Vermont motor vehicles officials are preparing a mandatory four-hour classroom course for new motorcyclists. The state is working with the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, a national nonprofit organization in Irvine, Calif., to come up with the course. The foundation, which is …
Vermont Gov. James Douglas (R) has signed important workers’ compensation reform legislation (H. 632) supported by the insurance industry including the American Insurance Association (AIA). The new law reduces the statute of limitations for filing a claim from six years …
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine has emerged as a possible sole bidder to provide coverage under Maine’s Dirigo Health Program. But Anthem, the only one of five insurance companies that expressed an interest in bidding for the …
Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri has unveiled a new media campaign aimed at lead paint mitigation. The Lead Hazard Mitigation Law, which takes effect July 1, requires that all owners of rental properties built before 1978 meet the following …
The New Hampshire Legislature’s audit division will be looking into fees paid to brokers for handling the state’s insurance contracts. The joint legislative Fiscal Committee voted unanimously to approve the audit, which would probably take months to complete. Broker fees …
Connecticut Gov. John Rowland (R) has signed into law important legislation to create a terrorism exclusion in the state’s Standard Fire Policy (SFP). The American Insurance Association (AIA), among other industr groups, advocated for the legislation. “At a time when …
The McGreevey Administration thinks new safety technology for autos and roadways such as on-board navigation systems may be helpful in reducing auto insurance crashes and costs in New Jersey. Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke and Transportation Commissioner Jack …
New Jersey’s insurance fraud prosecutor has issued a clarification of an insurance fraud indictment announced last week and published by Insurance Journal. On May 20, the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice in the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor announced …
A remedy to hold down the escalating costs of medical malpractice insurance has received final approval from New Jersey lawmakers, two years after they first stated working on it. The bill would create a $78 million fund to help physicians …
A Guyanese immigrant has been charged in the killings of two men whom prosecutors call the victims of a murder-for-profit and insurance fraud scheme that may have claimed the lives of at least 10 other people. Ronald Mallay has been …
