All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 22 2007 // Injured Nevada workers could face required drug tests to prevail in insurance disputes, under an industry-backed proposal debated by state legislators.The Senate Commerce and Labor Committee recently heard testimony on...
Feb 22 2007 // Rhode Island officials have completed their audit of Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. and turned over the results to the workers’ compensation insurer.However it will be at least 30 days before the public learns what is...
Feb 21 2007 // Insurance companies dropped a court challenge this week to a new Florida rule preventing them from immediately canceling some homeowners policies or raising rates.The rule, which took effect Jan. 31, is a stopgap until a...
Feb 20 2007 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said he will seek legislation aimed at blocking State Farm Insurance Cos. from refusing to write new homeowners and commercial policies in the hurricane-battered state.Hood’s...
Feb 20 2007 // Florida regulators on Friday gave tentative approval to the first rate cuts by private home insurance companies following the passage last month of a new law giving the companies more access to the state’s backup...
Feb 20 2007 // Legislation that would require all of Indiana’s nursing homes to install sprinkler systems within five years is gaining traction in the General Assembly.Supporters who have pushed lawmakers to enact stricter nursing...
Feb 19 2007 // France’s SCOR Group announced that it has acquired 32.9 percent of the share capital of Swiss-based reinsurer Converium Holding AG.SCOR said it “strongly believes that the combination of Converium and SCOR is a...
Feb 18 2007 // A federal judge in Texas has given final approval to a class-action settlement in a case accusing Allstate Corp. of discriminating against minority policyholders by using credit reports to set rates.U.S. District Judge...
Feb 18 2007 // Siding with consumer groups and state regulators, a state judge on Feb. 15 threw out a lawsuit that challenged rules requiring auto insurers to base their rates primarily on drivers’ records instead of where they...
Feb 16 2007 // Kentucky’s status as the nation’s leading adult smoking state makes it more susceptible to fatal fires sparked by cigarettes, a safety advocate said this week. The solution is to join several other states by...
Feb 16 2007 // A Montana state bill (H.B. 542) modeled after the federal “Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act” (S. 418) was tabled in the Montana House Business and Labor Committee, chaired by Rep. Scott...
Feb 16 2007 // Patients and health insurance providers could save at least $71 billion over 10 years if there were a regulatory mechanism that allowed for the marketing of generic biotech medicines, according to a new study.Currently...
Feb 15 2007 // Looking back on his two-year tenure, former New York Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills says state regulation could stand some improvement.According to the former Empire State insurance chief, the state regulatory...
Feb 15 2007 // Alarmed that homeowners on Maryland’s coasts may one day be cut off from home insurance, state lawmakers are mulling new rules prohibiting insurers from pulling out of areas they deem risky.But insurers met with...
Feb 15 2007 // Strap in the kids, buckle up and turn off the cell phone. The rules of the road in Minnesota might get more strict in 2007.In the name of highway safety, lawmakers are debating bills to increase the use of seat belts and...
Feb 15 2007 // Federal legislation that would establish national standards for state regulation of the surplus lines and reinsurance markets made its second appearance into Congress today.Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Fla., and Rep. Dennis...
Feb 15 2007 // Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, joined with Senate Democratic and Republican leaders this week to introduce a bipartisan bill that would strip the insurance industry of its limited...
Feb 13 2007 // Members of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents will convene on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on March 28 and 29, 2007 for their 25th annual Federal Legislative Summit.The 2007 PIA Federal...
Feb 13 2007 // Iowa is one of at least 14 states facing a federal shortfall for its state insurance program for children.The state faces a shortfall of $16.1 million in federal money by the end of June for health care programs that serve...
Feb 12 2007 // The state of Kansas is examining several key areas of concern in 2007 including the uninsured motorist population, health care for small businesses, rating, federal health insurance iniatives and more. Insurance...