All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 30 2007 // The Republicans who control the Florida Legislature swore they would solve the property tax imbroglio before the 2007 session ends May 4, but their competing bills remain unresolved along with several other bills of...
Apr 30 2007 // In response to changes in insurance regulations and more stringent corporate governance requirements worldwide, the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has introduced a Difference in Limits/Difference in Conditions...
Apr 27 2007 // Insurance industry associations are continuing to fight Washington’s Insurance Fair Conduct Act, asking Gov. Chris Gregoire to veto the legislation.ESSB 5726 is designed to provide insurance consumers with additional...
Apr 27 2007 // A lawmaker from Acadiana has asked Louisiana’s attorney general to determine the constitutionality of Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s plan to grant up to $100 million in state money to private insurance...
Apr 27 2007 // Despite its focus on fiscal matters, Louisiana’s 2007 legislative session, which begins April 30, is certain to have plenty of impact on the insurance industry, according to one industry lobbyist. And it’s not...
Apr 26 2007 // All-terrain vehicle riders and those concerned about their safety have reached a compromise that would keep preteen children on the popular machines.An Oregon Senate committee announced a plan Monday that would require...
Apr 26 2007 // Six days after directing her Inspector General to investigate whether state computers were used for political purposes in the Office of Insurance Regulation, Fla. Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink directed the I.G. to ask...
Apr 26 2007 // Pennsylvania lawmakers are unlikely to pass Gov. Ed Rendell’s proposal to impose a new payroll tax that would help expand state-subsidized health insurance because of questions about its legality and its effect on...
Apr 26 2007 // Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels signed two bills into law this week _ one that would raise the base pay of legislators and another that would create new health care retirement benefits for some state employees and elected...
Apr 25 2007 // A judge in Florida has ordered Motorola Inc. to pay $22.9 million in attorneys fees and costs to lawyers for a now-defunct technology company, months after a trade secrets lawsuit ended in a hung jury.Circuit Judge Leroy...
Apr 25 2007 // If the federal government’s terrorism insurance program were allowed to expire, private market terrorism insurance coverage would become largely unavailable and unaffordable, and the gears of commercial real estate...
Apr 25 2007 // Brent Soderstrum, who lost his leg in a car accident about seven years ago, is backing a bill that would bar insurance caps on prosthetics.The Des Moines attorney found out about 1 1/2 years ago that his insurance company...
Apr 24 2007 // When streams and rivers throughout West Virginia surged over their banks last week, causing millions of dollars of damage, Garrett Fork in Logan County was virtually alone in not flooding.That’s no anomaly: county...
Apr 24 2007 // National insurance companies would be prevented from setting up new, Florida-only subsidiaries under a bill a House panel approved Monday, part of an effort to force property insurance rates lower to appease angry...
Apr 24 2007 // New York City’s hordes of unregulated bicycle taxis will have to meet licensing, insurance and safety standards, and only 325 will be allowed to operate at one time, thanks to a City Council override of a mayoral...
Apr 23 2007 // Worcester (Massachusetts) Superior Court Judge Francis Fecteau has sentenced a Templeton man to two and one-half years for committing perjury in a workers’ compensation claim proceeding at the Department of...
Apr 23 2007 // In early April lawmakers in Nebraska’s Unicameral Legislature broke a filibuster and gave first-round approval to a bill that could open parks that have closed following a state Supreme Court decision.State Sen....
Apr 23 2007 // DeclarationsInquiring minds want to know “The lack of public information in this case is unacceptable to the governor.”Brad Anderson, spokesman for Iowa Gov. Chet Culver. Culver and state lawmakers questioned...
Apr 23 2007 // Dallas-based global insurance and reinsurance broker, Colemont, added Catherine L. Wall as assistant vice president and associate legal counsel.In this newly created role, Wall will assist in overseeing the company’s...
Apr 23 2007 // Gov. Sanford, employers disappointed in S.C. reformThe South Carolina Senate has passed workers’ compensation reform legislation but many observers are not impressed and hope the House will do a better job. The bill,...