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Michigan Mixed Martial Arts Bill Includes Insurance Requirement
Feb 13 2013 // A Michigan House committee plans to debate a bill that would place state regulations on amateur mixed martial arts events. The Regulatory Reform Committee is considering a bill would require event promoters to get state...
Goals of the U.S.-EU Free Trade Agreement; Re/Insurance Regs Reconsidered
Feb 13 2013 // Negotiations for a free-trade agreement between the United States and the European Union are set to begin within months, almost two decades after the idea was first floated between the world’s two largest...
Judge Denies Wells Fargo Attempt to Block Financial Crisis Suit
Feb 13 2013 // A federal judge on Tuesday denied Wells Fargo’s attempt to beat back a financial-crisis lawsuit by arguing it conflicted with an earlier settlement. District Judge Rosemary Collyer in Washington, who is supervising...
Rules for Dodd-Frank Top Republican House Agenda
Feb 12 2013 // Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are gearing up to overhaul the housing finance system this year and will soon map out ways to monitor Wall Street reform rules, according to a draft agenda circulating on...
Arkansas Lawmakers Weigh Competing Tort Reform Ideas
Feb 12 2013 // Arkansas lawmakers are weighing competing ballot measures to address rulings that overturned parts of a 2003 tort reform law, including a proposal to give the Legislature the authority to write the rules and practices for...
Nebraska Lawmakers Pushing Traffic-Safety Measures
Feb 12 2013 // Motorists and passengers who ride without a seat belt could face a $100 fine in Nebraska, and might even see their insurance rates increase if a bill in the Legislature becomes law. Nebraska lawmakers are proposing a...
Obama Expected to Issue Cyber Defense Order
Feb 12 2013 // President Barack Obama plans to release a long-awaited executive order aimed at improving the nation’s defenses against cyber attacks as early as Wednesday, according to sources familiar with the matter. The order,...
Florida Lawmakers Unveil Property Reform Proposals
Feb 11 2013 // Florida lawmakers’ first draft of a property reform emphasizes depopulating and diverting policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-backed property insurer that has 1.3 million policyholders. The...
Florida’s Workers’ Comp Market Outlook Remains Positive
Feb 11 2013 // The outlook for Florida’s workers’ compensation market continues to be strong as a competitive market offers affordable rates, although costs could be reduced further if the state addressed prescription drug...
The Insurance Mood in Tallahassee
Feb 11 2013 // Lawmakers Have Insurance Concerns But Will They Act in 2013? When you ask experts in Florida to describe the mood of state lawmakers about insurance reforms in 2013 they use words like “disinterested” and...
Agents Act Now on Healthcare Reform
Feb 11 2013 // The year is a prime time for agents and brokers to begin preparing their clients for Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements coming in 2014. Don’t assume that you can wait until the beginning of the plan year to...
Oklahoma Agents Group on Workers’ Comp Reform: Wait-and-See
Feb 8 2013 // Workers’ compensation reform is certain to be an issue during the 2013 legislative session in Oklahoma and it is a major concern for the state’s independent insurance agents. The board of the Independent...
Oklahoma Lawmaker Wants Audit of Insurance Department
Feb 8 2013 // An Oklahoma state senator wants the governor to request a performance audit of the agency that regulates insurance in that state. Sen. Harry Coates sent a letter to Gov. Mary Fallin requesting the audit because Republican...
Alabama Warns Hundreds of Insurers to Register or Face Fine
Feb 8 2013 // Hundreds of property/casualty insurance companies have not registered with Alabama regulators as required, prompting the state insurance department to issue a warning and extend the registration deadline to March 31. The...
Texas Lawmaker Tackles Football in Public School Concussion Fight
Feb 7 2013 // A state lawmaker who wants to make concussion screenings as routine as physicals in Texas public school athletics has taken direct aim at football. State Rep. Eddie Lucio III has filed a bill that would limit high school...
California Bill Would Force Gun Owners to Buy Insurance
Feb 7 2013 // Democratic lawmakers have proposed legislation that would require California gun owners to buy liability insurance to cover damages or injuries caused by their weapons. Similar bills have been introduced in other states...
West Virginia Court Rules Negligent Mine Inspectors Can Be Sued
Feb 7 2013 // Private and federal mine safety inspectors can be held liable and sued when a negligent inspection results in the wrongful death of a coal miner, the state Supreme Court ruled in handing a victory to the widows of two men...
Conservative Oklahoma Lawmaker, ACLU Team Up on Privacy Rights
Feb 6 2013 // A conservative Oklahoma lawmaker and the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma are working together to advance legislation to privacy rights of Oklahomans in the face of rapidly advancing technology. State Rep. Paul...
South Dakota Lawmakers Endorse Teen Driving Safety Measures
Feb 6 2013 // A package of recommendations that would ban beginning drivers from using cellphones behind the wheel and make other changes aimed at reducing teen traffic fatalities and serious injuries is progressing through the South...
Florida Considers Partners for Health Insurance Exchange
Feb 6 2013 // Florida lawmakers heard this week from two organizations that could serve as partners in running an insurance exchange under the federal health overhaul. Florida has missed the deadline to run its own online marketplace...
