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Report: South Carolina Workers’ Comp Market Stable With Plenty of Capacity
May 2 2017 // The South Carolina workers’ compensation market is strong, according to the state department of insurance’s most recent report, as the first reform to the state’s workers’ comp system in almost a...
California DWC Posts Interim Report on Workers’ Comp Drug Formulary
May 1 2017 // California’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has posted the second interim status report on its efforts to promulgate regulations for an evidence-based workers’ compensation drug formulary. The...
Spending Deal Keeping Government Open Undermines Trump’s Wish List
May 1 2017 // U.S. House and Senate negotiators reached a bipartisan deal on a $1.1 trillion spending bill that largely tracks with Democratic priorities and rejects most of President Donald Trump’s wish list, including money to...
North Carolina Passes Law Limiting Nuisance Lawsuits Against Hog Farmers
May 1 2017 // North Carolina lawmakers decided Thursday that hog and poultry operations should get added protection from lawsuits by neighbors complaining that swarms of flies and the intense stink of animal waste create a nuisance. The...
Florida Battle for Ridesharing Regulations Nears End of Long Road
May 1 2017 // After a four-year battle in the Florida Legislature, lawmakers passed statewide regulations April 19 for ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft that would undo a patchwork of local rules across the...
Report: South Carolina Workers’ Comp Market Stable With Plenty of Capacity
May 1 2017 // The South Carolina workers’ compensation market is strong, according to the state department of insurance’s most recent report, as the first reform to the state’s workers’ comp system in almost a...
Judge: Exxon Must Pay $20M for Emissions from Texas Plant
Apr 28 2017 // A judge has ordered Exxon Mobil to pay a penalty of nearly $20 million for releasing 10 million pounds of pollutants into the air over the course of eight years from a complex it operates east of Houston. U.S. District...
Oregon Judge Dismisses $4M Suit in Family Drowning
Apr 28 2017 // A judge has dismissed a $4 million lawsuit filed by a relative of four people who drowned in a northwest Oregon lake in 2014. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Judge Andrew Erwin dismissed the suit after Washington County...
MetLife CEO Says Businesses Must Give Up Tax Breaks for Lower Tax Rate
Apr 28 2017 // MetLife Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Kandarian said industries must be willing to forfeit some of their advantages in the tax code in order for the U.S. to seize a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity to...
Senate Bill Would Extend National Flood Insurance Program for 10 Years
Apr 28 2017 // U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) have released draft legislation to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for 10 years. The NFIP is currently set to expire on Sept. 30,...
California Lawmakers Pondering Move to Dump Health Insurers
Apr 27 2017 // California lawmakers are considering an audacious proposal that would substantially remake the state’s health care system by eliminating insurance companies and guaranteeing coverage for everyone. The idea known as...
House Committee Expected to Advance Overhaul of Dodd-Frank
Apr 27 2017 // A U.S. Congressional banking panel is moving to advance legislation that would overhaul how the government regulates the financial sector, although it faces obstacles towards becoming law. Representative Jeb Hensarling,...
JPMorgan Not Liable to Madoff Customers, Court Rules
Apr 27 2017 // JPMorgan Chase & Co. is not liable to a group of former customers of Bernard Madoff who blamed the bank for being actively involved in his Ponzi scheme and ignoring red flags of fraud, a federal appeals court ruled on...
Florida House Advances Bill Targeting Claims Abuse, But Senate Battle Looms
Apr 27 2017 // A bill aimed at decreasing insurance claims abuse in Florida has made it through the Florida House, and the industry’s hope for assignment of benefits reform now officially rests with the state Senate. The Florida...
Kansas Tightens Amusement Park Regulations after Boy’s Waterslide Death
Apr 26 2017 // The death of a colleague’s son has spurred the governor in the often anti-regulation Kansas to toughen the state’s inspection requirements for amusement parks. A new law signed by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback...
Uninsured Driver Bill Signed by Oklahoma Governor
Apr 26 2017 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed legislation aimed at further reducing the number of uninsured drivers in Oklahoma. Senate Bill 115 transfers oversight of the Compulsory Insurance Online Verification System (OCIVS) for...
Supreme Court Weighs Limiting Where Corporations Can Be Sued
Apr 26 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared poised to clamp down on where corporations can be sued, a potential setback for plaintiffs’ lawyers who strive to bring cases in courts and locales they consider...
Michigan Lawmaker’s Proposal Would Allow Auto Insurance Options
Apr 25 2017 // Michigan state Rep. Jason Sheppard of Temperance has introduced legislation that he says would help drivers and families financially saddled by Michigan’s exorbitant automobile insurance rates. House Bill 4488 will...
Large Claims Becoming More Expensive, Complex & Global: Allianz
Apr 25 2017 // Large liability claims are becoming more expensive, complex and international, with activity increasing outside the United States, according a report published by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty...
Despite Opposition, Controversial Insurance Bill Moving in Texas Legislature
Apr 24 2017 // Note: This story originally appeared in the Texas Tribune Texas property owners could face new hurdles when they try to sue their insurer over storm claims under controversial legislation being cheered by groups seeking...
