All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 20 2005 // Joint efforts of insurance and banking regulators over the past several years have provided the foundation for effective communication and coordination between the state insurance departments and the Federal Reserve...
Jun 20 2005 // State insurance regulators moved closer to final adoption of model finite reinsurance disclosure language at the summer meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in Boston in early June.As they did,...
Jun 19 2005 // 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 17 2005 // Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has signed legislation that protects employers from being sued over work histories they disclose about current or former employees. The measure stemmed from the case of a Pennsylvania nurse who...
Jun 16 2005 // The Rhode Island Health Department has drafted guidelines that would govern drug imports from Canada, and help ensure the medications meet quality and safety standards in Rhode Island.The proposed rules would be another...
Jun 16 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) is encouraged regulators have decided not to transfer the complete internal control framework of Sarbanes-Oxley to state insurance regulation, but states the...
Jun 16 2005 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) testified on Thursday before the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises regarding the impact of the SMART proposal on...
Jun 16 2005 // While insurance companies are calling upon state officials to coordinate their responses to the various brokerage compensation and other inquiries, independent insurance agents are worried about how the insurers themselves...
Jun 15 2005 // On Thursday, the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services will hold a hearing on the future of insurance regulation.The hearing, which is the first official congressional action on the issue this year,...
Jun 14 2005 // The Rhode Island Senate has joined the House of Representatives in approving legislation to require a hike in the liability coverage of garages that perform bi-annual vehicle inspections required by the state.Sponsored by...
Jun 14 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America ) does not support a proposal to establish an optional federal charter (OFC) for insurance regulation, but continues to support the proposed State Modernization...
Jun 14 2005 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) is opposing Small Claims Court legislation that would hurt consumers by reducing the ability of insurers to represent their policyholders in court.Jeff Fuller,...
Jun 14 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) expressed mixed emotions Tuesday concerning numerous insurance-related bills that were introduced in the Massachusetts Legislature’s Financial Services...
Jun 14 2005 // A recent Texas court ruling has turned the state line into a key issue for Arkansas police working cases that cross the border, according to the Associated Press and the Texarkana Gazette.Bowie County District Judge Leon...
Jun 14 2005 // Insurance companies are blasting a decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court that they say undermines ongoing efforts to revive the private auto insurance market in the state and jeopardizes cost savings promised to...
Jun 13 2005 // Joint efforts of insurance and banking regulators over the past several years have provided the foundation for effective communication and coordination between the state insurance departments and the Federal Reserve...
Jun 13 2005 // State insurance regulators moved closer to final adoption of a model finite reinsurance disclosure regulation at the summer meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in Boston this weekend.As they did,...
Jun 13 2005 // The following bills were heard last week in the California legislature. Several measures are scheduled for consideration this week.Senate Transportation Committee – June 7 AB 1474 (Maze) Provisional Licensing...
Jun 10 2005 // In what could be a landmark decision, Canada’s Supreme Court has ruled that a patient awaiting a hip replacement operation in Quebec is entitled to obtain private health insurance to help defray the cost. Such...
Jun 10 2005 // Health insurance rates for small businesses in New Hampshire will undergo another sea change after the House voted to support the governor’s reform plan.The reform is expected to help businesses with older or sicker...