that stops cities from imposing fees for the cost of responding to motor vehicle accidents.The measure (HB 2547) was passed by the Tennessee General Assembly and became effective with Gov. Phil...
Apr 21 2008 // The banking and securities industry is facing worldwide subprime mortgage-related losses which knowledgeable sources – including the International Monetary Fund — now suggest could top $1 trillion, according to...
Apr 21 2008 // The banking and securities industry is facing worldwide subprime mortgage-related losses, which knowledgeable sources – including the International Monetary Fund — now suggest could top $1 trillion, according to...
Apr 21 2008 // The Colorado Legislature is considering a bill that the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America claims would add bureaucratic red tape and costs to the state’s automobile insurance system. House Bill 1389,...
Apr 21 2008 // In the face of growing economic turmoil, the Bush administration is calling for an overhaul of the system regulating the nation’s financial services industries — including insurance. The reform proposal announced...