All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 5 2005 // As a producer, keeping abreast of the surplus lines laws and regulations in your own state is often a difficult task. When one wanders across state borders, the challenge becomes even more daunting, sometimes requiring an...
Sep 5 2005 // But Lawmakers, Interest Groups Still Debate Over Use of Aftermarket PartsCritics of national class action suits were among those cheering the loudest after the Illinois Supreme Court dismissed a $1.06 billion judgment...
Sep 5 2005 // As a producer, keeping abreast of the surplus lines laws and regulations in your own state is often a difficult task. When one wanders across state borders, the challenge becomes even more daunting, sometimes requiring an...
Sep 5 2005 // Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich recently signed legislation to help ensure that people do not get trapped in stairwells of new hotels, schools and other high-rise public assembly buildings during fires. The legislation is in...
Sep 5 2005 // Are disasters in California happening more frequently or are communication technological advances today making us more aware of impending and hard hitting disasters?To really comprehend, we must examine how our state has...
Sep 5 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has told a Hawaii legislative committee that passing rate modernization laws would benefit state commerce and insurance consumers. According to NAMIC State Affairs...
Sep 5 2005 // MASSACHUSETTSFed Probe Firing of MassMutual CEO: Federal prosecutors are investigating the conduct that led to the firing of former MassMutual Insurance Comany chief executive Robert J. O’Connell, the company...
Sep 5 2005 // Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich recently signed legislation to help ensure that people do not get trapped in stairwells of new hotels, schools and other high-rise public assembly buildings during fires. The legislation is in...
Sep 5 2005 // As a producer, keeping abreast of the surplus lines laws and regulations in your own state is often a difficult task. When one wanders across state borders, the challenge becomes even more daunting, sometimes requiring an...
Sep 5 2005 // Citing concern that insurance companies are using the 2004 hurricanes to unfairly raise rates, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher has called for an independent review of a rate increase on homeowners...
Sep 5 2005 // As a producer, keeping abreast of the surplus lines laws and regulations in your own state is often a difficult task. When one wanders across state borders, the challenge becomes even more daunting, sometimes requiring an...
Sep 5 2005 // The Utah Supreme Court has agreed with a lower court that the state has no ownership in the Workers Compensation Fund other than as one of the 33,000 policyholders.The court on Tuesday upheld 3rd District Judge Timothy...
Sep 5 2005 // Are disasters in California happening more frequently or are communication technological advances today making us more aware of impending and hard hitting disasters?To really comprehend, we must examine how our state has...
Sep 5 2005 // The Utah Supreme Court has agreed with a lower court that the state has no ownership in the Workers Compensation Fund other than as one of the 33,000 policyholders.The court on Tuesday upheld Third District Judge Timothy...
Sep 5 2005 // NAMIC ENCOURAGES RATE MODERNIZATION IN HAWAII: The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has told a Hawaii legislative committee that passing rate modernization laws would benefit state commerce and insurance...
Sep 5 2005 // Critics of national class action suits were among those cheering the loudest after the Illinois Supreme Court dismissed a $1.06 billion judgment against State Farm Insurance involving the use of generic auto repair...
Sep 5 2005 // As the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices gathers in San Francisco this month (Sept. 14-18) for its annual national conference, Insurance Journal recently caught up with the outgoing President...
Sep 5 2005 // The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the federal $140 billion asbestos compensation fund being considered by Congress could be too small to cover claims over the next 50 years.The Fairness in Asbestos Injury...
Sep 5 2005 // As the wheel that sets 2006 auto insurance rates in Massachusetts begins spinning, there is no doubt it will be pointing at a negative number when it comes to rest in about two months.The real mystery is just how negative...
Sep 5 2005 // A New York excess lines insurance broker’s use of “sham declinations” to skirt the law on placing coverage with a non-admitted carrier could cost the broker a lot more than just regulatory fines, if a...