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Lawmakers See Expanded Role for Calif. Insurance Commissioner
May 14 2010 // Two state lawmakers are the leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for California insurance commissioner, the statewide office responsible for regulating insurers at a time of great change and heightened scrutiny...
Nevada Insurance Commissioner Resigns; State Seeks Replacement
May 13 2010 // Nevada’s Business & Industry Director Dianne Cornwall announced that Nevada Insurance Commissioner Scott J. Kipper has resigned from the position, effective June 2, 2010. Kipper has been insurance commissioner...
South Carolina Firefighters Urge Lawmakers to Keep Sprinkler Code
May 13 2010 // South Carolina firefighters urged legislators this week to uphold a construction code requiring that new homes be equipped with fire sprinklers in a debate that pits safety against cost. They urged senators to defeat a...
Senators Slam Oil Executives Over Gulf Spill
May 12 2010 // U.S. senators Tuesday tried to pin the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on the companies involved, scrutinizing their safety practices and demanding full compensation be paid for the cleanup. In hearings before two...
Tornado Shelter Legislation Killed in Oklahoma Senate
May 12 2010 // The Oklahoma Senate has killed a bill that would have required owners of mobile and RV parks to provide tenants with a plan to seek shelter. The bill’s author, State Rep. Pat Ownbey, praised a mobile home park south...
McCarty Denies Bill Means Automatic Rate Hikes; Urges Crist to Sign It
May 12 2010 // Florida Gov. Charlie Crist may have just received an important nod he needs to be able to sign a homeowners insurance bill headed towards his desk. In a letter, Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty is urging Crist...
New Jersey Targeting Growth in Captive and Reinsurance Markets
May 11 2010 // New Jersey Insurance Commissioner Tom Considine praised new, bipartisan legislation that would grow the reinsurance market and create a captive insurance market in the Garden State. The captive insurance bill was put...
Oil Executives Face Congress Today, Blame Each Other for Spill
May 11 2010 // Big oil goes under the spotlight Tuesday when U.S. lawmakers grill top executives on a drilling rig explosion and oil spill that threatens an environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. The hearings come during a...
New York Lawmakers Hold Discussion on Coastal Insurance Issues
May 10 2010 // New York lawmakers hold a roundtable discussion today with insurance agents and industry leaders over the difficulties facing the coastal homeowners insurance market. The meeting at the state legislature was called for by...
Connecticut Lawmakers Fail to Take Up Power Plant Bill
May 7 2010 // Connecticut lawmakers ran out of time to pass legislation that addresses power plant safety in the wake of the deadly Feb. 7 Kleen Energy plant explosion in Middletown. Some legislators were still attempting to pass a bill...
West Virginia Mulls Second Mine Inspection Agency
May 7 2010 // West Virginia is mulling a new state agency dedicated to policing dangerous coal mines in response to an explosion that killed 29 men at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine. The state Board of Coal Mine Health and...
Louisiana to Borrow $320M for New Construction Spending
May 6 2010 // Louisiana will borrow $320 million next year for state construction projects, far less than needed to fulfill the billions of dollars in requests from lawmakers and state agencies, the governor’s top budget adviser...
Vermont Lawmakers to Ban Driving While Texting
May 6 2010 // Vermont lawmakers want to put an S-T-O-P to drivers who text. Under a deal reached Tuesday between lawmakers, texting by drivers of any age will be banned, starting this summer. And the bill that says so goes a step...
U.S. ‘Ill-Prepared’ for Financial Crisis, Says Former Treasury Chief
May 6 2010 // Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson admitted on Thursday the United States was ill-prepared for the financial crisis that struck in 2008 and said he had not foreseen the depth of mortgage-related problems. The...
U.S. Senate Bank Reform Fight Turns to Consumers, Fed
May 6 2010 // The U.S. Senate’s debate on Wall Street reform shifted Thursday to a running battle over consumer protection and an impending challenge to Federal Reserve secrecy, with small banks also scoring a win. In the second...
Louisiana Lawmakers Shelve Bill on Saints’ Workers’ Comp Issue
May 5 2010 // The Louisiana Legislature won’t be meddling any further this session in a workers’ compensation dispute between NFL players and the New Orleans Saints. The Saints had been pushing a bill to lessen its...
Democrats Garner More Votes in U.S. Senate for Financial Reform Bill
May 5 2010 // Democrats fought to push their Wall Street reform forward in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, slating more votes despite Republican resistance on a bill that is expected to pass within weeks. The chief negotiators for both...
Judge: Brown University Rape-Accusation Suit Can Proceed
May 5 2010 // A student who says he was falsely accused of rape by a Brown University classmate can move forward with his lawsuit against the Ivy League school, a federal judge ruled. William McCormick III filed a federal lawsuit that...
Connecticut Lawmakers Pass Temporary TARP Bonus Tax
May 4 2010 // Connecticut lawmakers have approved a bill imposing extra taxes on bonuses paid to state employees of investment banks and insurers that received federal bailout aid during the economic crisis. The House of Representatives...
Conservator Appointed to Manage Contractor’s Access Program of Calif.
May 4 2010 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) has appointed Bickmore Risk Services and Consulting as conservator for the Contractor’s Access Program of California (CAP), which is a self-insured group...
