Latest Legislation Headlines
All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Many Gray Areas in Legal Arguments Over Botched Faceook IPO
May 30 2012 // Facebook’s initial public offering has sparked lawsuits and investigations after a botched trading debut on the Nasdaq stock market delayed the completion of many orders and questions arose about selective...
Google Wins Copyright Ruling in France
May 29 2012 // A French court ruled that Google is not responsible for filtering content on YouTube, dealing a blow to French broadcaster TF1 which sought damages for copyrighted sports and movies which ended up on the video-sharing...
Court Rules Suit Over Student’s Death Can Proceed
May 29 2012 // The Utah Supreme Court has paved the way for a lawsuit over the November 2008 death of a St. George high school student to proceed in federal court. In a 3-2 decision handed down Friday, justices ruled school districts...
R.I. Enacts New Law to Assist Homeowners With Hurricane-Related Claims
May 24 2012 // Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee on Tuesday signed into law legislation designed to provide additional protection to homeowners when they suffer damages from hurricanes. The legislation (House bill 2012-H7484A and Senate...
Maryland’s State-Run WC Insurer IWIF to Become Private Nonprofit Co.
May 23 2012 // The Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund (IWIF), Maryland’s state-run workers’ comp insurance carrier, will become a private, nonprofit company under a new name Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance, effective...
Texas Judge Rules State Parole Officials Can Be Held Liable
May 23 2012 // A federal judge in Texas has ordered that state parole officials can be held personally liable by inmates suing over restrictive sex-offender conditions required of them, even though they were never convicted of a sex...
AIA Calls for More International Market Access for U.S. Insurers
May 23 2012 // The American Insurance Association has issued a statement, which points out several instances of a “disconnect between the continued significant global insurance capacity and a strong demand for insurance products...
Weather, Safety Concerns Pull Plug on Bloomington, Indiana July 4 Show
May 22 2012 // Concerns about weather, costs and new regulations on temporary stages sparked by last year’s deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair have prompted organizers to cancel an annual Fourth of July picnic and...
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Judge Vacates Order After Ethics Rule Cited
May 22 2012 // An Oklahoma workers’ compensation court judge has vacated an order he signed in favor of an attorney he plans to work for after leaving the bench. Judge Kent Eldridge told The Oklahoman in a copyright story that he...
No Changes Made for Missouri Injured Worker Fund
May 22 2012 // Missouri’s financially troubled fund for injured workers will get no relief from the state Legislature for at least another year. The state Second Injury Fund takes businesses off the hook for paying the claims of...
N.Y. to Boot Crooked, ‘Dirty Doctors’ From No-Fault Insurance
May 21 2012 // Insurance regulators plan to start kicking crooked doctors out of New York’s no-fault program next month, calling them linchpins in fake-accident scams that cost insurers and ultimately policyholders hundreds of...
Tennessee Cracks Down on Roofing Contractor Fraud
May 21 2012 // Roofing contractors operating in Tennessee will have to provide residents whose homes are damaged due to tornadoes and other storms with more information about their company and about their rights to cancel contracts under...
Senate Expected to Decide Fate of Flood Insurance Program This Week
May 21 2012 // This week the Senate should reveal whether it will tackle a five-year extension with reform of the federal flood insurance program or another short-term authorization, or both. The National Flood Insurance Program is...
Down the Road Again
May 21 2012 // As spring folds into summer and tornado season segues into flood and hurricane season, federal lawmakers are revisting whether to reauthorize and reform the National Flood Insurance Program for what seems like the...
Missouri’s Vetoes, Overrides
May 21 2012 // Missouri’s legislature and its governor have been back and forth so far this year on legislation that would effect changes in the state’s workers’ compensation system. Among them, bills that would prevent...
N.Y. Proposes New Rule to Fight No-Fault Fraud
May 21 2012 // New York State regulators are expanding their effort to stop no-fault auto insurance fraud. The New York Department of Financial Services announced a draft regulation, Regulation 68, that would make it easier for insurers...
Expense Report
May 21 2012 // Multistate regulation adds 26 percent on average to the expense ratio of a multistate commercial liability insurer. That’s compared to an insurer, such as a risk retention group, which only has to comply with a...
Florida Revises Workers’ Comp Certificates, Audit Laws
May 21 2012 // Florida’s governor has signed legislation streamlining the workers’ compensation certificate process, eliminating mandatory premium audits, and discontinuing refunds for insurers with excess profits. Gov. Rick...
Hawaii Lawmakers Pass 3 Cybercrime Measures
May 21 2012 // Hawaii lawmakers have approved a trio of bills aimed at preventing cybercrimes. The bills offer law enforcement and prosecutors more tools to charge and penalize those who use computers to commit crimes. One bill allows...
The Cost of Duplicate Regulation
May 21 2012 // Multistate Regulation Hikes Commercial Insurers’ Expenses and Premiums by 26% Buyers of commercial liability insurance pay on average 26 percent more in insurer expenses if their insurance company has to comply with...
