All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 3 2005 // Despite the defeat of a similar bill two years ago in Raleigh, N.C., the Senate is again considering legislation to cap jury awards in medical malpractice lawsuits.Sen. Robert Pittenger, R-Mecklenburg, a cap proponent,...
Feb 3 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) said it is pleased the House of Representatives is moving forward on legislation to reform the nation’s class-action litigation...
Feb 3 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is urging Nevada’s Division of Insurance to redraft a proposed regulation so that the regulation focuses on reasonable and meaningful disclosure of broker...
Feb 3 2005 // A unique deal in which 10 former WorldCom directors would personally pay $18 million of a $54 million settlement to compensate investors over the company’s plunge into bankruptcy will be withdrawn, plaintiffs...
Feb 3 2005 // While it did not begin boiling over until last October when charges were brought against Marsh, the controversy over brokerage contingent fees has actually been simmering for more than a half dozen years in New York...
Feb 2 2005 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) supports the adoption of newly developed state regulations that implement the Medical Provider Networks (MPN) provision of California’s workers’...
Feb 1 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has delivered to the state legislature its final phase of its report on insurers’ use of credit information. According to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Jan 28 2005 // By a 5-2 bipartisan vote members of the Colorado Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee rejected a measure that would have banned insurers from using credit history to underwrite and rate automobile and homeowners...
Jan 28 2005 // Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin and Senate Republican leaders, joined by several Oklahoma doctors and business leaders, are calling for meaningful lawsuit reform during the 2005 legislative session.Senate Republican Leader...
Jan 27 2005 // Maryland Democratic legislative leaders have castigated Insurance Commissioner Alfred Redmer for his blanket approval of a 2 percent increase in HMO premiums, saying he is playing politics with the issue to advance the...
Jan 27 2005 // Delaware Democratic Gov. Ruth Ann Minner outlined her agenda for the coming year in the first state of the state address of her second term. Her agenda includes lowering workers’ compensation costs and improving...
Jan 27 2005 // Sexual abuse of a minor falls within an insurance coverage exclusion for injuries resulting from “actual or threatened abuse or molestation,” the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled recently in its first...
Jan 27 2005 // As Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) announced his intention to make class action reform legislation an immediate priority for the 109th Congress this week, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Jan 26 2005 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) is fighting on two fronts against a proposed Dept. of Insurance regulation that would unfairly force many Californians to pay more than they should for homeowners...
Jan 25 2005 // Illinois’ top court has ruled that the stacking of underinsured-motorist coverage (UIM) was clearly prohibited by two companies’ insurance policies at issue in the case it decided. The Supreme Court’s...
Jan 25 2005 // Freshman Oklahoma lawmaker, State Rep. Ryan McMullen, D-Burns Flat, recently filed several proposals addressing workers’ compensation reform in that state.McMullen announced the introduction of three bills he...
Jan 24 2005 // Dublin-based Research and Markets announced that it has issued a new report covering the major national and international institutions that regulate the financial services industry.R&M said, “this major new...
Jan 24 2005 // Owners of a Warwick, Rhode Island nightclub where 100 people died in a fire and the former manager of the band whose pyrotechnics sparked the blaze won’t stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges for at least a...
Jan 24 2005 // Some Maine motorists are angered over a new law under which motor vehicle registrations can be suspended if an insurance company notifies the state of a motorist canceling or failing to pay insurance.So far, more than...
Jan 24 2005 // Insurance companies, claiming that the measure would have only minimal effect on insurance prices for doctors, got their wish as Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich (R) vetoed a reform bill passed earlier this month by lawmakers....