All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 3 2006 // Connecticut consumers will benefit from increased competition, which puts downward pressure on insurance premiums, if the Legislature moves the state’s insurance regulatory system from prior approval to “flex...
Mar 3 2006 // The latest legislative attempt to correct last year’s Wisconsin Supreme Court rule invalidating non-economic damage caps and making other impacts on the state’s medical malpractice law, (AB 1071, 1072, 1073,...
Mar 2 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America is calling for reform of Minnesota’s no-fault system. According to the national trade association, drivers in Minnesota pay more for insurance than drivers in...
Mar 2 2006 // Indiana-based Conseco Inc. recently announced that William Fritts has joined the company as executive vice president, government relations.“Bill’s extensive experience in government relations and the...
Mar 1 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) – which has more than 1,400 member companies that underwrite 43 percent ($196 billion) of the property/casualty insurance premium in the United States...
Feb 28 2006 // Having paid out more than $30 billion in claims over the past two hurricane seasons in Florida, the Florida Insurance Council will ask lawmakers this legislative session, to push mitigation efforts to combat the...
Feb 28 2006 // New York’s homeowners insurance market is either strong, stable or fragile depending upon whether the speaker is an agent or an insurer.Also, Allstate Insurance Co.’s decision to limit its business in eight...
Feb 28 2006 // An emergency rule that goes into effect March 1 in Georgia entitled “Unfair Trade and Claims Settlement Practices” limits consumers contractual liaiblities and according to the Insurance Commissioner’s...
Feb 28 2006 // Former manufacturers of lead paint found liable last week by a Rhode Island jury for poisoning of children will have to pay to clean up properties with the contaminated paint but will not face punitive damages.Rhode Island...
Feb 27 2006 // Xchanging, the U.K.-based global business processing services company, has announced a 3-year, £7.5 million ($13 million) investment program and a partnership with Microsoft in the continuing development of Genius, its...
Feb 27 2006 // At a time when they face pressure to bring more uniformity to their own domestic regulatory operations, the nation’s state regulators are also increasingly active in efforts to harmonize the rules governing...
Feb 27 2006 // The South Dakota legislature recently passed Senate Bill 44 creating a file-and-use system for insurance rates in that state, according to the American Insurance Association.“The South Dakota Legislature took a...
Feb 27 2006 // A group of advocates for free enterprise and limited government that includes former federal independent counsel Kenneth Starr is challenging the constitutionality of the Sarbanes Oxley Act and its provisions that govern...
Feb 24 2006 // Insurers this week testified in Trenton against a bill (A-1003) that would permit chiropractors in New Jersey to seek reimbursement for services at the same rate as licensed physicians and surgeons.The legislation would...
Feb 24 2006 // Nodak Mutual Insurance Co. isn’t required to hold contested elections for its board of directors, nor is Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman obliged to force the company to do so, the North Dakota state Supreme Court...
Feb 24 2006 // A proposed resolution reiterating opposition to federal initiatives that would preempt state insurance regulation will be considered Friday afternoon by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators during its...
Feb 24 2006 // Washington State senators have approved changes to the medical malpractice system, endorsing a compromise hammered out by doctors and lawyers in weeks of secret negotiations with Gov. Chris Gregoire.The bill was approved...
Feb 24 2006 // The first step in achieving much needed workers’ compensation reform in South Carolina was taken this week as the House Business and Commerce subcommittee approved legislation (HB 4427) that addresses many of the...
Feb 24 2006 // The preservation of state regulation of insurance and a multi-pronged approach to disaster management was outlined by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators and approved as amended on Friday by the Property and...
Feb 23 2006 // Wyoming legislation designed to allow unprecedented insurance-related lawsuits in the state would significantly increase fraud, lawsuits and insurance costs for Wyoming consumers, according to the Property Casualty...