All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 16 2007 // In a new report Standard & Poor’s states that the “International Accounting Standard Board’s (IASB) discussion paper on insurance contracts may well set the tone for a new global frame...
Oct 16 2007 // Florida officials have subpoenaed Allstate Insurance and its subsidiaries to get the insurer to explain why it is not lowering homeowners insurance rates in the state and to defend its dealings with the industry’s...
Oct 15 2007 // The criminal case against two North Dakota state workers’ compensation officials has been assigned to the district judge who earlier dismissed some charges against one of the defendants.Sandy Blunt, the chief...
Oct 15 2007 // A Leon County Circuit Court Judge has dismissed petitions filed by the Cincinnati Insurance Co. and the Cincinnati Indemnity Co., according to The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation.In the petitions, the companies were...
Oct 15 2007 // A bipartisan group of state lawmakers want to provide $50 million to build new housing in Kansas communities still hurting from storms earlier this year.The Greensburg tornado in May and flooding in southeast Kansas...
Oct 15 2007 // It may be too early to say that conflict has become passé, but U.S. businesses report a distinct drop in the number of lawsuits filed against them in the past year, according to the latest Litigation Trends Survey...
Oct 14 2007 // A two-year-old New Hampshire law that was supposed to speed up the processing of medical malpractice lawsuits has slowed things down instead.The law created special screening panels designed to encourage people to settle...
Oct 12 2007 // A federal judge in California has blocked a proposed rule requiring employers to fire workers whose names don’t match their Social Security numbers, dealing a major blow to the Bush administration’s crackdown...
Oct 11 2007 // New York lawmakers are considering taking action to improve coastal insurance availability while insurance agents are telling them they fear market restrictions are worsening.Insurance companies, meanwhile, claim the...
Oct 11 2007 // Governor Charlie Crist signed legislation that will re-enact Florida’s Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law and ensure that drivers have $10,000 worth of health care benefits through personal injury protection or PIP coverage...
Oct 11 2007 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation designed to strengthen flood protections in California and approved a bill that would ban smoking in vehicles carrying children. Meanwhile, he rejected a measure...
Oct 10 2007 // West Virginia legislators learned Sunday that they have no one to blame but themselves for the loss of power over the rules that govern workers’ compensation claims and benefits.Lawmakers first ceded the rule-making...
Oct 10 2007 // A New York lawmaker is urging rigorous federal testing of a safety device linked to firefighter deaths and injuries.Sen. Charles Schumer said that the device, called a Personal Alert Safety System, or PASS, was used by a...
Oct 10 2007 // Critics of a bill recently signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger say more than 760,000 California homeowners who buy earthquake insurance through a state-run authority could see their premiums rise .But the measure’s...
Oct 9 2007 // Auto insurers in Massachusetts will not be able to use credit scores to price or underwrite risks when the state enters its managed competition market next April.Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes sided with consumer...
Oct 9 2007 // The hopes of Enron investors are riding on a case being argued before the Supreme Court today that may be the last chance at compensation for their losses when the scandal-ridden energy company collapsed.Much of corporate...
Oct 9 2007 // Two administrative law judges in Texas rejected State Farm’s plan to increase homeowner insurance rates, calling the hike too excessive in a proposed decision issued Oct. 5.State Farm Lloyds Inc. had appealed to the...
Oct 8 2007 // Study says Referendum 67 could cost $650 million With millions in campaign contributions and plenty of name-calling, trial lawyers and insurance companies in Washington are doing their best to spice up this fall’s...
Oct 8 2007 // In a blunt assessment, Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher told fellow doctors recently that chances of limiting pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice cases are bleak because of resistance from some state lawmakers....
Oct 8 2007 // The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act, H.R. 3121, by a vote of 263-146 on Sept. 27, heating up a topic already on fire. While supporting efforts to modernize and...