All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 15 2007 // A new Florida law enacted during a 2007 January special session provides immediate savings for homeowners by shifting potential payments for hurricane losses from the homeowners receiving the current policy benefits to...
May 15 2007 // Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard P.L.L.C., a law firm with offices in Little Rock and Rogers, Ark., announced it has expanded into Texas with the opening of a third office in Austin. Bill Bingham, former...
May 14 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Mercury Casualty Co. (Mercury Casualty), Mercury Insurance Co. (Mercury Insurance), and its financial...
May 14 2007 // Some of the roughly 700,000 Missourians lacking health insurance could find it a little more affordable to get. But people who don’t pay their medical bills could lose their state income tax refunds under legislation...
May 11 2007 // Democratic legislative leaders wrote to Gov. Charlie Crist urging him to include simplifying KidCare in the list of things lawmakers try to tackle when they return to the Capitol in late June.More than a half million...
May 11 2007 // A bipartisan effort by Tennessee lawmakers to limit frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits fell apart Wednesday and has likely stalled for this year.The Senate unanimously passed a similar bill last month to require...
May 11 2007 // The New Jersey Senate Commerce Committee heard testimony that insurers say could make it more difficult for consumers to choose the level and type of insurance they use.The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
May 11 2007 // A West Virginia University professor who examined 21 years of NASCAR accident reports and made a comparison to introductions of safety requirements, has concluded that more safety regulations in the popular sport has led...
May 11 2007 // The Delaware Senate this week approved legislation that allows insurance companies to continue using credit-based insurance scores while putting in place additional consumer safeguards.Senate Bill 31 as originally...
May 10 2007 // Residents on the South Carolina coast could see home insurance costs drop with a bill that received key approval Tuesday in the House.The legislation is part of Insurance Director Scott Richardson’s response to...
May 10 2007 // Texas law firm Winstead PC announced it has added two new attorneys, Jeff Autrey and Keith Hopkinson, in its Business/Transaction Department. Autrey represents insurance and insurance-related clients on regulatory matters...
May 10 2007 // NASD and state regulators from North Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota announced today that they have signed a joint statement supporting a new rule to require that insurance companies and agencies recommend only suitable annuity...
May 9 2007 // A federal judge has denied State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.’s request to dismiss a lawsuit against the insurer because the policyholders received an emergency Small Business Administration loan to help rebuild their...
May 8 2007 // In its ongoing, multimillion-dollar lobbying and advertising campaign decrying “frivolous” lawsuits and “jackpot” jury awards, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has anointed West Virginia the poster...
May 8 2007 // A new statewide building code in Louisiana was one of the most tangible responses by lawmakers to hurricanes Katrina and Rita. But it was done quickly, a knee-jerk reaction that many lawmakers say didn’t involve...
May 7 2007 // Ten lawmakers want to drain off some of the reservoirs holding New York City drinking water, claiming lower water levels will help prevent flooding in riverside communities.House lawmakers from Pennsylvania, New Jersey,...
May 7 2007 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has been handed a procedural setback in its effort to crack down on agents charging broker fees. Last week, the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) determined that...
May 7 2007 // This session will be tough, next one even worse, lobbyist saysDespite its focus on fiscal matters, Louisiana’s 2007 legislative session, which began April 30, is certain to have plenty of impact on the insurance...
May 7 2007 // The Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) jointly announced on April 24 that the two organizations have agreed on a set of common principles to be considered by Congress...
May 7 2007 // Freeing streams of debris could stem flooding in W. Va., other statesWhen streams and rivers throughout West Virginia surged over their banks last week, causing millions of dollars of damage, Garrett Fork in Logan County...