All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 26 2006 // The American Insurance Association has warned South Carolina drivers that higher auto insurance premiums could result if the South Carolina Legislature approves a bill raising the minimum required auto insurance limits. A...
May 26 2006 // An informal AAA poll of state lawmakers suggests that the Michigan House of Representatives has the number of votes needed to repeal the state’s 37-year-old mandatory motorcycle helmet law. It is estimated that the...
May 26 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is urging South Carolina legislators to oppose legislation (HB 4622) that would increase insurance premiums for many consumers and put more uninsured motorists on the...
May 26 2006 // Provisions in a State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. policy that exclude certain damage from Hurricane Katrina are unenforceable, a federal judge in Gulfport, Miss. has ruled.A couple whose Long Beach home was damaged by...
May 26 2006 // In response to the tragic death of a 12-year-old Edmond boy who was killed in a jet-ski accident in August 2004, Oklahoma lawmakers passed a measure aimed at better protect children by improving boating safety...
May 25 2006 // Democrat Alex Sink joked after participating in a chief financial office candidates forum with Republicans Tom Lee and Randy Johnson that she wanted to crawl under the table during the event in Orlando, Fla.Not that she...
May 24 2006 // Due to the upcoming start of Hurricane Season on June 1, the Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) of Louisiana launched a public awareness campaign that includes the following tips for insurance consumers to prepare for the...
May 23 2006 // The Louisiana House Insurance Committee is set to vote May 24 on two bills insurance bills that the Professional Insurance Agents of Louisiana believes are critical to the industry in the state.In a PIA Legislative Alert,...
May 23 2006 // An Iowa judge has sent a case involving an insurance agent accused of installing a hidden camera in a restroom to trial.The attorney for Robert Speirs had asked the court to throw out a charge of misdemeanor invasion of...
May 23 2006 // With the scheduled adjournment date of June 19, Louisiana lawmakers will be taking action on several important issues in the next few weeks that have the potential of reshaping the state’s insurance marketplace,...
May 23 2006 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is making an end run around Florida law by seeking to implement a credit-based insurance scoring rule that is currently being challenged in state court, according to the Property...
May 22 2006 // News CurrentsAlaska legislators concluded the 2006 regular session this month and in the final hours rejected a bill opposed by insurers that would have encouraged more employers to self-insure for workers’...
May 22 2006 // Florida residents whose homes are insured by Citizens Property Insurance will see their premiums go up by about 16 percent on average this year, although for some coastal residents the increase will be much higher.State...
May 22 2006 // The Commissioners are now fully prepared to go before their various legislative committees with recommendations for a system of insurance law which shall be the same in all States–not reciprocal, but identical; not...
May 22 2006 // Scientists at Cornell University in New York have come across a management strategy for group decision-making that is sure to set the business world buzzing.When 10,000 honeybees hunt for a new home, usually a tree cavity,...
May 22 2006 // John Garamendi has called for an investigation into an apparent campaign attacking him and his proposed auto insurance rate regulations in California. Supposedly waged by insurance industry officials and advocates,...
May 22 2006 // The hurricane insurance package passed by the Florida Legislature just before adjournment May 5 is the most significant property insurance bill since major legislation following Hurricane Andrew in the early 1990’s,...
May 22 2006 // The Senate has passed a conference report on the bill, the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act, last month on the heels of House passage a day earlier. The tax-cut bill, supported by independent insurance agents...
May 22 2006 // Scientists at Cornell University in New York have come across a management strategy for group decision-making that is sure to set the business world buzzing.When 10,000 honeybees hunt for a new home, usually a tree cavity,...
May 22 2006 // The focus of litigations and investigations on electronic documents, particularly e-mails, and the increasing accountability of compliance programs, including record retention, are leading organizations to reexamine their...