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La. Isn’t the Only Coastal State With Insurance Troubles
Mar 12 2007 // Eighteen months after the hurricanes, “crisis” is the term everyone uses to describe Louisiana’s insurance problems. The governor spends much of her time begging insurance companies to continue doing...
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Mar 12 2007 // Ohio legislators challenge governor’s veto on fraud damage limits Republican lawmakers had no legal authority to ask the Ohio Supreme Court to throw out a veto Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland carried out on his first...
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Mar 12 2007 // Nevada lawmakers debate policy on drug tests for injured workers Injured Nevada workers could face required drug tests to prevail in insurance disputes, under an industry-backed proposal debated by state legislators. The...
Beacon Mutual gets R.I. audit
Mar 12 2007 // Rhode Island officials have completed their audit of Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. and turned over the results to the workers’ compensation insurer. However it will be weeks before the public learns what is in the...
Number of catastrophe-related laws enacted rose significantly in 2006
Mar 12 2007 // State lawmakers ready to exceed or outpace last year’s total Enacted catastrophe-related laws increased dramatically in the states last year, according to the annual survey of state insurance laws prepared by an...
Mass. health insurers agree on $175 a month plan under new law
Mar 12 2007 // The average uninsured Massachusetts resident could obtain health care coverage for as little as $175 a month under the state’s insurance law, Gov. Deval Patrick announced as he released the results of negotiations...
Judge Senter weighs binding arbitration in Miss. State Farm Katrina settlement
Mar 12 2007 // U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr., the federal judge weighing competing plans to resolve thousands of disputed claims in Mississippi against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. after Hurricane Katrina, held a hearing...
Protecting customer data under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
Mar 12 2007 // Insurance agents and brokers constantly deal with customers’ personal information. Yet many in the industry may not be aware of the legal requirements for handling or storing this information. How should agents and...
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Mar 12 2007 // Insurers lose steam in auto rate reg fight A California Superior Court judge has thrown out a lawsuit that challenged rules requiring auto insurers to base their rates primarily on drivers’ records instead of where...
Minn. Lawmakers Consider Bad Faith Proposals
Mar 9 2007 // Minnesota lawmakers are considering proposed legislation which would authorize additional legal action against insurers when investigating suspicious claims. The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) say...
Reinsurers’ Group Says Regulation Goes Beyond Collateralization Issue
Mar 9 2007 // Franklin W. Nutter, president of the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) said reinsurance regulation goes beyond the narrow issue of collateral, and is pleased that the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
N.D. Flex Rating Proposal for Auto, Homeowners Advances
Mar 8 2007 // The North Dakota House Industry Business and Labor Committee unanimously approved legislation this week that would implement a 5 percent flex band rating system for automobile and homeowners insurance. The bill SF 2296...
Crist’s State of the State to Encourage Cooperation in Fla.
Mar 8 2007 // With a special session on insurance, a natural disaster and initiatives to make government more open and user friendly checked off his to-do list, Charlie Crist was set to outline the agenda for the rest of his first year...
Judge Rules Truck in Conn. Avon Mountain Crash Was Uninsured
Mar 7 2007 // A federal judge has ruled that the insurance company for a Bloomfield trucking company involved in a fiery fatal crash on Avon mountain does not have to pay victims and families of those killed. The ruling involves...
Marsh Comments on Effect of EU’s ‘REACH’ Regulations
Mar 7 2007 // On 29 October 2003, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a new EU regulatory framework for chemicals. The new system, dubbed REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of CHemicals), outlined a complex...
Legislation Creating Business Courts Clears Committee in Okla.
Mar 6 2007 // House GOP legislation that increases common sense practices in Oklahoma’s judicial system by creating special business courts passed a vote of the House Judiciary and Public Safety Committee, the state House of...
N.Y. Workers’ Comp Reform Sails Through Senate, Assembly
Mar 6 2007 // The New York State Senate and Assembly on Tuesday passed legislation its bipartisan backers hope will significantly reform the state’s workers’ compensation system and save employers as much as $1 billion. The...
Fla. Home Premiums Could Fall 10%-50% Under New Reinsurance Law
Mar 5 2007 // Florida homeowners could see average property insurance savings ranging from around 10 percent in the Panhandle to more than half the cost of their policy in South Florida because of a new law, state insurance officials...
Mass. Health Insurers Agree to Offer $175 a Month Plan Under New Law
Mar 5 2007 // The average uninsured Massachusetts residents could obtain health care coverage for as little as $175 a month under the state’s insurance law, Gov. Deval Patrick announced as he released the results of negotiations...
Ohio Legislators Challenge Governor’s Veto on Limits for Fraud Damages
Mar 2 2007 // Republican lawmakers had no legal authority to ask the Ohio Supreme Court to throw out a veto Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland carried out on his first day in office, the state’s top lawyer said this week. Attorney...
