Latest Legislation Headlines
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Zurich Expands Cyber Security Coverage
Jul 6 2009 // Zurich North America Commercial enhanced and expanded a product that helps businesses manage the financial and reputational risks of cyberspace – the Zurich Security and Privacy Protection Policy. The consequence of...
Governor Vetoes Missouri Motorcycle Helmet Repeal
Jul 6 2009 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation that would have relaxed a law that requires motorcyclists in Missouri to wear helmets at all times, citing concerns about highway safety and health care costs. The veto came...
Oregon Weighs In On Insurance Legislation
Jul 6 2009 // The Oregon Legislature adjourned the 2009 legislative session ended with a mixed bag of results on insurance issues, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). “A number of costly and unnecessary bills...
New Rhode Island Law Saves Residents Money When Storms Loom
Jul 6 2009 // A new law could save homeowners money when a hurricane off the Atlantic coast churns up weather strong enough to damage homes in Rhode Island but never reaches the state. Legislation signed last month by Gov. Don Carcieri...
Judge: No Coverage for N.J. Manic Depressive with a Credibility Problem
Jul 6 2009 // A New Jersey woman who claimed her bipolar disorder was brought on by a stressful relationship with her boss is not eligible to collect workers’ comp benefits, a compensation judge has ruled. The case was brought by...
Florida Workers’ Comp Lawyers Retained Business After 2003 Reforms
Jul 6 2009 // After Florida limited the fees insurers had to pay to attorneys in workers’ compensation cases in 2003, attorney involvement in cases fell only slightly, according to new research. In fact, a significant proportion...
People
Jul 6 2009 // Jeffrey A. Vanderpool has been promoted to senior vice president and chief claims officer at Sunshine State Insurance Co. in St. Augustine, Fla. Vanderpool has served as vice president of caims since he joined the insurer...
Back to Square One
Jul 6 2009 // In May, when Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed a bill (SB 714) to fix a glitch in the state’s condominium insurance laws because he did not like a minor fire sprinkler provision in it, a frustrated Jeff Grady, president of...
Citizens, Work Comp Bills OK’d in Louisiana
Jul 6 2009 // The Louisiana Legislature adjourned June 25, approving two bills of importance to the insurance industry late in the session, but bypassing several tort reform measures that some insurance and business trade groups had...
Declarations
Jul 6 2009 // Above and Beyond Autos “Insurance fraud in the islands is not solely committed against automobile insurance, and the state’s effort should not be restricted to a single line of insurance.” —Coalition...
State Insurance Regulation Needed
Jul 6 2009 // Our current system of state-based insurance regulation is under attack by large insurance organizations and members of Congress. For more than 150 years, state regulation has successfully guided insurance companies through...
Cyber Security: Global Risk and Rising Complexity
Jul 6 2009 // Multinationals are fighting a battle on two fronts when it comes to cyber security as they seek to fend off new, emerging security threats and also comply with evolving global regulations. These emerging security threats...
Auto Repair Legislation Stalls in Rhode Island
Jul 2 2009 // The Rhode Island Senate has declined to take up auto body legislation opposed by the insurance industry. The bill would have required consumers to have an independent appraisal for car repair work that exceeded $2,000. The...
Louisiana Commissioner: Session Successful for Insurance Bills
Jul 2 2009 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon says the recently adjourned 2009 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature was a success when it came to insurance legislation. The Department of Insurance (DOI) saw 20...
MySpace, Web Servers Not Liable for Assaults, California Court Rules
Jul 2 2009 // Internet servers like MySpace cannot be held liable when minors are sexually assaulted by people they first meet on a website, a California appeals court ruled in an opinion filed late Tuesday. The ruling by the Second...
Missouri Court Temporarily Blocks Workers’ Comp Judge Firings
Jul 1 2009 // A Missouri court has temporarily blocked the firing of three administrative law judges who decide workers’ compensation cases. The judges were to be laid off by the July 1 start of the new fiscal year. But Cole...
Florida Gets Strict About Buckling Up
Jul 1 2009 // Florida drivers shouldn’t expect state troopers to let them off with just a warning if they are caught driving with their seat belt unbuckled now that a a new law has gone into effect. The Florida Highway Patrol...
Insurer Group Asks Louisiana Governor to Veto Workers’ Comp Bill
Jul 1 2009 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has asked Gov. Bobby Jindal to veto House Bill 658, workers’ compensation legislation that PCI believes would increase the likelihood of fraudulent claims,...
North Carolina House Committee Advances Beach Plan Reforms
Jul 1 2009 // The North Carolina House Insurance Committee has unanimously approved legislation that attempts to spread the pain should a major storm cause losses that exceed existing private and public insurance funds. The legislation...
North Carolina Coastal Insurance Fix Would Alter Deductibles, Limits
Jun 29 2009 // North Carolina legislators started grappling last week with how to beef up the state-created but underfunded insurance program for coastal property, and immediately confronted the possibility that all of the state’s...
