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Audit: Wisconsin Medical Malpractice Fund in Poor Shape
Apr 1 2010 // A fund that helps Wisconsin health care providers pay medical malpractice claims is in poor financial shape after lawmakers raided $200 million to balance the budget, auditors have warned. The Injured Patients and Families...
Marsh Warns New UAE Risk Mgmt. Rules to Impact Financial Sector
Apr 1 2010 // A bulletin from Marsh’s London office warns that “firms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) could fall foul of new corporate governance rules and corporate discipline regulations unless they adopt a more systemic...
Irish Financial Woes Dominate Discussion, Country’s #2 Insurer Taken Over
Mar 31 2010 // The European Insurance Forum, held in Dublin Monday and Tuesday, was dominated by the fiscal crisis that has hit Ireland particularly hard. Although the country’s insurance industry remains a bright spot in an...
Florida’s Crist Opposes, Bush Backs Bill Deregulating Insurance Prices
Mar 31 2010 // Tallahassee politicians must ensure a robust private property insurance market to avoid a financial disaster if a major hurricane or several smaller storms strike the state this summer, former Gov. Jeb Bush said this...
U.S. Seeks Permanent Ban on Texting by Bus, Truck Drivers
Mar 31 2010 // U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has proposed a federal rule that would to specifically prohibit texting by interstate commercial truck and bus drivers. The proposed rule would make permanent an interim ban...
Mississippi Insurance Chief Hopes Rural Fire Truck Program Continues
Mar 30 2010 // There’s no such thing as too much fire protection for a rural state such as Mississippi, says Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney. Chaney was among dozens of co-sponsors on a 1995 bill that created the Rural Fire...
Judge: California Workers Ordered to Return to Work Immediately
Mar 26 2010 // Adding a wrinkle to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s plan to furlough state workers to help shore-up the state budget deficit, a California Superior Court Judge has ordered that furlough days for certain state...
Georgia Senate Revives Pickup Truck Seat Belt Bill
Mar 26 2010 // The Georgia Senate this week revived and approved a proposal that would force pickup truck drivers to wear their seat belts. The bill passed with a vote of 45-2. Bill sponsor Sen. Don Thomas, a physician and Republican...
Califonia Seeks Comments on Workers’ Comp Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule Regs
Mar 26 2010 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has posted an online forum for members of the public to review and comment on a draft of proposed regulations to update the medical treatment utilization schedule...
Marsh Joins Aon, Willis in Rejecting Contingent Commission Income
Mar 25 2010 // Giant insurance broker Marsh says its main brokerage unit will not accept contingent commissions on business for U.S. or Canadian clients but its Marsh & McLennan Agency and its affinity and personal lines business...
Plug Could Be Pulled from Flood Insurance Program Again This Weekend
Mar 25 2010 // Insurance and real estate agents are being advised to prepare their clients for another possible interruption of the federal flood insurance program in three days, which could be longer than the one that happened last...
Florida Governor, Regulator Want Check on Insurer Payments to Affiliates
Mar 24 2010 // Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said he would like to give the state insurance regulator authority to prevent excessive payments by home-based insurance companies to affiliated managing general agencies and other...
Insurance Agents, Carriers Make Progress in Modifying Dodd Bill
Mar 24 2010 // Insurance agents and carriers are reporting progress in their efforts to modify a proposed federal financial services regulation bill passed by the Senate Banking Committee, while risk managers have extended their support...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Advisers Wanted Recommendation, Didn’t Get It
Mar 23 2010 // The director of an embattled legislative panel bucked the position held by panel advisers when she declined to make a recommendation on a bill with sweeping consequences for the nation’s largest state-run injured...
Louisiana Regulators Propose Immunity Legislation for Citizens
Mar 22 2010 // Other Bills in Package Mostly ‘Clean-Up’ In a briefing session to introduce a package of bills supported by the Louisiana Department of Insurance for the upcoming legislative session, Insurance Commissioner Jim...
Louisiana’s Rep. Melancon: Chinese Drywall Poses a Fire Hazard
Mar 22 2010 // U.S. Congressman Charlie Melancon (LA-03) sent a letter to the nation’s top fire official requesting his assistance in protecting homeowners from toxic Chinese drywall. In his letter to U.S. Fire Administrator Kelvin...
Judge Rejects $575M Settlement Offer for Sept. 11 ‘Heroes’
Mar 22 2010 // A federal judge rejected a multimillion dollar settlement for people sickened by ash and dust from the World Trade Center, saying the deal to compensate 10,000 police officers, firefighters and other laborers didn’t...
Key Features of Healthcare Reform Passed By House
Mar 22 2010 // The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping $940 billion healthcare overhaul Sunday in a two-step process that sends a Senate version of the bill to President Barack Obama for his signature and a package of...
Georgia Supreme Court Rules Medical Awards Cap Unconstitutional
Mar 22 2010 // The Georgia Supreme Court has struck a cap on medical malpractice awards imposed in 2005 as part of a package of legislative tort reforms. The state’s high court said the law limiting noneconomic damages in medical...
House Approves Healthcare Bill with Fixes; Senate Vote Next
Mar 22 2010 // The House of Representatives gave final approval to a sweeping healthcare overhaul Sunday, expanding insurance coverage to nearly all Americans and handing President Barack Obama a landmark victory. On a late-night 219-212...
