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Oklahoma Panel Clears Prescription Drug Regulation Bill
Feb 21 2013 // Calling it a matter of public safety, a state lawmaker convinced an Oklahoma House committee to extend state oversight to companies that act as a middleman between pharmacies and people filling prescriptions through their...
Florida Senate Leader to Insurers: Where Are Savings from PIP Reforms?
Feb 21 2013 // Key Florida lawmakers are running out of patience with the state’s fraud-plagued no-fault motor vehicle insurance system that has cost policyholders hundred millions of dollars. Senate President Don Gaetz ,...
Best Reports Thailand’s Non-Life Sector Moving to New Regulatory Era after Floods
Feb 21 2013 // A new report from A.M. Best says that “regulatory reform and the 2011 floods continue to generate pressure for Thailand’s non-life insurance industry as it contends with uncertain loss development, stricter...
Bill Deadline in California Legislature Promises a Few Insurance Issues
Feb 20 2013 // It’s human nature to wait until the last minute to take care of business, and California legislators are a great example of that. The deadline to introduce bills in the Assembly and Senate is just over a day away:...
Survey: Most Texas Voters Support Licensing Roofers
Feb 20 2013 // A recent survey shows that most registered Texas voters support the licensing of roofers in the state. According to the survey by the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), when asked if roofing contractors should be licensed...
Former Louisiana Deputy Insurance Commissioner Joins Adams and Reese
Feb 19 2013 // Clarissa A. Preston, former head of the Office of Consumer Advocacy for the Louisiana Department of Insurance and the department’s first deputy commissioner, has joined the law firm of Adams and Reese in its Baton...
Where to Find the Best Possible Cyber Coverage
Feb 19 2013 // There are many cyber insurance products available for purchase, and each is somewhat unique. Some products are more comprehensive than others. Some cyber insurance products are combined with insurance policies of another...
Michigan Lawmakers Mull $31M For Health Care Exchange
Feb 19 2013 // Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration told lawmakers it needs their approval within weeks to spend a $31 million federal grant to help build a consumer-friendly health insurance marketplace under the contentious...
Catholic Bishops Urge Birth Control Reprieve in Fiscal Bills
Feb 18 2013 // U.S. Roman Catholic bishops stepped up their battle against President Obama’s contraceptives policy on Friday by urging Congress to use its fiscal debate to free religious employers from a mandate requiring insurance...
Missouri House Panel Considers Medical Liability Limits
Feb 15 2013 // Missouri doctors urged a state House committee to reinstate liability limits for medical malpractice cases after the state Supreme Court struck down an existing cap. An upper limit of $350,000 for noneconomic damages such...
Ghost of Charlie Crist Haunts Insurance Reform
Feb 15 2013 // It has been more than two years since the adults regained control of Florida, yet the specter of the Charlie Crist days of demagoguery, populism-at-any-cost and overall political buffoonery looms heavy over the state...
Missouri Bill to Raise Seat Belt Fines Gains Support
Feb 15 2013 // A long-running proposal to raise Missouri’s fines for seat belt violations gained support on Feb. 13 from police, doctors, truckers, insurers and – perhaps most importantly – the chairman of a committee...
Judge Accepts Transocean Settlement in Gulf Oil Spill
Feb 15 2013 // A federal judge on Thursday accepted a guilty plea by rig contractor Transocean Ltd. for violating the U.S. Clean Water Act along with a $400 million criminal fine for its role in the 2010 disaster at BP Plc’s...
Obama Administration Says Health Insurance Exchanges on Track
Feb 14 2013 // The Obama administration on Thursday assured U.S. lawmakers that it is on track to enroll millions of people in new state health insurance markets, but it quickly came under fire from Republicans and Democrats about how...
Missouri Senate Backs Bill to Replenish Second Injury Fund
Feb 14 2013 // Missouri senators have endorsed a two-part plan to replenish an insolvent fund for disabled workers and stop people with job-related diseases from bringing big-dollar lawsuits against their employers. The legislation...
California Lawmakers Question Regulating Fracking
Feb 14 2013 // California lawmakers are expressing doubts a Gov. Jerry Brown administration proposal to regulate hydraulic fracturing is tough enough and can be enforced by state oil regulators. State senators convened a joint...
Christians-Only Medi-Share Could Be Back in Business in Kentucky
Feb 14 2013 // A Christians-only health care ministry that was forced out of Kentucky last year could be invited back under legislation that cleared its first legislative hurdle this week. The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee voted...
Saft Commentary: The Fed Discovers Chicanery
Feb 14 2013 // Acknowledging that sometimes banks chisel clients and bank employees chisel banks may sound obvious to you, but for the Federal Reserve this is a pretty big step forward. Jeremy Stein, a member of the Board of Governors of...
SEC Needs Additional Funds to Implement Dodd-Frank: Chairman
Feb 14 2013 // The top U.S. securities regulator will urge lawmakers on Thursday to boost its funding, saying a failure to increase the budget could hamper its ability to enforce new rules of the road for Wall Street. The Securities and...
Oklahoma Bill Would Regulate Pharmacy Benefit Managers
Feb 13 2013 // A bill introduced in the Oklahoma Legislature seeks to regulate pharmacy benefit managers State Rep. David Derby (R-Owasso) and state Sen. Rob Standridge (R-Norman) introduced House 2100, to bring pharmacy benefit managers...
