All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 3 2007 // An analysis of the campaign to advance federal regulation of insuranceAs professional insurance agents, we might in a quirky way consider ourselves flattered that there are never-ending attempts to take our business away...
Sep 3 2007 // A leading national independent agency leader urged Southern governors to use their “bully pulpits” to bring together the leaders in the insurance industry to ease the region’s coastal insurance...
Sep 3 2007 // About seven months ago, Gov. Charlie Crist signed legislation he said would lower property insurance premiums.It hasn’t quite turned out that way. State officials had promised rates would drop about 25 percent on...
Sep 3 2007 // Southern governors and insurance executives met late last month in Biloxi, Miss., about the challenges of keeping insurance coverage in coastal areas that are vulnerable to hurricanes, but they reached no consensus on how...
Sep 3 2007 // An Ohio couple whose vehicle was wrecked are entitled to more than just the money it will cost to repair it, according to a state appeals court ruling that found the couple also should be compensated because the accident...
Sep 3 2007 // Florida home insurers, politicians at odds over rate filingsAbout seven months ago, Gov. Charlie Crist signed legislation he said would lower property insurance premiums. It hasn’t quite turned out that way.State...
Sep 3 2007 // Southern governors and insurance executives met late last month in Biloxi, Miss., about the challenges of keeping insurance coverage in coastal areas that are vulnerable to hurricanes, but they reached no consensus on how...
Sep 3 2007 // Southern governors, hardly a group to create government programs where they aren’t needed, are frustrated over what to do.A leading national independent agency leader urged Southern governors to use their...
Aug 31 2007 // Prosecutors have enough evidence to put North Dakota’s workers’ compensation director and the agency’s top investigator on trial for conspiracy, a judge has ruled.Sandy Blunt, the chief executive officer...
Aug 30 2007 // A month after the deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse, Missouri lawmakers are poised to approve a massive bridge repair project that could serve as a national roadmap for renovating aging infrastructure.Missouri plans to...
Aug 30 2007 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes says four insurers not now writing auto insurance in the state have said they will enter if her plan to allow competitive pricing goes forward.Burnes is not naming the...
Aug 29 2007 // Ark. Gov. Mike Beebe and members of Arkansas’ congressional delegation called for increased funding of a federal health insurance program this week, and said a potential veto by President Bush could hurt the...
Aug 29 2007 // Auto insurers in Massachusetts would not be allowed to use socioeconomic factors in competitively pricing or underwriting policies under a regulation proposed by Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes.The draft regulation...
Aug 29 2007 // Insurance companies in New York may not refuse to renew homeowners insurance policies based on whether a policyholder has other business such as an auto or life policy with them, under a new order from the state insurance...
Aug 29 2007 // The California Supreme Court has ruled that a statute authorizing limited discovery of a defendant’s insurance coverage does not include authorization to look into reinsurance agreements as part of facilitating a...
Aug 28 2007 // Former New Mexico insurance regulator Joe Ruiz on Monday pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges that arose from allegations he misused his office by soliciting payments from insurance companies in exchange for...
Aug 27 2007 // An Ohio couple whose vehicle was wrecked are entitled to more than just the money it will cost to repair it, according to a state appeals court ruling that found the couple also should be compensated because the accident...
Aug 27 2007 // A judge denied bail for a suspect charged with setting fires in Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest that damaged at least 100 acres of timber.John Wesley Irons, 60, poses a serious risk to the community if he is...
Aug 27 2007 // Former New Mexico state insurance regulator Joe Ruiz has been indicted on federal corruption charges for allegedly misusing his office by soliciting payments from insurance companies in exchange for reducing regulatory...
Aug 24 2007 // The 2007 Oregon Legislature has passed a number of bills relating to insurance.The bills affecting property/casualty insurance include: *SB 183 (ch 574) Premium relief to rural doctors for professional medical liability...