All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 8 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America commended the approach taken by the Nevada Division of Insurance on the disclosure of broker compensation in a temporary regulation adopted last week.“Instead of...
Feb 8 2005 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s (D) call on Tuesday for an elected insurance commissioner would politicize the regulation of one of the state’s most important economic sectors, according to...
Feb 8 2005 // Independent agents and brokers are taking regulations mandating information privacy safeguards very seriously, if attendance at recent American Agents Alliance meetings is any indicator. The independent insurance...
Feb 7 2005 // New York City will appeal a judge’s ruling against the state ban on same-sex marriages, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Saturday.The mayor said that while he believes such marriages should be permitted, “if we did...
Feb 7 2005 // A federal judge has sided with the state of Maine in an industry challenge to the constitutionality of a state law that requires pharmacy benefit managers to disclose side payments from drug companies and other financial...
Feb 7 2005 // Civil justice reform and medical malpractice insurance are the topics to watch as today’s session of the Georgia Legislature convenes in Atlanta. A legislative update has been issued by the Professional Insurance...
Feb 7 2005 // Four months before the hurricane season, storm clouds are forming due to insurance reform measures suggested by Sen. Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton.Klein told South Florida television stations and newspapers it’s essential...
Feb 7 2005 // The Florida Legislature is considering numerous actions during spring sessions, including taking a close look at preparedness for the upcoming hurricane season, now five months away; implementing single-deductibles;...
Feb 7 2005 // Oklahoma lawmakers previously announced that workers’ compensation would figure prominently in this year’s legislative session. So far they are backing up their words with action, as a number of bills have...
Feb 7 2005 // The Association of California Insurance Companies 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...
Feb 7 2005 // For the first time, California now mandates that employers with 50 or more employees provide sexual harassment training to their supervisors.On Sept. 29, 2004, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law a statute that...
Feb 6 2005 // A proposed $168 million shareholder lawsuit settlement by 18 former Enron Corp. directors who oversaw the company ahead of its 2001 flameout received preliminary approval from a Texas judge Friday, along with two other...
Feb 4 2005 // Former insurance studies research fellow and strategic public affairs counsel, Robert Detlefsen, Ph.D., has joined the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) as director of public policy.Detlefsen will...
Feb 4 2005 // Aiming to bring common sense back to Oklahoma’s legal system, reduce health care costs for citizens and create a stronger economic climate, Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives Todd Hiett unveiled details...
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’...