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Safety Groups Urge Government to Set Rules of Road for Driverless Vehicles
Jun 27 2017 // Basic rules of the road are needed before lawmakers allow companies from Apple Inc. to Ford Motor Co. to dramatically expand testing of self-driving cars, safety and consumer advocates will tell lawmakers today. Automakers...
Arconic Stops Selling Cladding for High-Rises After Grenfell Tower Tragedy
Jun 27 2017 // Arconic Inc. said on Monday it will stop global sales of plastic-filled aluminum cladding panels for use in high-rise buildings after a fire in London’s Grenfell Tower, which used those Arconic panels, killed at...
Scott Picks Public Service Commissioner Patronis as New Florida CFO
Jun 27 2017 // Gov. Rick Scott has tapped Jimmy Patronis, a member of the Florida Public Service Commission and a former Florida State Representative, as Florida’s next chief financial officer, according to a statement from the...
Missouri Judge OKs $1.5M Settlement in Brown Family Wrongful Death Suit
Jun 26 2017 // A federal judge in St. Louis on June 20 approved a $1.5 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Michael Brown Sr. and Lezley McSpadden. Their 18-year-old son was unarmed on Aug. 9, 2014, when he was fatally...
Planned Sale of Israel’s Phoenix Holdings to China’s Yango Is Scrapped
Jun 26 2017 // Israeli energy conglomerate Delek said its planned sale of a controlling stake in Israeli insurer Phoenix Holdings to China’s Fujian Yango Group has been called off by both sides after it failed to secure regulatory...
California Judge Will Let San Francisco Subpoena Uber for Driver Information
Jun 23 2017 // A California state judge said that San Francisco can demand from Uber records containing the ridesharing company’s driver contact information, the city attorney said. San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera last...
Massachusetts House Approves Bill to Redo Recreational Marijuana Law
Jun 23 2017 // A bill that would repeal and replace the recreational marijuana law approved by Massachusetts voters in November cleared the House late Wednesday. Critics who lashed out at the proposal accused lawmakers of ignoring the...
Brexit Critics Now Emboldened to Block Prime Minister’s Plans for ‘Hard Brexit’
Jun 23 2017 // When she called a snap election in April, Theresa May said she needed voters’ backing to silence rivals in Parliament who were trying to frustrate her plans for Brexit. Instead, the British prime minister’s...
North Carolina Senate Passes Legislation to Reduce Opioid Abuse
Jun 23 2017 // Legislation aimed at reducing opioid abuse and overdoses has passed the North Carolina Senate with unanimous bipartisan support. The measure approved Wednesday changes how drugs such as OxyContin and morphine are...
12 States Call Out California’s ‘Affront to Sound Insurance Regulation’
Jun 22 2017 // It’s difficult to decide whether Dave Jones is underdog prize fighter Rocky Balboa or reigning champ Apollo Creed. He’s the insurance commissioner of the most populated state in the nation and that makes him a...
Ex-Missouri Insurance Director Joins Dentons Law Firm in Kansas City
Jun 22 2017 // The global law firm, Dentons, has named John M. Huff as a partner in its insurance regulatory practice. He is based in Kansas City. Huff most recently served as director of the Missouri Department of Insurance, where he...
House Committee Adds 5 More Bills to Its Flood Insurance Reform Package
Jun 22 2017 // The House Financial Services Committee advanced five flood insurance proposals on Wednesday, adding to the two bills it passed last week. The House measures seek to reform and reauthorize the National Flood Insurance...
Pennsylvania Introduces Legislation to Limit Surprise Balance Bills
Jun 22 2017 // Pennsylvania House Health and Insurance Committee Chairs Matt Baker and Tina Pickett have introduced legislation to protect health care consumers from surprise balance bills in a move Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner...
J&J Seizes Supreme Court Ruling on Out-of-State Cases to Fight Talc Cancer Claims
Jun 22 2017 // Johnson & Johnson is seizing upon a U.S. Supreme Court ruling from Monday limiting where injury lawsuits can be filed to fight off claims it failed to warn women that talcum powder could cause ovarian cancer. New...
South Carolina Sets Insurer Deadline Related to New Moped Safety Law
Jun 22 2017 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance has set a deadline for auto insurers in the state to meet the requirements of the recently passed moped safety legislation. The new moped law, which takes effect July 1, amends...
California Surplus Lines Don’t Want to be Left out of State’s Marijuana Regs
Jun 20 2017 // California’s surplus lines industry is trying to clear up the haze over a proposed regulation that would require medical marijuana businesses to purchase insurance only from admitted carriers. The regulation is one...
Michigan Court Rules for Westfield Insurance in ‘Employee v. Contractor’ Case
Jun 20 2017 // The Michigan Court of Appeals has reversed the ruling of a trial court in a case involving whether a commercial insurer or a personal insurer is responsible for paying no-fault personal injury protection benefits when a...
UK, EU Insurers & Banks Need ‘New System’ for Their Post-Brexit Business
Jun 20 2017 // British and European Union banks need a new system to let them do business with each other after Brexit to avoid splitting markets, Britain’s finance minister Philip Hammond said on Tuesday. Britain, the EU’s...
California Judge Says TV Network Owes $2M in Sex Abuse Cover-Up Lawsuit
Jun 19 2017 // An Orange County, Calif. judge says Trinity Broadcasting Network is responsible for the entire $2 million a jury awarded in an alleged sex abuse cover-up. The judge ruled that TBN is on the hook for the full amount jurors...
Easing Regulations, Speed of New Infrastructure Projects Raises Concerns for Underwriters
Jun 19 2017 // We’re going to cut a lot of red tape,” President Trump said at a CEO town hall meeting as he unrolled a long, colorful flow chart showing the process required for a state government to obtain the federal...
