Latest Legislation Headlines
All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.Y. Homeowners Insurance Market: Strong or Weak?
Feb 28 2006 // New York’s homeowners insurance market is either strong, stable or fragile depending upon whether the speaker is an agent or an insurer. Also, Allstate Insurance Co.’s decision to limit its business in eight...
Rule to Limit Ga. Contract Obligations in Effect March 1
Feb 28 2006 // An emergency rule that goes into effect March 1 in Georgia entitled “Unfair Trade and Claims Settlement Practices” limits consumers contractual liaiblities and according to the Insurance Commissioner’s...
R.I. Judge Rules Out Punitive Damages in Lead Paint Decision
Feb 28 2006 // Former manufacturers of lead paint found liable last week by a Rhode Island jury for poisoning of children will have to pay to clean up properties with the contaminated paint but will not face punitive damages. Rhode...
Xchanging Announces $13 Million Partnership with Microsoft
Feb 27 2006 // Xchanging, the U.K.-based global business processing services company, has announced a 3-year, £7.5 million ($13 million) investment program and a partnership with Microsoft in the continuing development of Genius, its...
U.S. State Regulators Reaching Out to Foster International Standards
Feb 27 2006 // At a time when they face pressure to bring more uniformity to their own domestic regulatory operations, the nation’s state regulators are also increasingly active in efforts to harmonize the rules governing...
AIA Praises S.D. Bill Creating File-and-Use Rating System
Feb 27 2006 // The South Dakota legislature recently passed Senate Bill 44 creating a file-and-use system for insurance rates in that state, according to the American Insurance Association. “The South Dakota Legislature took a...
Sarbanes-Oxley Oversight Board Facing Constitutional Challenge
Feb 27 2006 // A group of advocates for free enterprise and limited government that includes former federal independent counsel Kenneth Starr is challenging the constitutionality of the Sarbanes Oxley Act and its provisions that govern...
Insurers Oppose N.J. Bill Giving Chiropractors Equal Billing
Feb 24 2006 // Insurers this week testified in Trenton against a bill (A-1003) that would permit chiropractors in New Jersey to seek reimbursement for services at the same rate as licensed physicians and surgeons. The legislation would...
N.D. Supreme Court Ruling Backs Insurance Company, Poolman Position
Feb 24 2006 // Nodak Mutual Insurance Co. isn’t required to hold contested elections for its board of directors, nor is Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman obliged to force the company to do so, the North Dakota state Supreme Court...
Legislators Considering Resolution Opposing Federal Preemption
Feb 24 2006 // A proposed resolution reiterating opposition to federal initiatives that would preempt state insurance regulation will be considered Friday afternoon by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators during its...
Wash. Senators Pass Gregoire’s Malpractice Compromise
Feb 24 2006 // Washington State senators have approved changes to the medical malpractice system, endorsing a compromise hammered out by doctors and lawyers in weeks of secret negotiations with Gov. Chris Gregoire. The bill was approved...
S.C. Workers’ Comp Reform Advances Through House Subcommittee
Feb 24 2006 // The first step in achieving much needed workers’ compensation reform in South Carolina was taken this week as the House Business and Commerce subcommittee approved legislation (HB 4427) that addresses many of the...
NCOIL Resolution Supports State Regulation of Insurance
Feb 24 2006 // The preservation of state regulation of insurance and a multi-pronged approach to disaster management was outlined by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators and approved as amended on Friday by the Property and...
Wyo. Litigation Legislation Would Hurt Consumers, PCI Says
Feb 23 2006 // Wyoming legislation designed to allow unprecedented insurance-related lawsuits in the state would significantly increase fraud, lawsuits and insurance costs for Wyoming consumers, according to the Property Casualty...
Pennsylvania Court Rules Parents’ Homeowners Policy Covers Shootings by Son
Feb 23 2006 // An insurance company might have to pay $1.8 million if the lone survivor and relatives of five other victims of a shooting spree win lawsuits against the attacker’s parents, the Pennsylvania Superior Court...
AIIA Supports Bill to Lengthen Licensing
Feb 23 2006 // Alabama HB227 which would lengthen the licensing period for insurance producers, service representatives and adjusters from the present one year, to two or more years and would increase the 12-hour continuing education...
Calif. Commissioner Issues New Workers’ Compensation Regulations
Feb 22 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced new workers’ compensation regulations that will require all insurers to submit certification forms that verify that claims adjusters and medical bill...
Lawmakers Question Arab Company Takeover of Major U.S. Ports
Feb 22 2006 // U.S. terms for approving an Arab company’s takeover of operations at six major American ports are insufficient to guard against terrorist infiltration, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee...
Wash. Approves Anti-Fraud Unit
Feb 22 2006 // Washington state officials have amended and approved legislation that would create an insurance anti-fraud unit in the insurance commissioner’s office, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of...
Barger and Wolen Open Ariz. Office
Feb 22 2006 // Barger & Wolen LLP, a Los Angeles-based law firm specializing in insurance regulatory, general business and litigation matters, has announced the opening of an office in Phoenix to be managed by Charles Cohen, former...
