Latest Legislation Headlines
All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pennsylvania Considers Workers’ Comp for Small Business Owners
Apr 4 2011 // Agents in Pennsylvania are urging lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow insurers to cover owners or partners of small businesses through a workers’ compensation policy. The legislation changes insurance laws...
Connecticut Lawmakers Approve Local Lawsuit Protection Bill
Apr 4 2011 // A proposal to protect Connecticut cities and towns from lawsuits over injuries on lands owned by municipal authorities has passed a key legislative committee. The Planning and Development Committee recently to approved a...
Montana Workers’ Comp Claims Decrease 5%
Apr 1 2011 // Montana workers’ compensation claims have decreased by more than 5 percent in the past year, state Insurance Commissioner Monica J. Lindeen announced. The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) recently...
South Carolina Moves Forward with Construction Defect Bill
Apr 1 2011 // Insurers in South Carolina may find themselves on the losing side over a battle to prevent construction defects from being covered under a general commercial liability (CGL) policy. The South Carolina Senate has approved a...
Florida Lawmakers Advance Plan to Shrink State Insurer Citizens
Apr 1 2011 // Florida lawmakers have approved a plan designed to move more property owners into the private insurance market by restricting what properties the state-backed insurer can cover and allowing it to raise its rates. By a vote...
Lloyd’s Director Luke Savage on 2010 Results, Japan, What’s Ahead
Apr 1 2011 // His voice was a little husky, but Luke Savage – Lloyd’s Director of Finance, Risk Management and Operations – was still pleased to talk to the IJ about Lloyd’s financial results for 2010, which were...
Calif. Bill Would Give Insurance Commissioner Stronger Penalty Powers
Apr 1 2011 // California Sen. Noreen Evans, D-District 2, has introduced legislation to grant explicit authority to the state Insurance Commissioner to order restitution as part of an administrative enforcement action against an...
Health Overhaul Insurance Bill Advances in Arkansas
Apr 1 2011 // Arkansas lawmakers moved ahead on a plan to enable the state insurance department to create a framework for a health insurance exchange, which backers said would allow Arkansas to retain control of a network that...
Judge in Kansas Upholds Ruling in Boeing Age Discrimination Suit
Mar 30 2011 // A federal judge in Wichita, Kan., has refused to reconsider his earlier ruling siding with The Boeing Co. and Spirit AeroSystems in an age discrimination lawsuit brought by former workers in the wake of Boeing’s 2005...
The ride to Capitol Hill
Mar 30 2011 // Do you know what is going on in your state legislatively? Are you aware how it impact’s your agency or company’s bottom line? What about nationally? What is the impact of legislation on your business and on...
Oklahoma Governor Defends Support for Health Insurance Exchange
Mar 30 2011 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin defended her efforts to create a health insurance exchange for uninsured Oklahoma residents, explaining if the state does not have an exchange in place by 2013 the federal government will step in...
Judge Limits NFL Offset for Players’ Workers’ Compensation Benefits
Mar 30 2011 // A New York judge says the NFL must be limited in how much money it can recover when injured NFL players receive state workers’ compensation awards. Judge Paul Crotty wrote in a decision that the NFL sometimes wants...
Montana Senate Passes Workers’ Comp Reform Bill
Mar 29 2011 // The Montana Senate has passed a workers’ compensation reform bill that supporters claim will bring nearly $100 million in savings its first year. The Senate passed HB 334 by a 45-5 vote in its third reading on March...
Insurer Group Says Amendments to Arkansas Bill Prevent Coverage Expansion
Mar 29 2011 // Amendments to insurance-related legislation in Arkansas will prevent unintended expansion of commercial liability insurance coverage in that state, according to an insurance company trade group. The American Insurance...
North Carolina Eyes Public Panel to Oversee Home Insurance Rates
Mar 29 2011 // Frustrated by rising home insurance rates, some North Carolina residents want a greater role in the rate approval process and state lawmakers are looking to give it to them. The North Carolina Insurance Committee is...
AIG Ex-CEO Greenberg Loses Bid to Remove Judge from Case
Mar 28 2011 // The judge overseeing New York’s lawsuit against former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Hank Greenberg denied Monday a motion urging him to quit the case. Greenberg sought to have New York State...
New York Dilutes Plan to Merge Banking and Insurance Departments
Mar 28 2011 // The merger of New York state’s banking and insurance departments might not create the powerful agency first advertised, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recent budget deal with legislative leaders. At first...
Federal Government Lifts Cargo Insurance Requirement for Truckers
Mar 28 2011 // The federal government is no longer requiring that about 76,000 of the nation’s for-hire truckers carry cargo liability insurance. Over the objections of shippers and transportation brokers, the Federal Motor Carrier...
Connecticut Lawmakers Approve Local Lawsuit Protection Bill
Mar 28 2011 // A proposal to protect Connecticut cities and towns from lawsuits over injuries on lands owned by municipal authorities has passed a key legislative committee. The Planning and Development Committee voted 19-1 Friday to...
Michigan Court Reinstates Injured Cheerleader’s Lawsuit
Mar 25 2011 // A civil lawsuit accusing a Detroit area youth football league and team of negligence contributing to a cheerleader’s injury has been reinstated by the Michigan Court of Appeals. The Appeals Court reversed a Macomb...
