Latest Legislation Headlines
All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge OKs Class Action Pension Suit against Soda Ash Producer
Apr 9 2008 // A federal judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit against a Wyoming soda ash company over alleged cuts in workers’ pension benefits. U.S. Judge Alan Johnson of Cheyenne in February authorized the class-action...
Workers’ Comp for Mental Injuries Narrowed to First Responders in Neb.
Apr 9 2008 // State lawmakers have decided that first responders who suffer mental illness after witnessing a violent act should be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits, but other employees should not. Police officers,...
Colorado Legislation Threatens Auto Insurance Savings, Insurers Say
Apr 8 2008 // The Colorado Legislature is considering a bill that would add bureaucratic red tape and costs to the state’s automobile insurance system, claims the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), which is...
Lloyd’s Welcomes Overhaul of U.S. Regulations
Apr 7 2008 // Lloyd’s has welcomed the focus given to international issues in the US Treasury Blueprint for modernizing the US financial regulatory structure. The report sets out how the US Treasury believes financial regulation,...
Texas Supreme Court to Rehear Entergy Workers’ Comp Case
Apr 7 2008 // The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to rehear a case from Jefferson County dealing with the scope of the state workers’ compensation law. The court has not yet set the date for new arguments but said April 5 it will...
Subprime Crisis Reveals Larger Problems in Government Regulation
Apr 7 2008 // America is in the midst of a significant financial crisis. A meltdown in the subprime mortgage sector and the resulting credit crunch are threatening to drag down our economy. We applaud the aggressive steps taken by the...
Insurer Exemption From N.H. Consumer Protection Law Questioned
Apr 7 2008 // The mortgage crisis is prompting some people to take another look at New Hampshire’s consumer protection law. Six years ago, the Legislature changed the law to exempt the banking, insurance, public utilities and...
Push for Federal Regulation is Call Ror No Regulation
Apr 7 2008 // Editor’s Note: The following letter was sent to the president of American Insurance Association Gov. Marc Racicot. I read with interest your letter and news release calling for state insurance regulators to...
‘State v. Federal’ Fight Heats Up
Apr 7 2008 // In the face of growing economic turmoil the Bush administration is calling for an overhaul of system of regulating the nation’s financial services industries — including insurance. The reform proposal announced...
Subprime Crisis Reveals Larger Problems in Government Regulation
Apr 7 2008 // America is in the midst of a significant financial crisis. A meltdown in the subprime mortgage sector and the resulting credit crunch are threatening to drag down our economy. We applaud the aggressive steps taken by the...
‘State v. Federal’ Fight Heats Up
Apr 7 2008 // In the face of growing economic turmoil the Bush administration is calling for an overhaul of system of regulating the nation’s financial services industries — including insurance. The reform proposal announced...
South La. Lawmakers Seek Rate Cut
Apr 7 2008 // South Louisiana lawmakers are pushing to give some homeowners a 10 percent break on their property insurance, though the legislation faces firm opposition from state Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon. House Bill 213 could...
Subprime Crisis Reveals Larger Problems in Government Regulation
Apr 7 2008 // America is in the midst of a significant financial crisis. A meltdown in the subprime mortgage sector and the resulting credit crunch are threatening to drag down our economy. We applaud the aggressive steps taken by the...
Subprime Crisis Reveals Larger Problems in Government Regulation
Apr 7 2008 // America is in the midst of a significant financial crisis. A meltdown in the subprime mortgage sector and the resulting credit crunch are threatening to drag down our economy. We applaud the aggressive steps taken by the...
Industry Lines Up ‘Pro and Con’ on Bush Plan for Federal Regulator
Apr 7 2008 // Insurance industry groups lined up quickly with responses to the Bush administration’s proposed overhaul of the way the government regulates the nation’s financial services industries, including insurance. The...
Montana Republican Criticizes Bush Administration Proposal
Apr 4 2008 // The Republican candidate for Montana state auditor and insurance commissioner is criticizing plans by the Bush Administration for the federal government to take over regulation of the insurance industry. Duane Grimes says...
U.S. Business Lobbyists Launch WTO Offensive
Apr 4 2008 // Business lobbyists from the United States will descend on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva next week to push for favorable terms in a new trade deal, a source familiar with the visits said on Friday. The visits...
Update: Kentucky Passes Bill on Thrill Ride Operation after Grisly Accident
Apr 4 2008 // Most high schoolers will soon be barred from operating thrill rides in Kentucky after a grisly accident last year severed the feet of a girl at a Louisville amusement park. The state Senate voted 37-0 on Tuesday night for...
New Texas Crash Reports Sans Victims’ Numbers Aim to Curb Scams
Apr 4 2008 // Police officers in Texas will have one less blank to fill out while investigating traffic accidents this year, the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud reported. The form will no longer contain phone numbers for crash...
Insurer Group Sees Tennessee Legislation as Victory for Insured Drivers
Apr 4 2008 // Tennessee drivers scored a major legislative victory with the passage of a new law that stops cities from imposing hidden taxes on motorists, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America. The...
