Latest Legislation Headlines
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15 Emerging Risks from Policies to Playgrounds, Sandboxes to Scooters
Oct 18 2018 // When insurance experts are asked what they see as the most important emerging risk for the property/casualty insurance industry, their consensus is cyber in some form. While cyber obviously poses tremendous risks, some...
UK’s May Eyes Extension of Brexit Transition Period to Unlock Impasse with EU
Oct 18 2018 // British Prime Minister Theresa May signaled on Thursday she would consider extending a so-called transition period “for a matter of months” after Britain leaves the European Union, a move her critics say is a...
Treasury Erases ‘Too-Big-to-Fail’ Label on Prudential
Oct 18 2018 // The Trump Administration has rescinded the systemically risky – or “too big to fail” – designation for Prudential Financial that placed the financial services giant under extra regulatory scrutiny. The...
How to Make Self-Driving Cars Safer on Roads with Humans
Oct 18 2018 // As the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Congress press for removing safety regulations in order to fast-track the introduction of highly automated vehicles, human factors/ergonomics experts are...
California Says Judge Who Said Coffee Needs Cancer Warning is Biased
Oct 17 2018 // California said a state judge who earlier this year ruled that coffee requires a cancer warning is too biased to oversee a new lawsuit that challenges the state’s proposal to exempt the beverage from the...
Anti-Hazing Law in Penn State Student’s Name Goes to Governor
Oct 17 2018 // Stricter criminal penalties for hazing will soon become Pennsylvania law under legislation inspired by the death of a Penn State student that cleared its final hurdle Monday. The Senate voted unanimously for a bill named...
VW’s Audi Unit Slapped with $925M Fine in Germany over Emissions Scandal
Oct 17 2018 // Volkswagen AG’s Audi unit agreed to pay an 800 million-euro ($926 million) fine for its role in the diesel-cheating scandal that has disrupted the car industry for more than three years and landed Audi’s...
Calls for New Regulation Mount as New York Limo Crash Victims Mourned
Oct 16 2018 // The day after a mourning community said last goodbyes to eight of 20 victims of a limousine crash – four sisters and four other relatives – the Senate’s top Democrat called on federal regulators to...
Judge Rules Trump’s Tweet Over Stormy Daniels Was Free Speech, Not Libel
Oct 16 2018 // Stormy Daniels’s libel lawsuit over a tweet by Donald Trump accusing her of “a total con job” was thrown out by a judge who said the president was engaging in free speech. The adult film star, whose real...
Judge Rules Government, Not President, Can Be Sued Over Climate Change
Oct 16 2018 // A group of young Americans suing the federal government over lack of action to fight climate change can proceed with their lawsuit, but U.S. President Donald Trump cannot be named as a defendant, a federal judge ruled on...
California Insurance Commissioner OKs Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Filing
Oct 15 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has approved a filing from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s that makes amendments to uniform statistical reporting and experience rating. The...
Montana Homes in Fire-Prone Areas Hike Firefighting Costs, Report Shows
Oct 15 2018 // Rapid population growth and the desire to live near forests means new housing in western Montana is being built in wildfire-prone areas, increasing taxpayer-funded fire suppression liabilities and putting lives and...
Aging Infrastructure Poses Risks for Communities Relying on Natural Gas
Oct 15 2018 // The kind of dramatic scenes that played out in suburban Massachusetts last month following a series of explosions and fires may serve as a warning of what lies ahead for the U.S., where an increasing reliance on natural...
2 Recent Florida Supreme Court Rulings Could Impact Industry
Oct 15 2018 // Two recent decisions from the Florida Supreme Court that reversed rulings by the same District Court of Appeal will have a serious impact on the insurance industry. The consequential rulings came on Sept. 20, 2018 in the...
Time to Revisit Independent Contractor vs. Employed Producer Status
Oct 15 2018 // Insurance agencies across the country hire some or all producers as independent contractors instead of as employees. The mixed use of employees and independent contractors in insurance is common in other industries as...
Texas Coastal Lawmakers Urge Denial of Windstorm Insurer’s Filed 10% Rate Hike
Oct 15 2018 // More than 20 state legislators have signed a letter addressed to Texas Insurance Commissioner Kent Sullivan requesting that a 10 percent rate increase filed by the state’s property insurer of last resort for wind and...
U.S. Treasury Rules Strengthen Oversight of Foreign Investors
Oct 11 2018 // Foreigners seeking to invest in U.S aircraft and missile manufacturers, semiconductors or two dozen other industries would face heightened scrutiny by a government committee wielding stronger powers, under rules the Trump...
Michigan Law Firm Making Money Suing Cities Over Sewers
Oct 10 2018 // A single law firm based in Royal Oak has won tens of millions of dollars in lawsuits against a growing list of metro Detroit communities – including Detroit, Royal Oak, Ferndale, Birmingham, and the townships of...
Trump Signs Bill Ensuring Sports Medical Malpractice Insurance Travels Across State Lines
Oct 10 2018 // President Donald Trump has signed legislation that will protect sports medicine professionals who travel with sports teams by ensuring that their license and liability insurance remains in effect even when they cross state...
New York Governor Says Limo That Crashed Shouldn’t Have Been on the Road
Oct 10 2018 // The supersized limousine that crashed and killed 20 people outside a country store failed a safety inspection last month and shouldn’t have been on the road, and the driver wasn’t properly licensed, New...
