All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 20 2006 // Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine has signed a General Assembly bill that allows small businesses to collectively purchase health insurance, which supportershope will help address health care concerns within the...
Jun 19 2006 // The integration of the U.S. insurance market and global financial market will have a profound impact on business, according to Dave Zwiener, president and chief operating officer of Property and Casualty Operations for The...
Jun 19 2006 // From the playground to the classroom to the office — bullies can be found in all walks of life, says an anti-bullying advocacy group vying for new legislation that could potentially outlaw workplace bullying. But how...
Jun 19 2006 // Maryland, seeking to address the higher costs of insurance for urban drivers, recently passed legislation to require insurers to regularly review their rating territories and streamline the process for protesting rates.But...
Jun 19 2006 // “In life there are lines that shouldn’t be crossed — but when they are, great drama is born.”Quoting from the “Desire Under the Elms” playbill at the Lesher Regional Center for the Arts...
Jun 19 2006 // Question: What is the specific impact of the 2005 catastrophes on the Midwest?McRaith: There are three identifiable impacts on Midwestern residents. First, since the cost of reinsurance has gone up so significantly because...
Jun 19 2006 // Irate Florida legislators, upset after Gov. Jeb Bush vetoed the state’s no-fault auto insurance law, are vowing to place the topic of no-fault insurance and the personal-injury-protection bill on the front burner...
Jun 19 2006 // Florida insurance officials are vowing to enforce a new rule regarding the use of credit scores in insurance starting September 1, despite protests from the industry that the rule is too stringent.The Financial Services...
Jun 19 2006 // The insurance industry was on pins-and-needles in early May when the Florida Legislature passed SB 2114 and extended when the state’s no-fault auto insurance law would sunset—but then the bill went onto the...
Jun 19 2006 // California considering new mileage verification rulesInsurance brokers and agents could be required to verify odometer readings for new and renewal automobile insurance policies under amendments the California Department...
Jun 19 2006 // While insurance agents and brokers probably know employment practices liability should not be taken lightly, they might not be aware of new coverage issues and trends, according to Patricia Carlson of the Insurance Skills...
Jun 19 2006 // The integration of the U.S. insurance market and global financial market will have a profound impact on business, according to Dave Zwiener, president and chief operating officer of Property and Casualty Operations for The...
Jun 19 2006 // State regulators have reached a milestone in their efforts to streamline product regulation, with a centralized approval system for certain life and financial products on the verge of becoming reality. After three years of...
Jun 16 2006 // In conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the California Insurance Wholesalers Association held June 8 – 9 in Napa, Calif., outgoing President Mark Maucere urged the members of CIWA to get active to protect their...
Jun 16 2006 // The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has adopted a permanent heat stress regulation, which protects all California employees working outdoors. The measure now goes to the Office of Administrative...
Jun 16 2006 // Leon County Circuit Judge Janet Ferris has reaffirmed her approval of the Florida Department of Financial Services’ plan to protect and to smoothly transition nearly 330,000 policyholders with Atlantic Preferred,...
Jun 15 2006 // If a mandatory or even an optional federal charter is implemented in Washington, D.C., it will be a “recipe for disaster,” a top insurance agent lobbyist has warned.Charles E. Symington, Jr., told more than 500...
Jun 15 2006 // Illinois Republican lawmakers are critizing the state’s new program to offer free or low-cost health insurance to all children, demanding to know how many people are signing up and criticizing the timing of a TV ad...
Jun 15 2006 // Legislation changing the uninsured mootorist law in Washington that is named in honor of accident victim Ethel Adams has taken effect.Adams was injured in an automobile accident in 2005 when her car was hit during an...
Jun 15 2006 // Auto insurance companies that use a person’s education and occupation to set rates are discriminatory and circumvent laws against using race and income to calculate prices, a state senator said this week.After...