All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 26 2005 // Circuit Court Judge Kevin Davey has ruled in a class-action lawsuit in Tallahassee, Fla. that Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s insurer of last resort, must pay the full amount of damage homes were insured...
May 26 2005 // Florida’s insurance industry survived last year’s record-breaking hurricane season and is prepared to help homeowners weather what may come this year. That was the message during a recent web broadcast carried...
May 25 2005 // To combat insurance fraud that costs consumers an average of $200-300 per year, 40 states have established entities responsible for oversight of related investigations and prosecution efforts, according to an analysis by...
May 25 2005 // Pleased with no last minute surprises to insurers, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has commended the Iowa Legislature and Gov. Thomas Vilsack for taking positive and progressive steps on this...
May 24 2005 // Dublin-based Research and Markets announced the addition of “FSA Regulation — A Summary of Insurance Distribution” to their offering.”The report examines the distribution of general insurance...
May 24 2005 // Any new laws to prevent identity theft and mandate notification of data security breaches need to be uniform and consistent with procedures in other states, and flexible enough to allow compliance, said the American...
May 23 2005 // New Hampshire is the only state that doesn’t require adult motorists to wear seat belts, but it does ticket drivers for eating, drinking, talking on a cell phone or fussing with their makeup while behind the...
May 23 2005 // There is not one statute in the entire Insurance Code of California that authorizes the insurance commissioner to adopt a proposed set of homeowners’ insurance regulations submitted to the Office of Administrative...
May 23 2005 // AB 975, legislation that would clarify the definition of broker in the California Insurance Code, was not heard in the Assembly Insurance Committee May 4, according to the American Agents Alliance. The hearing on AB 975...
May 23 2005 // How do you convince overworked state prosecutors to chase down often stale-sounding insurance swindles when their case files already are bulging with high-profile crimes such as drugs, robbery and murder?Insurance-fraud...
May 23 2005 // After an unprecedented hurricane season last year and experts predicting the formation of more than 13 named Atlantic storms this season, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher is issuing a warning to...
May 23 2005 // The New York Assembly and Senate have passed and Gov. George Pataki has signed into law industry-supported legislation that provides short-term rescue for the state’s workers compensation guaranty fund that had been...
May 23 2005 // Florida Gov. Jeb Bush pledged during the May 11 opening of the annual Governor’s Hurricane Conference at the Tampa Convention Center to sign and approve Senate Bill 1486, controversial legislation that consumer...
May 23 2005 // The insurance industry, already under scrutiny in some segments by state and federal authorities for various compensation, reinsurance, bid-rigging and accounting practices, now faces another questioner. The Federal Bureau...
May 23 2005 // Florida’s fifth-largest insurer USAA, filed a request in mid-May to raise premiums by a statewide average of 10.3 percent. David Foy, chief of staff for the Office of Insurance Regulation said he expects more...
May 23 2005 // There probably are few American small business owners who could correctly identify the federal group whose primary job is to keep the president of the United States updated on the activities of government such as...
May 23 2005 // As of May 1, State Farm Insur-ance began accepting applications from West Virginia homeowners and businesses for new insurance policies. The company is the largest property and casualty insurer in West Virginia and in the...
May 23 2005 // What is a life settlement? Simply put, a life settlement is the sale of an unwanted, no longer effective life insurance policy. It may potentially be a better solution with a greater cash settlement than lapsing or...
May 23 2005 // SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–A House committee voted 12-2 last month for proposal backed by doctors and Republicans to cap noneconomic damages such as pain and suffering that malpractice victims can win in court, only to see it...
May 23 2005 // The property/casualty insurance industry’s leading educational society is weighing what role to play in helping the industry restore its image after months of charges about bid-rigging and contingent commissions.A...