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Former Minn. Executive to Lead GOP Convention Fundraising Effort
Aug 22 2007 // A retired insurance company executive will take the lead role in promoting and raising money for the 2008 Republican National Convention. The local host committee planning for the GOP gathering announced that Doug...
Bush Administration Opposes ‘Scheme Liability’ in Key Investor Lawsuit
Aug 17 2007 // The Bush Administration took the side of defendant companies in a Supreme Court case that could determine the fate of other investor lawsuits, including one linked to the Enron scandal. At issue in the case before the...
Ala. Gov. Disapproves of Subsidized Health Insurance for State Senate
Aug 16 2007 // Governor Bob Riley is renewing his call for the State Employees Insurance Board to reject state senators’ attempts to give themselves taxpayer-subsidized health insurance. “First they gave themselves a huge pay...
Senate Banking Panel to Hear Natural Disaster Commission Bill Today
Aug 1 2007 // A Senate Banking committee is scheduled to mark-up a bill today to establish a natural catastrophe commission to examine how best to mitigate disaster risks and deal with the after-effects of these events. The Senate...
U.S. Senate panel weighs funding for weather satellites
Jul 23 2007 // Cuts to planned weather and environmental satellites will significantly affect scientists’ ability to study the Earth’s climate, experts told a U.S. Senate committee. The Commerce, Science and Transportation...
U.S. Senate Panel Weighs Funding for Weather Satellites
Jul 16 2007 // Cuts to planned weather and environmental satellites will significantly affect scientists’ ability to study the Earth’s climate, experts told a U.S. Senate committee last week. The Commerce, Science and...
Senate Confirms Marsh Counsel Sullivan to be U.S. Judge
Jul 6 2007 // The U.S. Senate has confrmed Richard J. Sullivan to serve as a district judge on the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York. Sullivan currently serves as general counsel for Marsh Inc., Marsh &...
Okla. Commissioner Testifies before Congressional Panel on Medicare
Jun 28 2007 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland told members of a Congressional panel on Tuesday, June 26th that insurance companies are preying on elderly Oklahomans by selling unnecessary Medicare plans. Holland traveled to...
La. Senate Adds Homeowner Tax Breaks to $100M Insurance Plan
Jun 27 2007 // If Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco is offering $100 million to insurance companies, then homeowners deserve a $93 million tax break on the premiums they’ve paid since the 2005 hurricanes, the Senate voted June...
State Senate Approves Minor Changes to Louisiana’s Building Code
Jun 22 2007 // The Louisiana Senate has approved minor changes to the statewide building codes that were enacted soon after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, an attempt to ease complaints about how the codes are enforced. Under current law,...
Democrats in Congress Propose Major Mine Safety Legislation
Jun 21 2007 // A ban on using so-called belt air ventilation is among numerous provisions in sweeping coal mine safety legislation introduced in the U.S. House this week. Other provisions would speed the installation of better...
DeLuca Steps Down as Conn. Senate Republican Leader
Jun 15 2007 // Connecticut Senate Minority Leader Louis DeLuca resigned as leader of the Senate Republicans this week after coming under fire for asking a trash hauler to threaten a man the senator believed had abused his...
Bush Administration, SEC at Odds over Scheme Liability in Enron Case
Jun 13 2007 // The Bush administration rejected a Securities and Exchange Commission recommendation in a key Supreme Court case and did not support shareholders suing Wall Street banks for damages over Enron’s collapse. The Justice...
Senate Approves Bill to Hike Arizona Workers’ Injury Benefits
Jun 13 2007 // The Arizona Senate approved a workers’ compensation bill to carry out a business-labor compromise to increase Arizona’s caps on benefits received by employees who are hurt on the job. The Senate’s 24-2...
La. Senate Backs Tax Break for Property Insurance Increases
Jun 6 2007 // People and businesses in Louisiana who are paying higher property insurance premiums since hurricanes Katrina and Rita should get a tax break for those increased costs, the Senate agreed June 4. The tax break proposal by...
Ind. Conseco Complying with Congressional Request for Records
Jun 1 2007 // Ind.-based Conseco Inc. said this week that it is complying with a congressional request for records related to its long-term care health insurance business amid an investigation into the possibility that policyholders...
S.C. Senate Follows House in Approving Coastal Insurance Bill
Jun 1 2007 // The South Carolina Senate has approved omnibus legislation that backers hope will ease the insurance cost and availability crunch facing coastal property owners in the state by providing discounts and tax breaks. The...
La. Senate OKs Bill to Increase Coverage, Costs of Car Insurance
May 31 2007 // Car insurance requirements in Louisiana would be increased, boosting insurance costs for thousands of drivers who carry the minimum insurance needed, under a bill approved by the Senate recently. Supporters of the bill by...
Congressional Democrats to Try to Overturn Court’s Pay-Bias Ruling
May 31 2007 // Congressional Democrats said this week they would try to reverse a Supreme Court decision that limits the time that workers have to sue their employers for pay discrimination. “All Americans deserve equal pay for...
National Cat Fund Gains Congressional Support … But Is It Enough?
May 30 2007 // Unlike Florida’s Capitol in Tallahassee, where lawmakers have taken a number of actions to address the state’s insurance crisis with arguable results, solutions at the federal level have been hard to come...
