All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 19 2008 // A new report from Marsh’s London office focuses on the increasing problems of transport and logistics firms across Europe in coping with new categories of liability and an increasingly complex regulatory...
Feb 19 2008 // A federal appeals court has upheld a judge’s ruling against the Sioux Falls man who held an insurance executive hostage in 1991.Eric Castaneira, who served 10 years for kidnapping, filed a lawsuit against the...
Feb 18 2008 // A special Senate committee asked Allstate Insurance company executives to provide them more documents within two weeks in a letter mailed last week to the insurance giant’s chairman. Sen. Steven Geller, a Cooper City...
Feb 15 2008 // When Michigan officials recently reinterpreted state law to stop nonresidents from getting driver’s licenses, critics said it had an unintended consequence.The crackdown, intended to target illegal immigrants, also...
Feb 15 2008 // The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a proposed regulation that promises to foster Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs), private entities that would collect information on medical erors, or...
Feb 15 2008 // A proposal to charge New Yorkers a $15 fee on their auto insurance faced a road block Wednesday in the state Legislature.Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s proposal would help pay for bridge maintenance and repairs that lawmakers...
Feb 15 2008 // Eric Paul Wells, an attorney from Paris, is the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s newest administrative law judge, the agency announced.Since March 2004 he has been the deputy prosecuting attorney for...
Feb 14 2008 // An Oklahoma Republican House leader said he will return a $5,000 campaign contribution from a donor who sought legislation that would have helped insurance companies tied to the donor’s family.House Majority Leader...
Feb 14 2008 // U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters today sent legislation to Congress that she said seeks greater flexibility for states to target one of the leading causes of motorcycle deaths across the nation – riding...
Feb 13 2008 // Spurred by December storms that caused millions of dollars in flood and wind damage, Oregon lawmakers are expediting a package of disaster aid bills in this special session, including one to get jobless benefits more...
Feb 13 2008 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson recently announced that Bill Rossbach has been named chief regulatory officer and Doug Anderson has been named chief policy officer.“These promotions will provide...
Feb 12 2008 // A national insurance group testified today against a bill to abolish Nebraska’s law regulating credit-based insurance scoring saying the practice benefits a majority of Nebraska consumers.The Washington, D.C.-based...
Feb 12 2008 // A group of Arizona lawmakers is proposing a state-run temporary worker plan that would let Mexicans come to the state to work in businesses hard-hit by labor shortages.Proponents say the package of proposals was needed...
Feb 12 2008 // A Democratic lawmaker is pushing legislation in California that would prohibit doctors from considering age, race or genetic factors in determining the size of workers’ compensation benefits for employees who suffer...
Feb 11 2008 // Top federal safety officials urged the Labor Department in 2006 to adopt critical regulations to prevent deadly dust explosions– like the one suspected in the deadly blast in a Georgia sugar plant last...
Feb 11 2008 // Attorneys for Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs asked a federal judge to dismiss criminal contempt charges that he ignored a court order to turn over documents about insurance claims after Hurricane...
Feb 11 2008 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced three staff changes at the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation.McCarty appointed Rebecca McCarley deputy chief of staff; promoted Chris Bailey to acting director of...
Feb 11 2008 // Farmers Insurance Group, Inc., announced that Denise Ruggiero has joined the company as vice president, legislative and regulatory affairs.“Denise will be a key player in the legislative and regulatory arenas in all...
Feb 10 2008 // With the 2008 legislative sessions now in full swing, many states are taking another look at the issue of insurers using credit scoring to underwrite or rate auto or homeowners insurance. Insurance trade groups are...
Feb 10 2008 // Susan Doyle has been named president and COO of Wisconsin-based Wausau Insurance, part of the commercial markets business unit of the Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group. Doyle replaces Mark Fiebrink, who retired.Doyle...