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Court Rules in Favor of Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund in Workers’ Comp Suit
Nov 4 2016 // The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in Boston, Mass., has ruled that the Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund is authorized to recover certain amounts paid by the fund in workers’ compensation benefits on...
UK Court Says Parliamentary Approval Needed for Brexit; Government to Appeal
Nov 3 2016 // England’s High Court ruled on Thursday that the British government requires parliamentary approval to trigger the process of exiting the European Union, upsetting Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plans. The...
AG Defends California Insurance Commissioner’s Regulatory Move
Nov 2 2016 // The California Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week, during which the Attorney General’s office in suit filed by the insurance industry defended a regulatory move by Insurance Dave Jones. The regulation was...
Federal Judge Upholds Airbnb Arbitration Clause in Racial Bias Case
Nov 2 2016 // A man who claims that the online lodging site Airbnb violated his civil rights must take his complaint to arbitration with Airbnb and cannot sue the online service, a federal judge has ruled. In a Nov. 1 ruling, Judge...
Ohio’s Authority to Regulate Injection Wells Goes Before Judge
Nov 2 2016 // A judge in Columbus is preparing to hear arguments in a dispute over Ohio’s authority to regulate oil andgas operations, including wells disposing of fracking wastewater. Attorneys for the Ohio Department of Natural...
Judge Allows Washington City’s Pollution Suit against Monsanto to Proceed
Nov 2 2016 // A federal judge says Spokane’s lawsuit against the agrochemical giant Monsanto regarding pollution in Washington’s Spokane River can move forward. The city sued Monsanto last year, alleging the company knew for...
Immigrant License Applications in New Mexico Slow as Cutoff Approaches
Oct 31 2016 // The number of immigrants seeking driver’s licenses in New Mexico has slowed but remains on pace to reach a four-year high as a deadline approaches to comply with federal ID requirements, according to a review by The...
Financial Services Firms Likely to Flee Britain If ‘Passport’ Regulations Lost ECB’s Lane
Oct 31 2016 // There is likely to be a significant flight of financial activity out of Britain if companies are no longer regulated on equivalent terms to those in the European Union after Brexit, European Central Bank council member...
Northern Ireland Can’t Block Britain’s Brexit: Court
Oct 31 2016 // Northern Ireland’s High Court on Friday rejected an attempt to block Britain’s exit from the European Union, saying that neither the province’s parliament nor its laws could override a decision by the...
Court Disqualifies 1 of 2 Medical Marijuana Proposals on Arkansas Ballot
Oct 28 2016 // Arkansas Supreme Court has disqualified a medical marijuana proposal from the November ballot less than two weeks before the election and with thousands of votes already cast, but voters will still be able to consider a...
Judge in Washington Finds Railway Could Be Liable if Spills Proven
Oct 28 2016 // A federal judge in Seattle has found that BNSF Railway could be held liable in a lawsuit claiming that coal spilled from trains pollutes waterways if environmental groups can show at trial that such discharges actually...
Judge Approves $265M Settlement in 2015 Pennsylvania Amtrak Derailment
Oct 28 2016 // A U.S. federal judge on Thursday approved a $265 million settlement over an Amtrak passenger train crash in Philadelphia in 2015 that killed eight people and injured about 200 others, court records showed. The settlement...
UK’s Regulator Reviews Mission as It Redefines Itself Under New CEO
Oct 27 2016 // The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority opened a review of its regulatory “mission” as the agency looks to redefine itself under a new chief executive officer following a turbulent year. The regulator said...
South Carolina Extends Emergency Consumer Protections to 15 More Counties
Oct 26 2016 // South Carolina Director of Insurance Ray Farmer has extended consumer protections provided under an emergency regulation order to 15 additional South Carolina counties with damage resulting from Hurricane Matthew. Farmer...
Michigan Doctor, a Former Lawmaker, Gets Probation for Insurance Fraud
Oct 26 2016 // A Lansing, Mich.-area doctor who is a former state lawmaker has been placed on probation for making false statements to an insurer. Judge Robert Jonker on Oct. 24 gave a significant break to Paul DeWeese, whose clinic, NBO...
U.S. Judge Approves $14.7 Billion Settlement for VW Diesel Car Owners
Oct 26 2016 // A U.S. judge on Tuesday approved one of the biggest corporate settlements on record, Volkswagen AG’s $14.7 billion deal arising from its diesel emissions cheating scandal, and the German automaker said it would begin...
Industry Needs to Address Gaps in Workers’ Compensation, AMCOMP Panelists Say
Oct 25 2016 // At the American Society of Workers’ Compensation Professionals (AMCOMP) Fall Meeting held recently in New York, Mark Walls, vice president of communications and strategic analysis at Safety National, and Kimberly...
Insurers vow ‘muscular’ response to over-regulation
Oct 25 2016 // Insurers aren’t known for their aggressive pushback against overly meddlesome regulations. American insurance companies – like any massive industry – have a large lobbying presence. But they tend to tread...
AARP Suit Says Workplace Wellness Programs Raise Medical Privacy Concerns
Oct 25 2016 // A lobbying group representing older Americans sued the Obama administration on Monday claiming regulations for programs designed to rein in employee health care costs will subject workers to invasions of their medical...
Former Vermont Regulator Donegan Joins NCCI as Chief Regulatory Services Officer
Oct 25 2016 // Susan Donegan has been named as the new chief regulatory services officer for the NCCI. Donegan assumed the position on Sept. 19, and succeeds Helen Westervelt, who announced her retirement in January of this year....
