Under a new law designed to curb prescription pill abuse, patients with long-term conditions requiring controlled substances have to submit to urine drug tests that aren’t always covered by insurance companies. Retired nurse Cynthia Burton told the Lexington Herald-Leader that …
Florida regulators have approved an average 6.9 percent rate hike for State Farm Florida Insurance Co., which is the insurer’s fifth increase in as many years. The insurer had initially sought an average 14.9 percent increase citing hurricane and underwriting …
A judge will consider whether a Christians-only health care plan should be held in contempt of court more than a year after the Kentucky Supreme Court subjected it to stricter regulations that could have meant its demise in the state. …
Nebraska’s top regulator says insurance producers will be among the first to benefit from the state’s implementation of a national state based online regulatory system. The Nebraska Department of Insurance announced it has completed the initial phase of implementing State …
Florida regulators are looking to fast track the approval of changes in insurance company property policy forms and coverages after building up a significant backlog due to the numerous law changes enacted in the past two years. As a result …
The R Street Institute published its first research project as an independent institution today, a report card of the insurance regulatory environments in each of the 50 states. The report card builds on a series of annual reports my colleague …
On a set of 10 steps states can take to prevent injuries , 24 states scored a five or lower. Two states, California and New York, received the highest score of nine out of a possible 10, while two states …
Buyers of commercial liability insurance pay as much as 31 percent more in insurer compliance costs if their insurance company has to comply with regulations from multiple states instead of just a single regulator, according to new research by a …
The Maryland Senate wants to prohibit drivers from smoking in cars if a child under the age of 8 is a passenger. Senators signed off on the bill in a 27-19 vote Wednesday. Proponents of the legislation said they chose …
Alabama regulators and public adjuster groups are lobbying state lawmakers to pass a bill that would allow the state for the first time to license and monitor the actions of public adjusters. Insurer groups, however, are objecting to the proposal …
