Latest Legislation Headlines
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Mass. Extends Deadline for Key Health Care Plan Requirement
Mar 22 2007 // The board that oversees Massachusetts’ landmark health insurance law voted this week to delay key elements of the plan by a year and a half to give residents and businesses a chance to ramp up their health care...
Ore. Examines Ways to Extend Time Off for Pregnancies
Mar 21 2007 // One of the toughest decisions a mother can face is between caring for a new infant and returning to work. The first few months of life are a critical bonding time between mother and child; however, with few companies...
FSA Insurance Regulation to be More ‘Principles-based’
Mar 21 2007 // In an interim report the UK’s Financial Services Authority acknowledged that “consumer experiences and risk of detriment vary substantially across the various markets for general insurance products.”...
Mo. Court Dismisses Homeowners’ Lawsuits Alleging Discrimination
Mar 20 2007 // Attorneys for a group of homeowners said they will continue the fight after a federal judge dismissed their lawsuits charging some of the nation’s largest insurers with discriminating against black neighborhoods. U.S...
Mich. Chamber, Insurance Institute Critical of No-Fault Related Proposal
Mar 20 2007 // The Michigan Chamber of Commerce and the Insurance Institute of Michigan, are urging a no vote in the Senate in response to recent passage of legislation that would make it easier to sue for non-economic damages under the...
Allianz Joins Institutions to Urge Congress to Act on Climate Change
Mar 20 2007 // Money talks and $4 trillion talks very loudly. So loud in fact that a number of institutional investors, who manage a total of $4 trillion in assets, hope to get the attention of U.S. lawmakers. Their goal is to convince...
Georgia Considers Scrapping Immunity for Emergency Doctors
Mar 20 2007 // Families like the Fretwells seem to be forgotten in the annual turf war between doctors and lawyers in Georgia’s Capitol over who should be protected from malpractice lawsuits. Like others, Rodney and Sherry Fretwell...
Tangled Corruption Case Snares Okla. Politicians
Mar 20 2007 // The success of politicians in economically hard-pressed areas of southeastern Oklahoma has been tied to “bringing home the bacon,” a euphemism for how many government dollars can be obtained for local...
New Mexico Approves Legislation to Limit Access to Credit Reports
Mar 20 2007 // The New Mexico legislature has passed a bill allowing consumers to place a security freeze on access to their credit report. Just before the legislative session ended, Senate Bill 165 passed, allowing at the request of the...
European Insurance Forum Puts Ireland in the Spotlight
Mar 19 2007 // 18 years ago an Irish insurance conference probably would have consisted of a broker and an underwriter from Dublin having a pint of Guinness in a pub (most likely in London). Times have changed. Since the founding of the...
La. Lawmakers Support Overhaul of Citizens Insurance Company
Mar 19 2007 // Two Louisiana lawmakers said they support a plan to overhaul the state-backed insurance company by opening much of its business to bidding among private firms. Sen. James David Cain, chairman of the Senate Insurance...
New Mexico Passes Regulatory Modernization Bill
Mar 19 2007 // The New Mexico legislature has passed a bill that would establish a file and use rate regulatory system for most personal lines of insurance. The Insurance Rate Regulation Law, SB 483, applies to all kinds and lines of...
House Committee Approves Agricultural Disaster Funds
Mar 19 2007 // A House committee approved almost $4 billion in agricultural disaster aid late last week, a first step for the controversial legislation. The money is included as part of a war spending bill that would require withdrawal...
Lawsuit Reform Bills Advance in Okla. Senate
Mar 15 2007 // The evenly divided Oklahoma Senate recently passed three key lawsuit reform measures, according to a Senate announcement. Senate Republican leaders said they are negotiating with Senate Democrats and leaders of the House...
Insurer Argonaut, Reinsurer PXRE to Merge, Forming Argo Group
Mar 15 2007 // Argonaut Group, Inc., a specialty underwriter, and PXRE Group Ltd., a Bermuda-based property reinsurer, have agreed to a merger under which the combined entity will do business as Argo Group International Holdings...
Request Withdrawn for Judge to Approve Miss. State Farm Settlement
Mar 14 2007 // Some of the lawyers who helped negotiate a proposed settlement with State Farm Insurance Cos. over Hurricane Katrina damage claims withdrew their request Monday for a federal judge to approve the multimillion dollar...
Swiss Re to Alter Structure as EU Re Directive Deadline Approaches
Mar 13 2007 // Swiss Re announced plans to alter its current corporate structure within the European Union by forming three legal entities, based in Luxembourg. They “will serve as risk carriers for most of its European reinsurance...
Lobbyist Bill Takes Hold in Conn. Ethics Law
Mar 13 2007 // Gov. M. Jodi Rell and the Office of State Ethics announced a new educational campaign designed to inform the public about the practice of lobbying. The “Are You A Lobbyist?” campaign will help educate the...
With Auto Surcharge Failing, Ore. Lawmakers Look to Lottery
Mar 13 2007 // With Ore. Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s proposed surcharge on auto insurance to pay for more state troopers not gaining any traction, some lawmakers are pushing for a proposal to set aside $65 million in lottery proceeds to...
Panel Approves Maine Bill Requiring “Fire-Safe” Cigarettes
Mar 12 2007 // A legislative panel has given its approval to a bill to require cigarette makers to sell only self-extinguishing cigarettes in Maine. The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee on Friday unanimously approved a bill...
