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Subprime Crisis Reveals Larger Problems in Government Regulation

Apr 7 2008 // America is in the midst of a significant financial crisis. A meltdown in the subprime mortgage sector and the resulting credit crunch are threatening to drag down our economy.We applaud the aggressive steps taken by the...

Insurer Exemption From N.H. Consumer Protection Law Questioned

Apr 7 2008 // The mortgage crisis is prompting some people to take another look at New Hampshire’s consumer protection law.Six years ago, the Legislature changed the law to exempt the banking, insurance, public utilities and...

Push for Federal Regulation is Call Ror No Regulation

Apr 7 2008 // Editor’s Note: The following letter was sent to the president of American Insurance Association Gov. Marc Racicot.I read with interest your letter and news release calling for state insurance regulators to reconsider...

‘State v. Federal’ Fight Heats Up

Apr 7 2008 // In the face of growing economic turmoil the Bush administration is calling for an overhaul of system of regulating the nation’s financial services industries — including insurance. The reform proposal announced...

Subprime Crisis Reveals Larger Problems in Government Regulation

Apr 7 2008 // America is in the midst of a significant financial crisis. A meltdown in the subprime mortgage sector and the resulting credit crunch are threatening to drag down our economy.We applaud the aggressive steps taken by the...

‘State v. Federal’ Fight Heats Up

Apr 7 2008 // In the face of growing economic turmoil the Bush administration is calling for an overhaul of system of regulating the nation’s financial services industries — including insurance. The reform proposal announced...

South La. Lawmakers Seek Rate Cut

Apr 7 2008 // South Louisiana lawmakers are pushing to give some homeowners a 10 percent break on their property insurance, though the legislation faces firm opposition from state Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon.House Bill 213 could...

Subprime Crisis Reveals Larger Problems in Government Regulation

Apr 7 2008 // America is in the midst of a significant financial crisis. A meltdown in the subprime mortgage sector and the resulting credit crunch are threatening to drag down our economy.We applaud the aggressive steps taken by the...

Subprime Crisis Reveals Larger Problems in Government Regulation

Apr 7 2008 // America is in the midst of a significant financial crisis. A meltdown in the subprime mortgage sector and the resulting credit crunch are threatening to drag down our economy.We applaud the aggressive steps taken by the...

Industry Lines Up ‘Pro and Con’ on Bush Plan for Federal Regulator

Apr 7 2008 // Insurance industry groups lined up quickly with responses to the Bush administration’s proposed overhaul of the way the government regulates the nation’s financial services industries, including insurance.The...

Montana Republican Criticizes Bush Administration Proposal

Apr 4 2008 // The Republican candidate for Montana state auditor and insurance commissioner is criticizing plans by the Bush Administration for the federal government to take over regulation of the insurance industry.Duane Grimes says...

U.S. Business Lobbyists Launch WTO Offensive

Apr 4 2008 // Business lobbyists from the United States will descend on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva next week to push for favorable terms in a new trade deal, a source familiar with the visits said on Friday.The visits...

Update: Kentucky Passes Bill on Thrill Ride Operation after Grisly Accident

Apr 4 2008 // Most high schoolers will soon be barred from operating thrill rides in Kentucky after a grisly accident last year severed the feet of a girl at a Louisville amusement park.The state Senate voted 37-0 on Tuesday night for...

New Texas Crash Reports Sans Victims’ Numbers Aim to Curb Scams

Apr 4 2008 // Police officers in Texas will have one less blank to fill out while investigating traffic accidents this year, the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud reported. The form will no longer contain phone numbers for crash...

Insurer Group Sees Tennessee Legislation as Victory for Insured Drivers

Apr 4 2008 // Tennessee drivers scored a major legislative victory with the passage of a new law that stops cities from imposing hidden taxes on motorists, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.The...

Florida Court Rules Allstate Suspension Back in Effect

Apr 4 2008 // The First District Court of Appeals of Florida ruled today that a suspension of Allstate Insurance Company’s certificates of authority to transact new insurance business in Florida is back in effect.Today’s...

Impaired Driver Bill Advances in Tennessee Senate

Apr 3 2008 // A proposal to lower the blood alcohol content required for a person to be guilty of extreme drunken driving is among several impaired driving bills slowly moving in the Tennessee Legislature.The measure sponsored by Sen....

Marsh Warns Companies of Risks in Japan’s ‘Sarbanes-Oxley’ Legislation

Apr 2 2008 // Marsh issued a warning to UK companies from its London office that their “subsidiaries and affiliates of Japanese firms,” face some new risks in association with “new Japanese legislation relating to...

Bermuda Monetary Authority Launches New Web Site for Regulations

Apr 1 2008 // The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) has launched a new web site that provides an unprecedented level of detail about Bermuda’s regulatory standards online.The BMA stated that the new site, which went live today,...

Ohio Judge Says City Can Go Forward with Lead Paint Lawsuit

Apr 1 2008 // A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Sherwin-Williams Co. that sought to keep the city from suing the company to help pay for the cleanup of properties contaminated with lead paint.Sherwin-Williams failed to prove...