All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 22 2006 // New penalties for drunk drivers, street racers, and “pocket bike” riders-along with improvements to California’s teen driving requirements-are among the laws that took effect Jan. 1, 2006, according to...
Jan 22 2006 // Regulatory modernization tops industry’s legislative agenda for 2006With the extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, passage of federal class action and crop insurance reform, enactment of asbestos reform in...
Jan 20 2006 // Only Florida residents can sue insurers in state courts when companies are unauthorized to do business in Florida, the state Supreme Court ruled recently.State law prohibits nonresidents from filing such suits, the high...
Jan 19 2006 // Business groups in Ohio are pushing lawmakers to enact reforms to the state insurance fund for injured workers that were agreed upon before a scandal broke over the fund’s investments, according to a recent account...
Jan 19 2006 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued a consent order requiring 10 American International Group companies to transmit financial data required by statute, to pay administrative fines and costs of more than...
Jan 19 2006 // On Jan. 6, Maryland’s highest court handed a victory to the welding industry by ruling that the scope of the pollution liability exclusion in a business insurance policy does not encompass welding rod liability.In...
Jan 18 2006 // Dublin-based Research and Markets has announced the addition of a “Global Insurance” study to their offering.R&M said, “The report provides a broad industry overview through business segments,...
Jan 18 2006 // Indiana House representatives and their families could lose a lifetime of free health insurance if a policy released by the speaker of House is adopted. In 2002, a series of laws passed by the General Assemby gave...
Jan 18 2006 // Nearly three years after Colorado abandoned no-fault auto insurance, hospitals complain they’re not getting paid to treat accident victims and consumers have to do some checking to make sure they’ve got enough...
Jan 15 2006 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc., faced with a new Maryland law designed to pressure the retail chain into spending more money on health insurance for its employees, is considering a challenge to the groundbreaking legislation.Sarah...
Jan 15 2006 // The chief executive of Allstate Corp., one of the largest U.S. insurance companies, has endorsed a proposal to create a national insurance catastrophe fund as a backstop to state disaster funds.Several Florida lawmakers...
Jan 13 2006 // Maryland became the first state to pass legislation requiring Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. to spend a minimum amount on health care for its employees or pay the difference in taxes as the Democrat-controlled legislature overrode...
Jan 13 2006 // Gary Linsey Slater has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer Coffman in Lexington, Ky. to 108 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $5 million restitution to two insurance companies he defrauded in a...
Jan 13 2006 // The effort to implement comprehensive reform of the South Carolina workers’ compensation system took important steps forward this week as legislation was filed in the House and Senate and Gov. Mark Sanford expressed...
Jan 13 2006 // A judge dealt a potential setback Wednesday to the state’s landmark lawsuit against former makers of lead paint, preventing two key witnesses from testifying about how much has been spent to combat the problem in...
Jan 12 2006 // Arizona’s Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano has offered a $100 million tax-relief package focused on school children, health care insurance and fuel-thrifty vehicles — a dramatic contrast from broader and bigger...
Jan 12 2006 // A paper issued Thursday by Americans for Insurance Reform (AIR) is “untrue, irresponsible and reckless,” according to the American Insurance Association (AIA).“Tens of thousands of insurance company...
Jan 11 2006 // The Dublin International Insurance & Management Association (DIMA), which represents the majority of non-life insurers, non-life and life reinsurers, and captive managers located in Ireland, has strongly rejected...
Jan 11 2006 // David Strachan, The U.K.’s Financial Services Authority’s Insurance Sector Leader, in a speech to the Insurance Institute of London, reiterated the FSA’s commitment “to finding an end to the...
Jan 11 2006 // Violators of all burn bans in Oklahoma could face much steeper fines if legislation requested by State Rep. Mike Shelton passes during the upcoming legislative session.Currently, violations of the burn ban are misdemeanors...