All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 30 2008 // Federal jurors have convicted former state Deputy Insurance Superintendent Joe Ruiz of trying to coerce insurance companies to donate money to charity in exchange for reducing regulatory fines.The jury returned 30 guilty...
Jan 30 2008 // The route for this year’s bicycle race, RAGBRAI, is set and counties along its path want lawmakers to address the issue of their liability.The issue arose after Crawford County settled a lawsuit with a woman whose...
Jan 30 2008 // There’s no room for this Jell-O wrestling lawsuit. A Manhattan judge has thrown out $1 million suit against New York University by a former student who claimed he broke his hip at a Jell-O wrestling dorm party. Avram...
Jan 29 2008 // One of the U.S. senators who has sponsored legislation to give insurance companies the option of being regulated by the federal government instead of by states is leaving the Senate Banking Committee that deals with many...
Jan 29 2008 // Five bills requested by Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna are scheduled for public hearings today and Wednesday of this week. The bills would help keep cell phone numbers private, make it a crime to view child...
Jan 28 2008 // Legislation that would prohibit insurers’ use of credit information narrowly advanced out of the Colorado House Business Affairs and Labor Committee Thursday on a 6-5 vote. According to the Property Casualty Insurers...
Jan 28 2008 // Some Ohio state officials aren’t quite ready to say that legislative efforts to cap award amounts and other tort reform efforts are having an impact on dropping claims numbers.The state insurance director said last...
Jan 28 2008 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood must testify in a lawsuit filed by State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. that accuses him of violating an agreement to end a criminal investigation of the insurer’s handling of...
Jan 28 2008 // Bryan Horn is convinced he recently lost his job at a Utah County credit union because he’s gay.He said he was forced to resign, four days after telling his boss he intended to marry his partner. “They were...
Jan 28 2008 // Minnesota Insurance Commissioner Glenn Wilson recently announced that Manny Munson-Regala has been named deputy commissioner and will lead the Market Assurance Division at the Minnesota Department of Commerce....
Jan 28 2008 // Employers can fire workers found to have used medical marijuana even if it was legally prescribed, the California Supreme Court ruled last Thursday, dealing the state another setback in its standoff with U.S. law...
Jan 27 2008 // Garden State lawmakers recently approved rules that give insurance companies greater flexibility in their investments. Signed by Gov. Jon S. Corzine earlier this month, the new law allows domestic property and casualty...
Jan 27 2008 // Three Oklahoma state representatives, all Republicans, say they are returning campaign contributions given to them by the son of a man linked to convicted former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher.Reps. Jeff...
Jan 27 2008 // The judge’s “sanctions order is simply wrong. Texas Mutual did not falsify any documents, did not deceive the court, and did not take any improper actions to gain an advantage.”Texas Mutual Insurance...
Jan 27 2008 // State officials and some in Congress remain skeptical about new federal rules for driver’s licenses, even after major changes designed to cut the cost of those rules and provide more flexibility.The U.S. Department...
Jan 27 2008 // The insurance industry’s “traditional model” has become outdated and is so abstruse that the industry’s ability to compete is being jeopardized.European risk managers face the same challenges as...
Jan 27 2008 // Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has proven adept at balancing the many demands placed upon state regulators, perhaps due in part to his background in public service. Kreidler, an optometrist, served...
Jan 25 2008 // The Bush administration wants to limit the situations where drug companies can change warning labels when they know of unsafe conditions without waiting for government approval.But Democrats charge that the recent proposal...
Jan 25 2008 // The son of an Alabama legislator is one of two men charged with arson and attempted burglary in what Cullman County authorities say is an investigation of suspicious fires in the Hanceville, Ala., area.Jerrod Heath Fite,...
Jan 24 2008 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation filed its response with the First District Court of Appeal seeking to have a suspension of the Allstate Companies’ certificates of authority reinstated.The 12-page response...