Most Popular Legislation Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Legislation Topic Page over the last year.
#1 Will California’s FAIR Plan Have Enough Cash for Its Wildfire Claims?
Jan 16 2025 // There has been some question about whether California’s insurer of last resort – the FAIR Plan – has enough cash on hand to pay for its share of wildfire claims. As surplus is inadequate and reinsurance has a...
#2 Georgia Lawmakers Approve Major Tort Reform, Overhaul of Legal System
Mar 24 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s measure to limit lawsuits in Georgia received House approval Thursday, poising the state’s litigation landscape for a controversial overhaul after a lengthy...
#3 Surgeons Can’t Slip Out of GEICO’s Latest RICO Fraud Lawsuit in NC, Judge Says
Jun 6 2024 // GEICO Insurance companies have continued their campaign against alleged auto insurance fraud actors, including some well-known physicians and medical clinics. And a federal judge ruled this week that two of those...
#4 Chevron to Quit California for Texas After Warning on Regulation
Aug 2 2024 // Chevron Corp. is relocating headquarters to Houston from California after repeatedly warning that the Golden State’s regulatory regime was making it a tough place to do business. The move announced Friday will end...
#5 Judge Blasts Liberty Mutual in Declaring He Will Not Disqualify Because He’s an Insured
Jun 14 2024 // A federal judge in New Jersey, in a blistering opinion, has refused to disqualify himself from a case involving his insurer, Liberty Mutual, and accused the insurer of seeking his recusal and attacking his integrity...
#6 Judge Triples Jury Award in Nautilus Insurance Suit Against Murdaugh Accomplice
Jan 13 2025 // A federal judge last week tripled the damages that Alex Murdaugh’s co-conspirator must pay to Nautilus Insurance Co., bringing the total to $3.75 million – plus significant attorney fees incurred by the insurer. A...
#7 Florida Condo Owners Face Deadline and Higher Costs With New Regulations
Dec 31 2024 // MIAMI (AP) — Florida condominium owners are looking at higher costs from condo associations in the new year, a consequence of a safety law passed by state lawmakers in 2022. It requires associations to have sufficient...
#8 California Commissioner Issues Regulation to Allow Reinsurance in Ratemaking
Dec 30 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday announced what he is calling the final step in his efforts to help the state’s ailing homeowners insurance market with the Net Cost of Reinsurance in...
#9 Oxendine Asks Judge to Go Easy on Sentencing. Former Commissioners Weigh In
Jul 10 2024 // Federal prosecutors want former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine to serve 44 months in prison and pay $700,000 in restitution after his guilty plea to health care fraud conspiracy. But Oxendine is urging the...
#10 Underwriters Wary of PFAS Amid ‘Superstorm’ of Litigation, Regulation
Sep 5 2024 // As litigation and regulation increase around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), insurance underwriting is tightening across lines. Insurance professionals who specialize in PFAS say insurers are mandating coverage...
#11 Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Auto Insurance Reform Bills
Jun 17 2024 // Louisiana lawmakers passed a series of auto insurance reform bills that aim to bring availability and competition to the market by cutting down on excessive verdicts and settlements. Legislators passed four bills endorsed...
#12 Harvard Contract Breach Claims Blaming Marsh for Its $15M Insurance Denial Filed Too Late, Judge Rules
Aug 19 2024 // After losing two bids to recover $15 million from its insurer for costs related to its failed legal defense of its admissions policy, Harvard University has now failed in a bid to hold its insurance broker Marsh...
#13 ‘Surface Waters’ on Roof Are Not ‘Flood’ Waters, Massachusetts High Court Rules
Jul 23 2024 // The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that rainwater accumulation on roofs of buildings does not constitute “surface waters” within the meaning of “flood” in property insurance policies. The...
#14 Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden Overtime Pay Rule
Nov 18 2024 // A federal judge in Texas on Friday permanently blocked a Biden administration rule that would have made about 4 million more salaried U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan in Sherman,...
#15 States’ AI-Related Legislation Aimed at Insurance Is ‘Unfounded’, Says NAMIC
Mar 25 2025 // Policy discussions on the use of artificial intelligence in insurance are “unfounded” and “detrimental to policyholders,” according to a analysis from the National Association of Mutual Insurance...
#16 California Commissioner Announces Regulation to Enable the Use of Modeling in Rates
Dec 13 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday announced what he’s calling “first of its kind” catastrophe modeling and ratemaking regulation that will allow carriers to use the models as a...
#17 Florida OIR Faults DFS in Move to Combine Regulatory Functions. DFS Pushes Back
Apr 7 2025 // In a March memo to lawmakers, Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation sharply criticized the state’s rather unique two-agency insurance regulatory structure, arguing that the Department of Financial Services...
#18 FTC Ban on Worker Noncompete Agreements Blocked by Federal Judge
Aug 21 2024 // A federal judge ruled the US Federal Trade Commission can’t enforce its near-total ban on noncompete agreements that was set to go into effect next month, blocking an effort by the agency to make labor markets more...
#19 Gov. Hochul’s Proposed Regulatory Changes to Workers’ Comp Treatment
Apr 21 2025 // In her 2025 State of the State, Gov. Kathy Hochul outlined several proposals aimed at improving access to medical care within the New York State Workers’ Compensation system. These initiatives, detailed in her...
#20 Investigations to Legislation: Florida Lawmakers Weighing Insurance Industry Changes
Mar 6 2025 // Florida legislative leaders, facing increasing pressure from the public and the press, this week pledged to investigate property insurers’ financial structures. And bills filed before the 2025 Legislature began this...
