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South Carolina Officials, MADD Push Stricter DUI Legislation
Feb 19 2019 // South Carolina officials have joined members of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in support of stricter DUI legislation. Gov. Henry McMaster, law enforcement and some members of the General Assembly joined that group Feb. 12...
Things to Consider When Charging Broker Fees
Feb 18 2019 // A broker fee is a fee in addition to premium and commission that is charged by retail and wholesale insurance brokers and that ultimately is paid by the insurance buyer. Such fees are subject to two overriding rules: (1)...
What’s Next for Brexit? Options Include Disorderly, Delayed or No Brexit
Feb 15 2019 // Britain’s parliament last month demanded Prime Minister Theresa May renegotiate a Brexit divorce deal that the other members of the European Union say they will not reopen. With just six weeks until the United...
New Ventures, Driver Shortage Among Challenges in Trucking Insurance Market
Feb 15 2019 // The transportation industry is considered a barometer of the U.S. economy. If freight is trending up, so too is the U.S. economy. But capacity constraints for trucking – including a shortage of qualified drivers, low...
Videogame Maker Asks Judge to Toss California Suit Filed over Rapper’s Dance
Feb 14 2019 // The makers of “Fortnite” have asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit from a rapper who says the video game is illegally using a dance he created. Epic Games filed the motion Monday to dismiss the lawsuit...
Mayor Establishes D.C. Financial Services Regulatory Sandbox, Innovation Council
Feb 14 2019 // District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser recently established the District of Columbia Financial Services Regulatory Sandbox and Innovation Council. The council is charged with studying and reporting on the feasibility of...
Mississippi Lawmakers Consider Bill Limiting Liability of Property Owners
Feb 12 2019 // Mississippi senators are advancing a bill that would limit people’s ability to sue property owners for injuries or other problems. Senate Bill 2901 passed Thursday by a 32-17 vote. It was held for the possibility of...
Lawmaker: West Virginia Paying Insurance for 4K Vehicles It Doesn’t Own
Feb 11 2019 // A West Virginia lawmaker says the state has been paying insurance on thousands of vehicles than it doesn’t actually own. House of Delegates committee on government organization chairman Gary Howell announced last...
Bills Would Improve Access to Medical Marijuana in North Dakota
Feb 11 2019 // As North Dakota’s Health Department enters the final stages of implementing a statewide distribution system for medical marijuana, state lawmakers are considering proposals that would make it easier for patients to...
Using Hands-Free Devices While Driving Not So Risky: Research
Feb 11 2019 // New research suggests that drivers who use hands-free electronic devices, as opposed to handheld ones, are not increasing their risk of getting into a crash. According to the research from Virginia Tech Transportation...
Another California Utility One Wildfire Away From Ruin
Feb 11 2019 // The warning couldn’t have been clearer. As PG&E Corp. plunged into bankruptcy last month, S&P Global Ratings slashed credit grades almost to junk status for California’s two other big electric...
Quadriga’s Frozen Cryptocurrencies Highlight Canada’s Regulatory Vacuum
Feb 11 2019 // Canada’s biggest securities regulator said on Friday that it was looking into Quadriga CX, as concerns grow that a regulatory gap leaves investors in the digital platform unprotected against potential losses. The...
Bipartisan Bill Would Require Secondary Cockpit Door on All Existing Airplanes
Feb 11 2019 // U.S. lawmakers are pushing for stronger aviation security with a bipartisan bill that would require passenger airlines to install secondary security doors between cabins and the cockpit on current aircraft to prevent...
Microsoft’s Home State’s Facial Recognition Privacy Bill Could Be Model for Others
Feb 8 2019 // Two months after calling for laws to regulate facial-recognition software, Microsoft Corp. is lobbying on behalf of a first-of-its-kind bill in its home state of Washington. The question is whether cross-town rival...
Judge Pauses Lawsuits Against Crypto Exchange as It Hunts for Missing Password
Feb 7 2019 // A cryptocurrency platform that lost access to millions of dollars when its founder died with sole knowledge of company passwords has been granted a temporary reprieve from creditor lawsuits. Halifax judge Michael Wood on...
Court Ruling Against ‘Law of Nature’ Patent Riles Biotech
Feb 7 2019 // A way to diagnose a severe neurological disorder can’t be patented as it covers a law of nature, a U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday in a closely watched case that sought to clarify the patenting for medical...
Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Afable Names 3 to Leadership Team
Feb 6 2019 // Wisconsin’s new insurance commissioner, Mark Afable, has made three additional appointments to the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance’s (OCI) leadership team Nathan Houdek has been tapped to serve as...
Vermont Lawmakers Seek to Eliminate Insurance Pre-Authorization
Feb 6 2019 // Vermont legislators are seeking to ban insurance companies or Medicaid from requiring pre-authorization before approving medication-assisted treatment. Democratic Rep. Ann Pugh tells The Times Argus she wants to remove any...
West Virginia Gov. Appoints Hunter Acting Insurance Commissioner
Feb 6 2019 // West Virginia Governor Jim Justice has appointed Erin K. Hunter as acting insurance commissioner for the state, effective Jan. 25, 2019. She takes over for Allan McVey who was appointed by Justice last month as Secretary...
Florida Insurance Commissioner Altmaier Elected VP of the NAIC
Feb 6 2019 // Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has been elected by members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to serve as vice president of the organization, effective immediately. Altmaier joins...
