Latest Legislation Headlines
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Long-Sought Pennsylvania Mine Safety Bill Hits New Snags
Apr 10 2008 // A new disagreement has erupted over efforts to overhaul Pennsylvania’s 1961 mine safety law, threatening a compromise forged more than five years after the rescue of nine miners in western Pennsylvania spurred a push...
Connecticut Supreme Court Allows State’s Damages Suit against Marsh
Apr 10 2008 // Connecticut’s Attorney General Richard Blumenthal can attempt to recover damages from Marsh & McLennan Inc. for harming the economy of the entire state, the state’s Supreme Court ruled. The ruling stems...
Florida Reviewing Allstate’s Document Release
Apr 9 2008 // Allstate has put about 150,000 pages of documents related to its pricing policy on its Web site, but it didn’t appear Monday to satisfy the state, which has suspended the insurance giant’s right to do new...
European Insurance Forum Examines Industry Changes
Apr 9 2008 // The 10th edition of the European Insurance Forum wrapped up proceedings on Tuesday night. The two-day conference, held at Dublin’s Four Seasons Hotel and sponsored by the Dublin Insurance & Management...
Maryland Pulls Plug on Speed Cameras
Apr 9 2008 // Speed cameras aren’t coming to Maryland highways. State lawmakers appeared poised to allow speeding cameras, but the final moments of the year’s session in Annapolis ticked away without lawmakers agreeing on...
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...
