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Does Consumer Watchdog Founder Want Asimov-like Rules for Robot Cars?
Jul 10 2017 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv A virtual grin arose on the face of Harvey Rosenfield with the mention of Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. The mention was made during a phone call, but the overwhelming...
China’s Graft-Buster Is Front Runner to Head Insurance Watchdog: Sources
Jul 10 2017 // China is likely to name a senior Communist Party graft-buster to oversee the insurance sector, people familiar with the matter said, a signal that the country’s ongoing crackdown on irregular business practices in...
Public Service Commissioner Patronis Picked as Next Florida CFO
Jul 10 2017 // Gov. Rick Scott tapped Jimmy Patronis, a member of the Florida Public Service Commission and a former Florida State Representative, as Florida’s next chief financial officer, according to a statement from the...
South Carolina Sets Insurer Deadline Related to New Moped Safety Law
Jul 10 2017 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance has set a deadline for auto insurers in the state to meet the requirements of recently passed moped safety legislation. The new moped law, which took effect July 1, amends South...
Pennsylvania Introduces Legislation to Limit Surprise Balance Bills
Jul 10 2017 // Pennsylvania House Health and Insurance Committee Chairs Matt Baker and Tina Pickett have introduced legislation to protect health care consumers from surprise balance bills in a move Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner...
California Surplus Lines Don’t Want to be Left Out of State’s Marijuana Regs
Jul 10 2017 // California’s surplus lines industry is trying to clear up the haze over a proposed regulation that would require medical marijuana businesses to purchase insurance only from admitted carriers. The regulation is one...
Returning from Recess, Senate Republicans Worried Obamacare Repeal Will Fail
Jul 9 2017 // Republicans expressed increasing pessimism on Sunday about the prospects for the healthcare bill in the U.S. Senate aimed at rolling back Obamacare as lawmakers prepared to return from a week-long recess. One prominent...
Brexit Should Preserve Free Trade for Financial Services: FCA’s Bailey
Jul 7 2017 // Finance firms should not be forced by regulators to change location after Britain leaves the European Union in 2019, Andrew Bailey, chief executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority told a Reuters Newsmaker...
Truck Speeding Fix Among Safety Rules Halted by Trump Anti-Regulation Order
Jul 7 2017 // Years of pleas from parents whose son was killed by a speeding tractor-trailer, buy-in from some truckers and the promise of fewer highway deaths convinced U.S. officials in September to propose requiring speed-limiting...
Republican Lawmaker Mulready to Run for Oklahoma Insurance Post
Jul 6 2017 // A Republican state legislator from Tulsa has filed candidacy paperwork indicating he plans to run for Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner in 2018. State Rep. Glen Mulready filed a Statement of Organization form over the...
California Governor Pushing for Cap-And-Trade Deal Before Deadline
Jul 6 2017 // Gov. Jerry Brown is working with lawmakers, business groups and environmentalists to reach a deal on extending cap and trade, California’s landmark program aimed at slowing global warming. Brown wants a consensus...
Q&A: How Driverless Car Technology Could Impact New York and Other States
Jul 6 2017 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in May signed a budget bill into law allowing self-driving and self-parking cars to be tested for one year on New York public highways. Prior to this law going...
Court: Former Work Comp Commissioner Can Sue Iowa over Alleged GOP Reprisals
Jul 6 2017 // In a landmark decision making it easier for citizens to sue government officials who violate their rights, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a Democratic appointee can seek damages for alleged political retaliation he...
Opinion: Floridians Will Pay More For Less Under Citizens Managed Repair Program
Jul 6 2017 // Florida is famous for its catastrophic hurricanes, however, we also have our fair share of daily claims such as fire, vandalism and water losses. Florida is now becoming known for what is referred to as the...
Proposed Ohio Legislation Adds Opportunities for Self-Insurance
Jun 30 2017 // Ohio is one of the few states that does not allow private insurers to participate in the workers’ compensation system, although it permits larger employers to “self-insure” to administer and pay their own...
Federal Judge Permits Some VW Investor Claims Over Diesel Scandal
Jun 30 2017 // A federal judge in California on Wednesday allowed some claims to proceed by investors who sued Volkswagen AG over its diesel emissions scandal, but agreed to the German automaker’s request to dismiss parts of the...
Insurers Say They Need Access to Data from Automated Car Systems
Jun 30 2017 // Property/casualty insurance carriers want future federal rules governing driverless vehicles to guarantee insurers “reasonable” access to data from cars with automated driving systems. “The increasing...
North Carolina Lawmakers Hammer Out Details of $100M in Hurricane Relief
Jun 30 2017 // Lawmakers are figuring out how to spend $100 million earmarked in the recently approved North Carolina budget for continued cleanup and rebuilding from Hurricane Matthew. The House approved unanimously Wednesday a measure...
Opioids, Distracted Driving Cited in Rise of Preventable Accidents
Jun 29 2017 // More than 130,000 Americans are killed annually by preventable causes, and the number has been climbing at a faster rate recently because of opioid abuse and car crashes involving drivers distracted by mobile devices. The...
Senate Republicans Delay Healthcare Vote as Support Wanes
Jun 27 2017 // U.S. Senate Republican leaders postponed a vote on a healthcare overhaul on Tuesday after resistance from members of their own party, and President Donald Trump summoned Republican senators to the White House to urge them...
