All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 29 2007 // The Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) held its international conference in Chicago in late 2006. Moderating the panel was television journalist Forrest Sawyer, a 24-year veteran of ABC, CBS and MSNBC, who...
Jan 29 2007 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has submitted draft legislation to the General Assembly that would prohibit insurers from requiring that consumers install hurricane shutters as a condition of insurance.The...
Jan 29 2007 // Funding for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Asso-ciation (TWIA) may not be the only insurance issue on lawmakers’ plates during the 2007 session of the Texas Legislature, but it will likely be the most high profile...
Jan 29 2007 // $445 Billion Nearly half a billion dollars will be given to U.S. cities and regions to help reduce the risk of terror attacks on ports, transit systems and chemical plants, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff...
Jan 29 2007 // Shortly after former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s Oct. 23, 2006, sentencing, the Enron Task Force said it was closing down, with its mission mostly complete. Yet did that event really signal an endpoint in the Enron...
Jan 29 2007 // There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls.Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House...
Jan 29 2007 // Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen has named a Nashville attorney, Leslie Shechter Newman, as commissioner of the Department of Commerce and Insurance. She succeeds Paula Flowers, who recently resigned.Newman is a partner...
Jan 29 2007 // A Christians-only health plan that serves nearly 20,000 churchgoers nationwide can continue operating in Kentucky, a judge ruled recenntly.Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas D. Wingate said the Medi-Share program...
Jan 28 2007 // There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls.Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House...
Jan 28 2007 // There is a new political dynamic in Congress that presents both opportunities and pitfalls.Last year, the President signed into law pension and health care reform that will greatly benefit insurance consumers. House...
Jan 28 2007 // New insurance commissioner in TennesseeTennessee Governor Phil Bredesen has named a Nashville attorney, Leslie Shechter Newman, as commissioner of the Department of Commerce and Insurance. She succeeds Paula Flowers, who...
Jan 28 2007 // The need for cyber coverage is growing. More companies are growing their revenue through online sales. As a result, they are becoming more exposed.Beginning a New Year provides an opportunity to reflect on challenges and...
Jan 28 2007 // News CurrentsThe Delaware Senate and House moved swiftly earlier this month to pass a bill containing major reforms of the state’s workers’ compensation system. Gov. Ruth Ann Minner immediately signed the...
Jan 28 2007 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has submitted draft legislation to the General Assembly that would prohibit insurers from requiring that consumers install hurricane shutters as a condition of insurance.The...
Jan 28 2007 // Long Island insurer reborn as stock insurer8 Delaware agents groups to merge Group will be both Big ‘I’ and PIA8 Mass. Diocese gives files to insurersInsurers may review handling of abuse cases10 Royal &...
Jan 28 2007 // News CurrentsThe Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) held its international conference in Chicago in late 2006. Moderating the panel was television journalist Forrest Sawyer, a 24-year veteran of ABC, CBS...
Jan 28 2007 // R.I. lawmakers study ways to assist coastal homeownersA group of Rhode Island legislators examining insurance companies’ recent changes to homeowners’ policies for coastal areas met recently at the University...
Jan 28 2007 // A Christians-only health plan that serves nearly 20,000 churchgoers nationwide can continue operating in Kentucky, a judge ruled recenntly.Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas D. Wingate said the Medi-Share program...
Jan 28 2007 // Legislators rolled up their sleeves, ripped off their ties and unbuttoned their collars as a special legislative session on property insurance came to a head in Florida.After six days of conferring, negotiating and...
Jan 28 2007 // Funding for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Asso-ciation (TWIA) may not be the only insurance issue on lawmakers’ plates during the 2007 session of the Texas Legislature, but it will likely be the most high profile...